Kent Broadhurst

Kent Broadhurst

Actor · Writer

St. Louis, Missouri, USA
February 4, 1940

Biography

Kent Broadhurst (February 4, 1940 — May 20, 2026) was an American actor, playwright, screenwriter and painter. He has appeared in a number of off-Broadway and regional theater productions. Broadhurst has also acted in films, including The Verdict, Silkwood, and Silver Bullet, and in television productions including Babylon 5, Law & Order, War and Remembrance, and Kane and Abel. His credits as a playwright include They're Coming To Make It Brighter, Lemons, The Eye of the Beholder, and The Habitual Acceptance of the Near Enough, all first produced at the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. He wrote the screenplay for the 2001 television film Wild Iris. Broadhurst was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1962, and lived in New York until his death in May 2026. Source: Article "Kent Broadhurst" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Representative Works

Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet
6.7
/ English
The Dark Half
The Dark Half
6.0
/ English
The Verdict
The Verdict
7.5
/ English
Brubaker
Brubaker
7.1
/ English
Silkwood
Silkwood
6.9
/ English
Alkali, Iowa
Alkali, Iowa
5.5
/ English
Lovesick
Lovesick
5.9
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Léon: The Professional
1994Winner

Best Performance

Léon: The Professional

Silver Bullet
1985Nominee

Best Performance

Silver Bullet

The Dark Half
1993Nominee

Best Performance

The Dark Half

Career Highlights

The Verdict
1982Highlight

Best Performance

The Verdict

Brubaker
1980Highlight

Best Performance

Brubaker

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