Olin, Ken 1954(?)-

PERSONAL

Full name, Kenneth Olin; born July 30, 1954 (some sources cite 1955), in Highland Park (some sources cite Chicago or Evanston), IL; son of Lawrence Olin (an owner of a pharmaceutical company and former Peace Corps official); married Patricia Wettig (an actress and producer), November 8, 1982; children: Clifford, Roxanne. Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., English literature; trained at Circle in the Square Professional Theatre School; studied acting with Stella Adler and Warren Robertson. Avocational Interests: Spending time with family members, baseball, basketball, running, weightlifting.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Actor, producer, and director. Creative Film Management, director.

Awards, Honors:

Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a television series—drama, 1990, for thirtysomething; Golden Laurel Award nomination (with others), television producer of the year in episodic drama, Producers Guild of America, 2004, for Alias; Olin's character Michael Steadman on thirtysomething was named one of the fifty greatest television fathers of all time, TV Guide, 2004; Humanitarian Award (with Patricia Wettig), Friends of the Wellness Community-Westside.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Rocky Padillo, Bay City Blues, NBC, 1983.

Detective Harry Garibaldi, Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984-85.

Father Christopher, Falcon Crest, CBS, 1985-86.

Michael Steadman, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987-91.

Detective Cameron Quinn, EZ Streets, CBS, 1996-97.

Dr. Roger Cattan, L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998-99.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Nathan Lammerman, I'll Take Manhattan, CBS, 1987.

Detective Jay Jensen, Telling Secrets (also known as Contract for Murder), ABC, 1993.

Brad Cunningham, Dead by Sunset, NBC, 1995.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Board member, Women at West Point, CBS, 1979.

David Frank, Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (also known as Flight 90, Flight No. 90, and Florida Flight 90), NBC, 1984.

Jay Savage, There Must Be a Pony, ABC, 1986.

Henry Fox, Tonight's the Night (also known as The Game of Love), ABC, 1987.

Curtis "Manny" Mandell, Cop Killer (also known as Police Story: Cop Killer), ABC, 1988.

Jim Sandler, A Stoning in Fulham County, NBC, 1988.

Charles Stuart, Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (also known as The Charles Stuart Story, Asesinato en Boston, Crime em Boston, Hyvaesti, kultaseni, and Ruhe sanft), CBS, 1990.

Ray, Queens Logic, Showtime, 1991.

Dr. Peter Clayman, Nothing but the Truth, CBS, 1995.

Abe Ringel, The Advocate's Devil, ABC, 1997.

James Mydell, Evolution's Child, USA Network, 1999.

Nick Cromwell, Y2K (also known as Countdown to Chaos and Y2K: The Movie), NBC, 1999.

Himself, The Naked Brothers Band Movie (also known as The Naked Brothers Band), Nickelodeon, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

NBC team member, Battle of the Network Stars XVIII, ABC, 1985.

Narrator, More Than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht, PBS, 1988.

The American Red Cross Celebrates Real Life Miracles, CBS, 1998.

Himself, Inside "thirtysomething," Bravo, 2001.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1989.

Presenter, The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Timothy, "A Day in the Life of …," The Paper Chase (also known as The Paper Chase: The Second Year, The Paper Chase: The Third Year, The Paper Chase: The Fourth Year, and The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year), CBS, 1978.

Timothy, "The Man Who Would Be King," The Paper Chase (also known as The Paper Chase: The Second Year, The Paper Chase: The Third Year, The Paper Chase: The Fourth Year, and The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year), CBS, 1978.

Perry Revere, "Deadline for Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986.

Mark Fredericks, "Class of '72," Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Hotel"), ABC, 1987.

Steve, "Best Shot," The Hitchhiker (also known as Deadly Nightmares and Le voyageur), HBO, 1987.

Himself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (also known as The Best of Carson), NBC, 1988, 1989.

Himself, Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show and Late Show Backstage), CBS, 1996.

Himself, This Morning (also known as This Morning with Richard and Judy), Independent Television (England), 1996.

Himself, The Daily Show (also known as Ha-Daily Show), Comedy Central, 1998.

Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998.

Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1999.

David McNeil, "Spirit," Alias, ABC, 2001.

David McNeil, "The Coup," Alias, ABC, 2002.

David McNeil, "Page 47," Alias, ABC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Rocky Padillo, Bay City Blues, NBC, 1983.

Michael Steadman, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987.

Detective Cameron Quinn, EZ Streets, CBS, 1996.

Dr. Roger Cattan, L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998.

Say Uncle, CBS, 2001.

Richard Sloan, Breaking News, created for TNT, broadcast on Bravo, 2002.

Appeared as assistant district attorney Fitzpatrick in The Death of the Innocents, NBC.

Television Work; Series:

Executive consultant, L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998-99.

Co-executive producer, Alias, ABC, 2001-2002.

Executive producer, Breaking News, created for TNT, broadcast on Bravo, 2002.

Executive producer, Alias, ABC, 2002-2006.

Executive producer, Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2006—.

Television Work; Movies:

Director, The Broken Cord, 1992.

Director, Doing Time on Maple Drive (also known as Faces in the Mirror), Fox, 1992.

Director, In Pursuit of Honor, HBO, 1995.

Executive producer, Kansas, ABC, 1995.

Director and executive producer, "Phenomenon II," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2002.

Television Director; Episodic:

thirtysomething, ABC, episodes 1989-1991.

"Every Picture Tells a Story," EZ Streets, CBS, 1996.

"Maybe It's You," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998.

"Forty-Eight Minutes," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1999.

"O Captain, My Captain," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1999.

"Family Affairs," Felicity, The WB, 1999.

"Witch Hunt," Judging Amy, CBS, 1999.

"The Diary," Freaks and Geeks, NBC, 2000.

"In This White House," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2000.

"Take Out the Trash Day," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2000.

"True Colors," Felicity, The WB, 2000.

"The White House Pro-Am," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2000.

Alias, ABC, episodes 2001-05.

Breaking News, created for TNT, episodes broadcast on Bravo, 2002.

"Family Portrait," Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2006.

"Mistakes Were Made: Part 2," Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2006.

Directed episodes of other programs, including Push, ABC.

Television Work; Pilots:

Director, "Patriarchy," Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2006.

Executive producer, Enemies, ABC, 2006.

Executive producer and director, Introducing Lennie Rose, ABC, 2006.

Director, Eli Stone, ABC, 2007.

Executive producer of The Death of the Innocents, NBC; and director of the unaired pilot of Brothers & Sisters, ABC.

Stage Appearances:

Lefty, Spike Horn, and Toddy, Taxi Tales, Century Theatre, New York City, 1978.

Streamers, Theatre-by-the-Sea, Portsmouth, NH, 1979.

Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire, Theatre-by-the-Sea, 1982.

Major Barbara, Alaska Repertory Theatre, Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK, 1982.

Appeared off-Broadway in The Fairy Garden. Also appeared in Lorenzaccio, New York City; and in Self-Torture and Strenuous Exercise.

Stage Director:

My Mother Said I Never Should, c. 1990.

Film Appearances:

Young Sears James, Ghost Story, Universal, 1981.

Gregory, 'Til There Was You, Paramount, 1997.

Film Director:

White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf (also known as White Fang II), Buena Vista, 1994.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers 1992, Issue Cumulation, Gale, 1992.

Periodicals:

InStyle, December, 1998.

Jewish Exponent, Volume 200, issue 8, 1996, p. 4.

Life, April, 1988.