Kent Broadhurst
Acting

Kent Broadhurst

Born 4 February 1940 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Died 20 May 2026

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.

Known for

Léon: The Professional
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Person of Interest
The Verdict
Silver Bullet
Law & Order
Babylon 5
Brubaker
The Dark Half
Silkwood
A Shock to the System
A Couch in New York
The Gay Agenda 13
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
Wild Iris
A Couch in New York
Alkali, Iowa
Léon: The Professional
The Dark Half
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
Touch and Die
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
A Shock to the System
Stars & Bars
Silver Bullet
Silkwood
Lovesick
I Want to Live
The Verdict
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Brubaker
Kent Broadhurst · Midrow