on Roseanne, Roc, The Drew Carey Show, Spin City, Friends, The Simpsons, Family Guy and Northern Exposure, involved minor recurring or guest characters. David Marshall Grant, one of the actors in the controversial thirtysomething scene, is a writer for Brothers & Sisters. Evolution In the first pilot, Kevin was named Bryan, a prosecutor played by Jonathan LaPaglia, and gearing up for a custody battle with the ex-wife he left after coming out of the closet. With the second pilot, the character was retooled into a character who had already been out of the closet and living as an openly gay man for years, and recast with Matthew Rhys. References External links Matthew Rhys interview Brothers & Sisters characters Fictional American Jews Fictional characters from Pasadena, California Fictional gay males Fictional lawyers Television characters introduced in 2006 Fictional LGBT characters in television