Kevin Glen Weisman is an American film, television and stageactor. Career highlights thus far include his lauded portrayal of Marshall Flinkman on the critically acclaimed, J.J. Abrams' television series, Alias, which aired for five seasons on ABC, Kives on the HBO television series and movie Hello Ladies, Ray Spiewack for three seasons on the CBS television series, Scorpion, Dr. Maynard ontheNBCtelevision series, The Blacklist, and Ned Berring in season one of the David E. Kelley series, Goliath, starring Billy Bob Thornton. In 2017, Kevin began a three year stint as Dale Yorkes on the Hulu series, Marvel'sRunaways.
In 2015, Weisman was awarded a Lead Actor Award for his work as Francois Villon in Murray Mednick's Villon, which premiered at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles. The show was produced by the Padua Playwrights. “Uncompromising style … meta-theatrical… portrayed with gleeful lack of repentance by charismatic Kevin Weisman” — Los Angeles Times. “Masterful and Intriguing….Kevin Weisman, as Villon, is full spectrum spectacular…” LA Weekly Prior Los Angeles productions include tackling the role of frustrated writer, Arthur Kellog in Jaime Pachino's 2012 West Coast premiere of The Return to Morality with the Production Company in Los Angeles. "Weisman’s five seasons opposite Jennifer Garner on TV’s Alias makes his casting as Arthur a particular coup for The Production Company, but as his starring roles in La Mirada Theatre’s Lost In Yonkers and Dinner With Friends have made abundantly clear, the UCLA grad is as dynamic and charismatic on stage as he is on the small screen, qualities which make him an ideal choice to bring playwright Pachino’s surprised and dismayed Conservative Hero to amusingly conflicted life." -- LA Drama Critics. A founding member of Buffalo Nights Theatre Company, Weisman has produced, directed and acted in a over 25 productions in and around the Los Angeles area. Highlights include the title role of Anatol in Arthur Schnitzler's Anatol, and as los Angeles philanthropist, and convicted felon, Griffith J. Griffith, in the award- winning, Crazy Drunk, at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Los Angeles. Other notable productions with the company include Jean Giraudoux's Apollo of Bellac ; Madman and the Nun, The Firebugs, Suburban Motel, Ethan Lipton's Hope on the Range, Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy, Oscar Wilde's Salome, and the West Coast Premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Sophistry. Other theatrical turns include stand out performances at The in Odyssey Theater and the Mark Taper Forum in masterworks such as 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Greeks and The Goldoni Trilogy. Weisman has also treaded the boards at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, where he appeared as Uncle Louie In Neil Simon'sLost in Yonkers, and as Gabe in Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize winning play, Dinner with Friends, directed by Brian Kite. "Weisman shows Gabe's touching naiveté, his love of the stability and order of marriage, and his agonized confusion over having to take sides" - Los Angeles Times
Other work
Internationally known for his portrayal of Marshall J. Flinkman for five seasons on the critically acclaimed, ABC series, Alias, Weisman was later cast as series regular, Kives, in the 2013 Stephen Merchant/HBO project, Hello Ladies, in which TV.com. named Kevin one of the season's best new characters. In 2015, Weisman joined the cast of the David E. Kelley Amazon series, Goliath, as agoraphobic recluse, Ned Berring. "That said, those women and the rest of the cast supply an embarrassment of riches. Arianda is a pure delight as McBride’s argumentative but ferociously loyal colleague, Kevin Weisman is terrific as an oddball witness, and Harold Perrineau makes a major impression as an impatient, ambitious judge." -Maureen Ryan,Variety. Later that year, Weisman appeared as Stevie in a first season episode of AMC's Better Call Saul entitled Hero, and landed the recurring role of Dr. Jeffrey Maynard on NBC's hit drama, The Blacklist. That same year, Kevin was tapped to play bon vivant, Ray Spiewack, on the CBS drama, Scorpion, which resulted in a raucous three season arc. Other fan favorites include the recurring Assistant DA, Todd Erlich, on TNT's Perception, and a memorable turn as AnsonStokes in the The X-Files episode, Je Souhaite, written and directed by Vince Gilligan. In 2006, director Kevin Smith called on Weisman to appear in his now cult classic film, Clerks II, and in 2010, director Rob Reiner hired him to play Aidan Quinn's character's younger, mentally challenged brother, Daniel Baker, in Flipped. In 2012, Weisman played the recurring role of the mysterious Mr. Blonde, opposite Jason Issacs in the NBC show, Awake. Other television work includes the recurring role of the deferential minion, Dreg, on Joss Whedon'sBuffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, E.R, Frasier, JAG, The Pretender, The Drew Carey Show, Just Shoot Me, Chuck, Miami Medical, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Fairly Legal, Felicity, Human Target, The Forgotten, The Glades, Fringe, and October Road. Additional film work includes The Rock, Gone in 60 Seconds, Space Buddies, Unicorn City, Bending The Rules, and Undocumented. In 2004, Weisman produced and acted in the independent feature film, The Illusion, directed by Emmy Award winner, Michael Goorjian, and starring Hollywood legend, Kirk Douglas. Illusion won the "Best Screenplay" award at the 12th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, and was an official selection of the 16th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. An avid poker player, Kevin appeared on Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. A drummer since age 12, Weisman was kept the back-beat for the band, Trainwreck, with Kyle Gass of Tenacious D. Quite prolific in the world of voice-over, Weisman's soul soothing vocal timbre has been heard on radio and television ads for such companies as Nike, Coke, and ATT. He was also the voice of Honda cars and trucks for over three years. Weisman has appeared on both the Entertainment WeeklyMust List, and on the TV GuideTop 10 Scene Stealers list a total of three times. He has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award twice for his work on Alias, and Marvel's Runaways once. He and the cast of Alias took home a People's Choice award after their first season for Best New Show.
Philanthropy
In 2004, Weisman was a participant in the first-ever national television advertising campaign supporting donations to Jewish federations. The program featured 'film and television personalities celebrating their Jewish heritage and promoting charitable giving to the Jewish community.'. Additional charities Kevin is actively involved in include The Children's Defense Fund, the DMD Fund, Save The Children, Broadway Cares, Wheels For Humanity, Bet Tzedek, The Melanoma Research Foundation, and The Clear View Treatment Center, which provides a residential treatment program for adolescent boys who have been neglected, abused and abandoned.
Personal life
In 2005, Weisman married Jodi Tanowitz, a preschoolteacher, in a Jewish ceremony. He has two children, Maya Rose Weisman and Eli Samantha Weisman. The couple divorced in 2011, but remain committed to co-parenting their two daughters together. Kevin currently resides in Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hills, and has three sisters. He has been practicing yoga for over twenty years, and is a vegan.
