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Dylan McDermott

Actor

Dylan McDermott

Born October 26, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA43 films

Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott; October 26, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series The Practice, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

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McDermott is also known for his roles in four seasons (first, second, eighth and ninth) of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Murder House, Asylum, Apocalypse, and 1984 portraying Ben Harmon, Johnny Morgan and Bruce, respectively. He also starred as narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime; Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series Dark Blue; in two short-lived CBS dramas, Hostages and Stalker; and in the 1994 remake of the film Miracle on 34th Street. In 2022, he joined FBI: Most Wanted as the new lead, replacing the departing Julian McMahon.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower posterFirst watchThe Perks of Being a Wallflower20127.8as FatherPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become…View film

Essential films

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King Richard poster7.6King Richard2021Olympus Has Fallen poster6.4Olympus Has Fallen2013In the Line of Fire poster7.0In the Line of Fire1993Runaway Jury poster6.9Runaway Jury2003Miracle on 34th Street poster6.8Miracle on 34th Street1994Steel Magnolias poster7.2Steel Magnolias1989Automata poster5.9Automata2014The Campaign poster5.8The Campaign2012

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. TBALove Love
  2. 2021King RichardWill Hodges
  3. 2018The Clovehitch KillerDon
  4. 2018JosieHank
  5. 2017BlindMark Dutchman
  6. 2015SurvivorSam Parker
  7. 2014AutomataWallace
  8. 2014MercyJim Swann
  9. 2014Behaving BadlyJimmy Leach
  10. 2014FreezerRobert Saunders
  11. 2013Olympus Has FallenForbes
  12. 2012Nobody WalksLeroy
  13. 2012The Perks of Being a WallflowerFather
  14. 2012The CampaignTim Wattley
  15. 2010Burning PalmsDennis Marx
  16. 2009MercyJake
  17. 2007Have Dreams, Will TravelUncle
  18. 2007The MessengersRoy
  19. 2006The TenantsHarry Lesser
  20. 2006Unbeatable HaroldJake Salamander
  21. 2005The Mistress of SpicesDoug
  22. 2005EdisonLazerov
  23. 2003WonderlandDavid Lind
  24. 2003Runaway JuryJacob Wood (victim)
  25. 2003Party MonsterPeter Gatien
  26. 2001Texas RangersLeander McNelly
  27. 1999Three to TangoCharles Newman
  28. 1997'Til There Was YouNick
  29. 1995Home for the HolidaysLeo Fish
  30. 1995Destiny Turns on the RadioJulian
  31. 1994Miracle on 34th StreetBryan Bedford
  32. 1994The Cowboy WayJohn Stark
  33. 1993In the Line of FireAl D'Andrea
  34. 1992The Fear InsidePete Caswell
  35. 1992Jersey GirlSal
  36. 1991Where Sleeping Dogs LieBruce Simmons
  37. 1991Into the BadlandsMcComas
  38. 1990HardwareMoses "Hard Mo" Baxter
  39. 1989The Neon EmpireVic
  40. 1989Steel MagnoliasJackson Latcherie
  41. 1989TwisterChris
  42. 1988The Blue IguanaVince Holloway
  43. 1987Hamburger HillSgt. Adam Frantz