Kevin Wade

Wade was born in Chappaqua, New York,^[2] and attended Connecticut College.

Before his writing career, Wade acted in two films for underground filmmaker Mark Rappaport, including The Scenic Route (1978). He wrote the play Key Exchange,^[3] which was produced off-Broadway in 1981^[4] and adapted to film in 1985.^[3] Seven years later he received his first screen credit for Working Girl,^[1] which earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay^[5] and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Additional film credits include True Colors,^[1] Mr. Baseball,^[1] Junior,^[1] Meet Joe Black,^[1] and Maid in Manhattan.^[1] He did an uncredited rewrite on the James Bond film GoldenEye, but was acknowledged in the naming of Bond's CIA ally Jack Wade.^[6][7][8]

For television, Wade created and executive produced the short-lived ABC drama series Cashmere Mafia. He also wrote the seven episodes that were broadcast by the network before the show was canceled. He joined the writing staff of the CBS drama Blue Bloods in its first season and has served as its executive producer/showrunner since the second season. He entered into an overall deal with CBS Studios in 2013.^[9] In 2019 he was nominated for a Edgar Award for the episode “My Aim is True”.

Wade was married to actress Polly Draper from 1983 to 1988. He remarried Sasha Clifton in 1991 and they have two children together.