Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney | |
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Born | Dermot Patrick Mulroney October 31, 1963 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Occupation(s) | Actor, cellist |
Years active | 1986–present |
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Children | 3 |
Dermot Patrick Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in
Mulroney is known for his work in various films such as
Mulroney played the main antagonist Francis Gibson in NBC's (2018–2019).
Early life
Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on Halloween Day in 1963. His father, Michael Mulroney, from Elkader, Iowa, was a law professor at Villanova University School of Law beginning in the 1990s, prior to which he had a private practice in tax law for thirty years in Washington, D.C. His mother, Ellen, originally from Manchester, Iowa, was a regional theater actress.[1][2] Mulroney is of Irish and German descent, and is the middle child among five siblings. He has two older brothers, Conor and Sean; a younger brother, Kieran Mulroney, who is an actor and screenwriter; and a younger sister, Moira.[3]
Mulroney attended Matthew Maury Elementary School and played cello in school and city youth orchestras, as well as acted in children's community theater. He finished 9th and 10th grades at
Mulroney has a scar on his upper lip from a childhood accident, about which he explained, "I was 3½ and I was carrying a dish for our pet rabbits. And I tripped and it broke, and I fell on it."[7]
Career
1986–1996
In his senior year in college, Mulroney responded to a sign-up sheet and auditioned in front of
In 1988, Mulroney appeared in the baseball flick
Mulroney appeared in a number of
1997–present
Several of his lead performances have been in romantic comedy films. Mulroney has appeared in many films, including as the male lead in My Best Friend's Wedding alongside Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. In 1993 Mulroney played "J.P", the boyfriend of star "Maggie" (played by Bridget Fonda) in Point of No Return. Mulroney also played the love interest of Madeleine Stowe in the western Bad Girls. In 2005, he played a male escort alongside Debra Messing in The Wedding Date, and co-starred in the ensemble film The Family Stone, with Sarah Jessica Parker. He was also in the film Abduction (2011) as Martin Price.
In 2003, Mulroney played
In 2012, Mulroney played the love interest of Zooey Deschanel, Russell, in the Fox series New Girl. In 2013, he played the title starring role in the psychotronic horror film The Rambler, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He also starred alongside Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, and Stefanie Scott in the 2015 horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 3.[13] He is the narrator of Legends & Lies (2015-2016) executive produced by Bill O'Reilly for Fox News Channel. He also appeared in the hit Showtime series Shameless as Sean, a recovering drug addict who runs a restaurant. In 2023, Mulroney starred in the sixth installment of the Scream franchise[14] and starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Secret Invasion.
Personal life
Mulroney married actress Catherine Keener in 1990 after they met in 1986 when filming Survival Quest.[9] They have a son named Clyde Keener Mulroney (born June 21, 1999) who is a singer. The couple separated in May 2005 and Mulroney filed for divorce on June 11, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce became final on December 19, 2007.[15] He later married Italian Prima Apollinaare in 2008. They have two daughters, and the family lives in Los Angeles.
Mulroney is an accomplished cellist. In 1996, he was part of a band called the Low and Sweet Orchestra that released an album in 1996, "Goodbye to All That".[16] In 2005 he appeared alongside Boyd Tinsley for Alanis Morissette's show at the House of Blues in Hollywood. He played the cello in the films The Thing Called Love, where he portrayed an aspiring country singer, the 1987 made-for-TV movie Daddy, and Samantha, where he portrayed a college student studying music. He played cello in the song "Place Your Hand" from Melissa Etheridge's 1992 album Never Enough, on the EP for Rain Phoenix's band Papercranes, and on the scores for Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).[17] In 2016 his band, Cranky George, released its debut album Fat Lot of Good.[18] Most recently, he portrayed a cello soloist in the second and third seasons of Mozart in the Jungle.
