Treat Williams was born December 1, 1951 in Rowayton, Connecticut. His passion for acting began during his days at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. He spent his summers acting in both classical and contemporary productions staged by the Fulton Repertory Theater in Lancaster. His big break came after director Milos Foreman saw him play the lead in Grease and cast him in the 1979 film, Hair, for which he earned his first Golden Globe nomination. He has since become a veteran of over 40 feature films including Prince of the City, where he was nominated a second time at the Globes. His third Golden Globe nomination came for his role as Stanley Kowalski in the television production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Aside from acting, Williams has also directed Texan for Showtime, which was awarded the Best Short Film at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and won him Best New Director at the Aspen Short Film Festival.
Dr. Andrew “Andy” Brown, played by Treat Williams on Everwood, is a brilliant and accomplished brain surgeon struggling to raise his two kids on his own, following the death of his wife, their mother. In an effort to get closer to them, Andy moved their family from Manhattan to the idyllic town of Everwood, Colorado.
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