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name: "Dwier Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dwier-brown"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 January 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:24.127142+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."
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# Dwier Brown

Actor. Born 30 January 1959 in Norton, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 January 1959, Norton, Ohio, USA

## Biography

Dwier Brown is an American actor. He played John Kinsella in the 1989 film *Field of Dreams*.

Brown graduated from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. He has appeared in the films *House* (1986) and *The Guardian* (1990), and in television series including *Criminal Minds*, *Ghost Whisperer* and *House*.

In 2014 he published the memoir *If You Build It...*, about fathers, fate and *Field of Dreams*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Field of Dreams* (1989), Fi1m 83, as John Kinsella — [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)

## Also known for

- *Red Dragon* (2002), Mr. Jacobi
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), William Copeland
- *Charmed* (1998), Tyler's Foster Father
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), Jeff Dunning
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Young Sam Braun
- *To Live and Die in L.A.* (1985), Doctor
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), Neil Walters
- *House* (1985), Lieutenant

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