Mulroney was included in People's Sexiest Men of the Year issue in 2005 as its "Sexiest Jack of Arts".[19]
Filmography
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Sunset | Michael Alperin | |
Young Guns | Dirty Steve Stephens | ||
1989 | Staying Together | Kit McDermott | |
Survival Quest | Gray Atkinson | ||
Longtime Companion | John | ||
1990 | Bright Angel | George Russell | |
1991 | Career Opportunities | Nestor Pyle | |
Samantha | Henry | ||
1992 | Where the Day Takes You | King | |
1993 | Silent Tongue | Reeves McCree | |
Point of No Return | J. P. | ||
The Last Outlaw | Frank Wells | ||
The Thing Called Love | Kyle Davidson | ||
1994 | Bad Girls | Josh McCoy | |
There Goes My Baby | Pirate | ||
Angels in the Outfield | Mr. Bomman | ||
Scene Six, Take One | Wolf | Short film | |
1995 | Copycat | Reuben Goetz | |
How to Make an American Quilt | Sam | ||
Living in Oblivion | Wolf Überman | Also associate producer | |
1996 | Kansas City
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Johnny O'Hara | |
The Trigger Effect | Joe | ||
Box of Moonlight | Wick | ||
Bastard Out of Carolina | Lyle Parsons | ||
1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Michael O'Neal | |
1999 | Goodbye Lover | Jake Dunmore | |
2000 | Trixie | Dexter "Dex" Lang | |
Where the Money Is | Wayne MacKay | ||
2001 | The Safety of Objects | Jim Train | |
Investigating Sex | Edgar Faldo | ||
Lovely & Amazing | Kevin McCabe | ||
2002 | About Schmidt | Randall Hertzel | |
2004 | Undertow | John Munn | |
Hair High | Rod | Voice[20] | |
2005 | The Wedding Date | Nick Mercer | |
Must Love Dogs | Bob Connor | ||
The Family Stone | Everett Stone | ||
2006 | Griffin & Phoenix | Henry Griffin | |
2007 | Dante's Inferno | Dante Alighieri | Voice |
Zodiac | Captain Marty Lee | ||
Georgia Rule | Dr. Simon Ward | ||
Gracie | Bryan Bowen | ||
2008 | Jolene
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Uncle Phil | |
Burn After Reading | Star of "Coming Up Daisy" | ||
Flash of Genius | Gil Previck | ||
2009 | Kisses Over Babylon | Warden | Short film |
2010 | Inhale | Paul Stanton | |
2011 | Abduction | Martin Price | |
J. Edgar | Colonel Schwarzkopf
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The Family Tree
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Jack Burnett | ||
Love, Wedding, Marriage | Director | ||
2012 | Struck by Lightning | Neal Phillips | |
The Grey | Jerome Talget | ||
Big Miracle | Colonel Scott Boyer | ||
Trade of Innocents | Alex Becker | ||
2013 | Space Warriors | Andy Hawkins | |
Stoker | Richard Stoker | ||
The Rambler | The Rambler | ||
Jobs | Mike Markkula | ||
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III | Doctor | ||
August: Osage County | Steve Heidebrecht | ||
2015 | Careful What You Wish For | Elliott Harper | |
Truth | Lawrence Lanpher | ||
Insidious: Chapter 3 | Sean Brenner | ||
The D Train | Himself | ||
2016 | Dirty Grandpa | David Kelly | |
Lavender | Patrick | ||
2017 | Sleepless | Stanley Rubino | |
The Christmas Train | Tom Langdon | ||
The Mountain Between Us | Mark Robertson | ||
2018 | I Still See You | August Bittner | |
Cats and Peachtopia | Blanket | Voice | |
2019 | Sgt. Will Gardner | Buddy | |
The Courier | Special Agent Roberts | ||
2020 | Hard Luck Love Song | Rollo | |
2021 | The Blazing World | Tom Winter | |
Deadly Illusions | Tom Morrison | ||
Christmas Is Cancelled | Jack Lockhart | ||
2022 | Along for the Ride | Robert | [21] |
Gone in the Night | Nicholas Barlow | ||
Umma | Danny | ||
The Inhabitant | Ben | ||
Agent Game | Harris | ||
