# Brian Howe (actor)

Brian Howe is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of stockbroker Jay Twistle in the film The Pursuit of Happyness.

## Career

His other films include K-PAX, The Majestic, Catch Me If You Can, RV, Déjà Vu, Return to Me, Evan Almighty, Gran Torino (as Steve Kowalski) and Annabelle. Howe has appeared in guest roles in a number of television series, including Crossing Jordan, Criminal Minds, Judging Amy, Law & Order, The Unit, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, The Shield, Lie to Me, Charmed, and was a regular on Journeyman as the newspaper editor until the cancellation of the show by NBC in December 2007 due to low ratings. More recently, he has had recurring roles on Nikita, Justified and Westworld. In 2021, he had a main role in Kevin Can F**k Himself as Peter McRoberts.
Howe is part of the stock company formed by filmmaker Larry Blamire, and has played Dr. Roger Fleming, the evil scientist who awakens the skeleton, in the 2004 science-fiction spoof The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, his twin brother Peter Fleming in its sequel, The Lost Skeleton Returns Again, the dim but heroic sailor Big Dan Frater in Trail of the Screaming Forehead, and the foppish Englishman Burling Famish Jr. in Dark and Stormy Night.

## Selected filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Duffy | Episode: "Snatched" |
| 1995 | Bonnie | Sammy Sinatra | Main role |
| 1997 | Law & Order | John Mack | Episode: "Barter" |
| 1999 | Law & Order | Detective Harry Sorkin | Episode: "Hate" |
| 1999 | Family Law | John Carrigalo | Episode: "Damages" |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Jerry Fleming | Episode: "Quality Time" |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Cosgrove | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| 2001 | Touched by an Angel | Sheriff Charlie | Episode: "A Winter Carol" |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Winston | Episode: "Face Lift" |
| 2002 | Will & Grace | Ken | Episode: "He Shoots, They Snore" |
| 2002 | Judging Amy | Police Officer | Episode: "Thursday's Child" |
| 2003 | A Minute with Stan Hooper | Gary | Main role |
| 2005 | Charmed | Ronny | Episode: "Ordinary Witches" |
| 2005 | CSI: Miami | Dale Buford | Episode: "Nothing to Lose" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Grant Stoker | Episode: "Crossroads" |
| 2007 | Journeyman | Hugh Skillen | Main role |
| 2007 | NCIS | Sheriff Tom Barrett | Episode: "Suspicion" |
| 2007 | The Shield | Carlos Morganza | Episode: "Haunts" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | Martin Monrow | Episode: "Dances with Wolves" |
| 2008 | Bones | Sheriff Leonard Wilkinson | Episode: "The Con Man in the Meth Lab" |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | Robert Posdner | Episode: "Disturbed" |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Harvey Wincroft | Episode: "Ghost Town" |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Harry Denton '74 | Episode: "The Runaway Bunny" |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Ron Mark | Episode: "Dr. Griffin" |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Arliss St. Germain | Episode: "Red Herring" |
| 2011 | The Closer | Nick Rhodes | Episode: "Death Warrant" |
| 2012 | Castle | Aaron Lerner | Episode: "Murder He Wrote" |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Jack Caldwell | Episode: "Dead Body Politic" |
| 2012 | Nikita | Morgan Kendrick | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Franklin & Bash | A.D.A. Brad Hewett | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Grey's Anatomy | Robert Fischer | Episode: "Take It Back" |
| 2014 | The Newsroom (American TV series) | Barry Lasenthal | Episode: "Main Justice" and 2 others |
| 2015 | Criminal Minds | Alex Zorgen | Episode: "The Hunt" |
| 2016 | CSI: Cyber | Richard Reynolds | Episode: "404: Flight Not Found" |
| 2016 | American Horror Story | Mark Phillips | Episode: "Chapter 10" |
| 2016 | Westworld | Sheriff Pickett | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | The Middle | Tom | Episode: "Trip and Fall" |
| 2016 | The Last Tycoon | Red Ridingwood | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Vice Principals | Superintendent Jeremy Haas | Recurring role |
| 2017 | SEAL Team | Oliver Carter | Episode: "Ghost of Christmas Future" |
| 2017 | Designated Survivor | Harry | Episode: "Home" |
| 2017 | Chicago Fire | Nick Porter | Recurring role |
| 2018 | S.W.A.T. | Craig | Episode: "Crews" |
| 2018 | Code Black | Richard Fields | Episode: "The Same as Air" |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 | Harlow | Episode: "7.1" |
| 2018 | Superstore | Neil Penderson | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Hawaii Five-0 | Carl | Episode: "E'ao lu'au a kualima" |
| 2019 | All Rise | Wallace Fisk | Episode: "Drispy" |
| 2021 | Kevin Can F**k Himself | Peter McRoberts | Main role |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2000 | Return to Me | Mike |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Dr. Steven Becker |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Carl Leffert |
| 2001 | The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra | Dr. Roger Fleming |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | FBI Agent Earl Amdursky |
| 2006 | RV | Marty |
| 2006 | Déjà Vu | Medical Examiner |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Jay Twistle |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | Builder |
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Steve Kowalski |
| 2009 | Dark and Stormy Night | Burling Famish Jr. |
| 2014 | Annabelle | Pete Higgins |
| 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | Pete Higgins |
| 2021 | Sweet Girl | Pete Micelli |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos | Charles Koerner |