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  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Ken Olin
| image = Ken Olin.jpg
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| caption = Olin at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards in September 1989
| birth_name = Kenneth Edward Olin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1954|07|30}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years_active = 1976 – present
| spouse = {{marriage|Patricia Wettig|1982}}
| occupation = Actor, director, producer
| children = 2
}}

Kenneth Edward Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for his starring role on the television series Thirtysomething, and as executive producer, director, and recurring guest star of the television series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011).[1] He is currently a director and producer of the television series This Is Us.

Career

As an actor, Olin played Michael Steadman on Thirtysomething (1987–1991) and Dr. Roger Cattan on L.A. Doctors (1998–1999). He was also noted for his performance as Detective Harry Garibaldi on Hill Street Blues and as the lead character in the short-lived EZ Streets. Olin has also appeared in other series, including Falcon Crest (as Father Christopher Rossini), Alias (as David McNeil), Murder, She Wrote, and the television movies Disaster on the Potomac (1984) and A Stoning in Fulham County (1988). In 1995, Olin starred as Bradly Morris Cunningham in the made-for-TV film Dead by Sunset, which aired on the Lifetime television network. The film was based on the best selling true crime novel of the same name by Ann Rule. His film credits include roles in Ghost Story (1981), Queens Logic (1991), and 'Til There Was You (1997).

Prior to working on Brothers & Sisters, Olin produced and directed episodes of Alias. He has directed episodes of L.A. Doctors, The West Wing, Felicity, Judging Amy, Freaks and Geeks, thirtysomething, and EZ Streets. In 2012, Olin co-starred on the ABC drama pilot Americana.[2] He appeared in the video "Burnin' for You" by Blue Öyster Cult, in 1981. He is currently the executive producer of This Is Us on NBC.

Personal life

Olin was born to a Jewish family[3] in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a former Peace Corps official and pharmaceutical company owner.[4] He was raised in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from The Putney School in Putney, Vermont, in 1972.[5] He then completed his college career at the University of Pennsylvania. He is married to his thirtysomething and Brothers & Sisters co-star, Patricia Wettig, with whom he has a son, Clifford, and a daughter, Roxanne, who appears on The City.

References

1. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4682206/Interview-producer-Ken-Olin-on-the-new-series-of-Brothers-and-Sisters.html Interview: producer Ken Olin on the new series of Brothers and Sisters], telegraph.co.uk, February 20, 2009
2. ^{{cite web|author= Lesley Goldberg |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/brothers-and-sisters-ken-olin-americana-abc-293352|title='Brothers & Sisters' Star Joins ABC Drama Pilot 'Americana' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 21, 2012|accessdate=February 29, 2012}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Elkin|first=Michael|title=Jewish Jingle Belles?|publisher=The Jewish Exponent|date=December 21, 2006|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11643|accessdate=December 22, 2006 }}
4. ^Profile, filmreference.com; accessed July 31, 2015.
5. ^{{cite web|author= John J. O'Connor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/28/arts/critic-s-notebook-saying-goodbye-fondly-to-a-bit-of-reality-on-tv.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Saying Goodbye, Fondly, to a Bit of Reality on TV|publisher=New York Times|date=May 28, 1991|accessdate=June 24, 2013}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0646440}}
  • {{IBDB name|79607}}
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12 : 1954 births|Living people|Male actors from Chicago|American male film actors|American film directors|American male television actors|American television directors|Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni|Jewish American male actors|University of Pennsylvania alumni|The Putney School alumni|American people of Jewish descent

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