---
name: "Brian Howe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-howe"
fi1m_id: "brian-howe"
imdb_id: "nm0397788"
tmdb_id: 1990
wikidata_id: "Q472482"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 December 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T19:23:36.992026+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Howe

## Identity

Brian Howe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-howe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-howe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397788
- **TMDB ID:** 1990
- **Wikidata ID:** Q472482
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Howe_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1990

Actor. Born 31 December 1957 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 December 1957, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** برایان هاو
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (3), 2020s 65 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2, History 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $673m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Howe_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1990

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Catch Me If You Can*](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md) (83)
- **AMC+:** [*Kevin Can F**K Himself*](https://film.one/tv/kevin-can-f-k-himself.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Howe is an American actor. He was born on 31 December 1957 in New York City. He is credited as Earl Amdursky in the 2002 film *Catch Me If You Can*.

Howe has appeared in supporting roles in films including *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2006) as Jay Twistle, *Gran Torino* (2008) as Steve Kowalski, *Déjà Vu* (2006), *Annabelle* (2014) as Pete Higgins and *Annabelle: Creation* (2017). He has also had guest and recurring roles in television series such as *Grey's Anatomy*, *Westworld* (2016) as Sheriff Pickett, *American Horror Story* and *Kevin Can F**k Himself* (2021–2022) as Peter McRoberts. He is part of filmmaker Larry Blamire's stock company and has appeared in several of his films.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Spider-Noir* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Carmedy — [page](https://film.one/tv/spider-noir.md)
- *Shrinking* (2023), Fi1m 61, as Kip — [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Being the Ricardos* (2021), Fi1m 61, as Charles Koerner — [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md)
- *Kevin Can F**K Himself* (2021), Fi1m 70, as Pete McRoberts — [page](https://film.one/tv/kevin-can-f-k-himself.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Steve Kowalski — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Earl Amdursky — [page](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md)
- *K-PAX* (2001), Fi1m 56, as Steve Becker — [page](https://film.one/film/k-pax.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hawk* (2026), series, as Gus
- *Spider-Noir* (2026), series, as Carmedy — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/spider-noir.md)
- *Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage* (2024), series, as Brian Hill
- *High Potential* (2024), series, as Gavin Tillman — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Shrinking* (2023), series, as Kip — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber* (2022), series, as Donald Kalanick
- *Being the Ricardos* (2021), as Charles Koerner — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md)
- *Sweet Girl* (2021), as Pete Micelli
- *Kevin Can F**K Himself* (2021), series, as Pete McRoberts — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/kevin-can-f-k-himself.md)
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Wallace Fisk
- *Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare* (2019), as Peter / Mr. Peters
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as Harlow
- *Cover Versions* (2018), as Detective Fairbanks
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as Craig
- *Annabelle: Creation* (2017), as Mr. Higgins
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Sheriff Pickett — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Havenhurst* (2016), as Hal
- *Vice Principals* (2016), series, as Jeremy Haas
- *Superstore* (2015), series, as Neil Penderson
- *Annabelle* (2014), as Pete Higgins
- *Growing Up Fisher* (2014), series, Actor
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, as Sam Duncan — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Neil Gaiman's We Can Get Them for You Wholesal* (2013), as Peter Pinter
- *Devil's Knot* (2013), as Detective McDonough
- *Liz & Dick* (2012), as Joseph Mankiewicz
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as Nick Porter
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Barry Lasenthal
- *Longmire* (2012), series, as Dale Lowry — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/longmire.md)
- *The Client List* (2012), series, as Judge Overton
- *Game Change* (2012), as Randy Scheunemann
- *House of Lies* (2012), series, as Dante Valerio
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Mark Phillips
- *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, as Gerald Thibodaux
- *Against the Wall* (2011), series, as Father Chet
- *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as A.D.A. Brad Hewett
- *I Am Number Four* (2011), as Frank
- *The Cape* (2011), series, as Mick Reese
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Carl — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Nikita* (2010), series, as Morgan Kendrick
- *The Lost Skeleton Returns Again* (2010), as Peter Fleming
- *Justified* (2010), series, as Arnold — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Taking Chances* (2009), as Stover Barksdale
- *Dark and Stormy Night* (2009), as Burling Famish, Jr.
- *The Middle* (2009), series, as Tom
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Jack Caldwell
- *Mental* (2009), series, Actor
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Aaron Lerner — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Garrett Denning
- *Gran Torino* (2008), as Steve Kowalski — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Arliss St. Germain — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Journeyman* (2007), series, as Hugh Skillen
- *Evan Almighty* (2007), as Builder
- *Trail of the Screaming Forehead* (2007), as Big Dan Frater
- *By Appointment Only* (2007), as Jim
- *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2006), as Jay Twistle
- *Déjà Vu* (2006), as Medical Examiner
- *Underfunded* (2006), series, Actor
- *RV* (2006), as Marty
- *Dark Heart* (2006), as Knox
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Special Agent Griffiths
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Sheriff Leonard Wilkinson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Nick Rhodes
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Robert Fischer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Robert Posdner
- *Medium* (2005), series, as John Claybourne
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Martin Monrow — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Quintuplets* (2004), series, as Paul
- *A Minute with Stan Hooper* (2003), series, as Gary Jamison
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Harry Denton (1974)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Tom Barrett — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *All of Us* (2003), series, Actor
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, as Ron Mark — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), as Earl Amdursky — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Grant Stoker
- *Good Morning, Miami* (2002), series, as Steve
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Dale Buford
- *Birdseye* (2002), as Joe Tanner
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Carlos Morganza — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *The Majestic* (2001), as Carl Leffert
- *K-PAX* (2001), as Steve Becker — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/k-pax.md)
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Cosgrove
- *The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra* (2001), as Dr. Roger Fleming
- *The District* (2000), series, as Hatfield
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Harvey Wincroft
- *Grosse Pointe* (2000), series, as Photographer (uncredited)
- *State and Main* (2000), as Bartender
- *The Huntress* (2000), series, Actor
- *Return to Me* (2000), as Mike
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as John Carrigalo
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Police Officer
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Ronny
- *Felicity* (1998), series, as Eric Scott
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Ken
- *Dead Man on Campus* (1998), as Frank
- *LateLine* (1998), series, Actor
- *Bonnie* (1995), series, as Sammy Sinatra
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Jerry Fleming, Sherriff Charlie
- *Dave's World* (1993), series, as Bryce
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Duffy, John Mack, Detective Harry Sorkin — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Pipeline*, as Alex Wiederman

## Gallery

- ![Brian Howe](https://film.one/media/person/97647/gallery-880858cee5d6.jpg) Brian Howe — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Howe](https://film.one/media/person/97647/gallery-633a965f87f3.jpg) Brian Howe — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Howe](https://film.one/media/person/97647/gallery-c32ba5e7ddaf.jpg) Brian Howe — Image via TMDB

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