Kent Broadhurst

• Birth Name — James Kent Broadhurst • Born — 4 February 1940 • Birthplace — St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. • Died — 20 May 2026 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actor, playwright, screenwriter and painter

He 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, and War and Remembrance. As a live performer, Broadhurst provided the on-stage narration in the role of the hypnotherapist in progressive metal band Dream Theater's New York City performance of Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, beginning in 2000. This performance was documented in the band's DVD Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York. 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 on February 4, 1940. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1962, and lived in New York. Broadhurst died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 86.

Examples of Broadhurst's work as a painter: • Illustration — At 30 (1970) • Illustration — Traveling Light (1970) • Illustration — Jennifer Warren (1976) • Illustration — Kythera by a Window (1967) • Illustration — Evolving Man (1976) • Illustration — The Julian Mark Family of Stamford Connecticut (1968) • Illustration — LA POV (1993) • Illustration — Doctor Joe Santo (1973)

Kent Broadhurst television credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — The Equalizer — Noble — Episode: "The Confirmation Day" • 1985 — Kane and Abel — Tony Simmons — TV miniseries • 1988 — War and Remembrance — Capt. George Murray (Enterprise) — TV miniseries • 1994 — Babylon 5 — Major Lewis Krantz — Episode: "Babylon Squared" • 1996 — Babylon 5 — Lewis Krantz — Episode: "War Without End: Part Two" • 1993–2002 — Law & Order — (various) — 4 episodes • 2000 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Larry Holt — Episode: "Nocturne" • 2011 — Person of Interest — Heinrich Hauffe — 1 episode