Ken Olin

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Ken Olin: Biography

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Birth Place: Chicago, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/30/1955, Leo
Profession: Actor; director; producer

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Ken Olin: TV Guide News

Walker On By: Brothers & Sisters Season 2 Preview | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/18/2007
The Brothers & Sisters ensemble (sans the actors who play Nora, Robert, Kitty and Sarah) recently walked a red carpet outside the San Antonio Winery (where the show has filmed on occasion) in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the release of the prime-time serial drama's Season 1 DVD release. TVGuide.com was on the scene to get the scoop on that as well as Season 2, which debuts on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 10 pm/ET, on ABC. Arguably, the biggest shock twist at the end of the show's freshman year ... read more
Play of the Week | Robbie's Brothers & Sisters Blog | 5/3/2007
There are moments in this week's episode where everything I think Brothers & Sisters [Sundays at 10 pm/ET, on ABC] should come together perfectly; comedy and tragedy coexist — just like they do in real life, turning, dancing with each other in perpetuity. The episode has it all — male passions run amok, female passions threaten to cause thermonuclear war, farce, drunkenness, sorrow and laughter. In my humble opinion, a great episode. There are moments of acting in "Grapes of Wrath" that took my breath away when I saw it. One in particular stands out. I don't want to say too much, but it takes place in a kitchen during a showdown between Nora and Holly. Both actresses, Sally Field and Patty Wettig are real and funny and frightening in a way that brings to mind some of the great turns that John Cassavetes managed to capture on film — I'm thinking of Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence in particular. The camera comes close in so as to deprive them of any... read more
Emily VanCamp on Losing Everwood, Gaining Brothers & Sisters | Ausiello Report | 2/2/2007
Indulge me while I do something completely out of character: Toot my own horn. As you know, back in August I publicly pressured Brothers & Sisters executive producer Greg Berlanti to cast his former Everwood ingenue Emily VanCamp in the pivotal role of Rebecca, the 20-year-old byproduct of Holly's affair with Nora's late hubby, William. Jump ahead five months and guess who was just tapped to play Rebecca? That's right — Emily freakin' VanCamp! "The truth is, you do deserve some credit," Berlanti concedes. "The candlelight vigil you've had for her in this role really made a difference." Of course, it'd be disingenuous for me to not point out that VanCamp — who makes her debut on Feb. 18 — also had the support of some other influential players, namely Berlanti, fellow executive producer Ken Olin, and VanCamp's TV mom, Patricia Wettig. "Patty is over the moon," declares Olin of his real-life wife and colleague. "She loves her." So how's the woman at the center of... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/26/2007
TVGuide.com just last week broke the news that later this season Patricia Wettig will take a break from playing mistress read more
The Politics of Bad TV | Robbie's Brothers & Sisters Blog | 11/18/2006
Okay, so I’m going to take a different tack today with the blog. I’m going to try and share what I think about when I dream of Brothers & Sisters -- how it can reflect the country we live in now and serve as a dramatic discussion of American values. We all heard the news that ex-athlete and killer – see civil court conviction – O.J. Simpson has sold a book called If I Did It. And that Rupert Murdoch’s Regan Books is publishing the thing, which seems to be a kind of stunt-like game of literary and legal peek-a-boo. Not only that, Murdoch’s Fox Network is making it into a TV show. It’s all contemptible, of course. Assumes the worst of audiences and readers. Assumes that the populace is so numb that it requires the frisson of cheap titillation the way heroin addicts need their fix.So, what does this have to do with Brothers & Sisters? A lot, actually, in that it begs an examination of our choices and the kind of moral universe we live in. It... read more

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Brothers and Sisters, Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig courtesy Scott Garfield/ABC

Brothers and Sisters, Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig, Dave Annable, Emily VanCamp courtesy Scott Garfield/ABC

Brothers and Sisters, Ken Olin courtesy Scott Garfield/ABC

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Ken Olin: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Eli Stone (Executive Producer)	2008	TV Show Series
Brothers & Sisters (Executive Producer)	2006	TV Show Series
Breaking News (Executive Producer)	2002	TV Show Series
L.A. Doctors (Actor - Dr. Roger Cattan)	1998	TV Show Series
'Til There Was You (Actor - Gregory)	1997	Movie