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Brian F. Durkin

American actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ4963694 ↗
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Brian F. Durkin (born May 17, 1976) is an American actor. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in building construction from University of Florida in 2000.

In 2019, Durkin joined other Writers Guild of America members in firing their agents as part of the WGA stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Brian F. Durkin at IMDb

Profile at Yahoo!

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2000, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-05-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Brian, Durkin and American providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4963694. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2000 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brian F. Durkin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.