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Ken Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, director
Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television episode....
 and producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
. He first became well known for his starring role on the television series thirtysomething, but is now a prolific television producer and director.

n actor, Olin played Michael Steadman on thirtysomething (1987–1991) and Dr. Roger Cattan on L.A. Doctors
L.A. Doctors

L.A. Doctors was an United States medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season....
 (1998-1999). He was also noted for his performance as Detective Harry Garibaldi on Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues is a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. It is currently being aired on AmericanLife TV Network on Sunday nights in the United States, and on weekday afternoons on digital network More 4 in the United Kingdom....
 and as the lead in the short-lived but critically praised EZ Streets
EZ Streets

EZ Streets is an American television drama created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot television movie....
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Ken Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, director
Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television episode....
 and producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
. He first became well known for his starring role on the television series thirtysomething, but is now a prolific television producer and director.

Biography


Career

As an actor, Olin played Michael Steadman on thirtysomething (1987–1991) and Dr. Roger Cattan on L.A. Doctors
L.A. Doctors

L.A. Doctors was an United States medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season....
 (1998-1999). He was also noted for his performance as Detective Harry Garibaldi on Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues is a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. It is currently being aired on AmericanLife TV Network on Sunday nights in the United States, and on weekday afternoons on digital network More 4 in the United Kingdom....
 and as the lead in the short-lived but critically praised EZ Streets
EZ Streets

EZ Streets is an American television drama created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot television movie....
. Olin has also performed in a number of television programs including Alias (as David McNeil), Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest is an United States primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990....
, and Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an award-winning television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher....
.

He is also known for his work as a director, most recently of the television program, Alias (for which he as also served as co-executive producer
Executive producer

The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project....
 and producer). He has worked with actress Lena Olin
Lena Olin

Lena Maria Jonna Olin is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish people actress....
 (no relation) and Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner

'Jennifer Anne Garner Affleck' is an United States actor. She is best known for her role as CIA agent Sydney Bristow on TV's Alias , as well as for her roles in the films Juno , Pearl Harbor , Dude, Where's My Car?, 13 Going on 30, Catch Me if You Can, Daredevil , Elektra , Catch and Release , and The King...
 on Alias. In addition, he has directed episodes of L.A. Doctors, The West Wing, Felicity
Felicity

Felicity was a Golden Globe-winning United States primetime television series drama produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB network....
, Judging Amy
Judging Amy

Judging Amy is an United States television program drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly ....
, Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks is an United States television series, created by Paul Feig and Television producer by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season....
, thirtysomething, EZ Streets
EZ Streets

EZ Streets is an American television drama created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot television movie....
 and Brothers & Sisters.

Personal life

Olin was born in Chicago, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
. He graduated from The Putney School
The Putney School

The Putney School is an independent high school in Putney, Vermont. It was founded in 1935 by Carmelita Hinton. It is a co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school, with a day-student component, outside of Brattleboro, Vermont....
 in Putney, Vermont
Putney, Vermont

Putney is a town in Windham County, Vermont, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,634 at the 2000 United States Census.In 2006, Putney was one of the first American towns to have its citizens pass a resolution movement to impeach George W....
 in 1972, then completed his college career at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
. He is married to his thirtysomething co-star, Patricia Wettig
Patricia Wettig

Patricia Wettig is an Emmy-award winning United States actor and playwright....
 with whom he has a son, Clifford, and a daughter, Roxanne. Olin is Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish.

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