15 Facts About Ken Olin

Kenneth Edward Olin was born on July 30,1954 and is an American actor, television director, and producer.

Ken Olin later began working behind the scenes, as a director and producer.

Ken Olin made several guest appearances on episodic primetime TV in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Ken Olin later joined the cast of NBC police drama Hill Street Blues playing Detective Harry Garibaldi from 1984 to 1985, and from 1985 to 1986 co-starred on the CBS prime time soap opera Falcon Crest as Father Christopher Rossini.

Ken Olin guest-starred on Murder, She Wrote and Hotel before he was cast as Michael Steadman, one of the lead roles in the ABC drama series Thirtysomething.

In 1996, Ken Olin played a leading role in the short-lived CBS crime drama EZ Streets.

Ken Olin appeared along with wife Patricia Wettig in the 1995 television film Nothing But the Truth, and well as in Telling Secrets with Cybill Shepherd, The Advocate's Devil alongside Mariska Hargitay, and Evolution's Child.

In 2020, ABC ordered a sequel for Thirtysomething and Ken Olin was set to return alongside Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield and Patricia Wettig; however, the project remains in development limbo.

Ken Olin directed television movies The Broken Cord, Doing Time on Maple Drive, In Pursuit of Honor and Phenomenon II, as well as White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf for Buena Vista Pictures.

Ken Olin has been an executive producer on several television dramas, starting with the ABC action drama Alias.

Ken Olin's wife, Patricia Wettig, was a regular cast member on the show.

Ken Olin was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a former Peace Corps official and pharmaceutical company owner.

Ken Olin graduated from The Putney School in Putney, Vermont, in 1972.

Ken Olin then matriculated into the 1976 class at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ken Olin is married to thirtysomething co-star, Patricia Wettig, with whom he has a son, Clifford, and a daughter, Roxanne, who appeared on The City.