Section Eight | Sam Ramsey | ||
2023 | Scream VI | Detective Wayne Bailey | [22][23] |
You're Killing Me | Congressman Schroder | [24] | |
Shooting Stars | Keith Dambrot | [25] | |
Breakwater | Ray Childress | ||
The Dirty South | Jeb Roy | [26] | |
The Warrant: Breaker's Law | Yule Bronson | ||
Ruthless | Harry[27] | ||
Anyone but You | Leo | ||
2024 | Lights Out † | Sage Parker | Post-production |
TBA | The Gettysburg Address † | Andrew Gregg Curtin | Voice; post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Sin of Innocence | Tim McGary | Television film (CBS) |
Fame | Max | Episode: "Losin' It" | |
CBS Schoolbreak Special | Doug Dawson | Episode: "The Drug Knot" | |
1987 | Daddy | Bobby | Television film (ABC) |
Long Gone | Jamie Weeks | Television film (HBO) | |
1989 | Unconquered | Richmond Flowers Jr. | Television film (CBS) |
1992 | The Heart of Justice | Elliot Burgess | Television film (TNT) |
1993 | Family Pictures | Mack Eberlin | Television film (ABC) |
The Last Outlaw
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Eustis | Television film (HBO) | |
1996 | Heroine of Hell | Callum | Television film (PBS) |
2003 | Friends | Gavin Mitchell | 3 episodes; Season 9 |
2007–08 | The Batman | Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice) | 3 episodes[20] |
2008 | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Dr. David Henry | Television film (Lifetime) |
2011 | Silent Witness | Tony Lord | Television film (TNT) |
2012–18 | New Girl | Russell Schiller | 8 episodes; Seasons 1, 2 and 7 |
2012 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Episode: "Jamie Foxx / Ne-Yo" |
2013 | Enlightened | Jeff Flender | 6 episodes; Season 2 |
2014 | Crisis | Francis Gibson | 13 episodes; Main cast |
2015 | Extant | Taalr (voice) | Episode: "Change Scenario"; uncredited |
Northpole: Open for Christmas | Ian Hanover | Television film (Hallmark) | |
2015–17 | Shameless | Sean Pierce | 23 episodes; Seasons 5, 6 and 8 |
2015–16 | Mozart in the Jungle | Andrew Walsh | 3 episodes; Seasons 2 and 3 Also contributed to soundtrack |
2016–17 | Pure Genius | Dr. Walter Wallace | Main cast, 13 episodes |
2016 | Soundbreaking | Narrator | 8 episodes |
2017 | American Dad! | Jesse (voice) | Episode: "Julia Rogerts" |
American Horror Story: Cult | Bob Thompson | 3 episodes | |
The Christmas Train | Tom Langdon | Television film (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Also contributed to soundtrack | |
2018 | LA to Vegas | Captain Steve Jasser | 2 episodes[28] |
Kingpin | Narrator | 4 episodes | |
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy | Himself | 3 episodes | |
Homecoming | Anthony | Main cast, 3 episodes | |
Into the Dark | Henry Tooms | Episode: "Flesh & Blood" | |
Drunk History | Georges Ladoux | Episode: "Femme Fatales" | |
2018–19 | The Purge | Bobby Sheridan | Recurring cast (Season 2) |
Arrested Development | Dusty Radler | 7 episodes | |
Station 19 | Greg Tanner | Recurring cast, 5 episodes | |
2019 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Bryce Dylan | Recurring cast, 6 episodes |
The Righteous Gemstones | Johnny Seasons | Recurring cast, 4 episodes | |
2020 | Messiah | President John Young | 2 episodes |
Prodigal Son | Nicholas Endicott | 3 episodes; Season 1 | |
The Eric Andre Show | Himself | Episode: "Lizzo Up" | |
2020–21 | Hanna | John Carmichael | 16 episodes |
2023 | Ghosts of Beirut | Robert Ames | Episode: "Emergence"[29] |
Secret Invasion | President Ritson | Main role, 4 episodes | |
TBA | The Hunting Wives | Jed Banks | Upcoming series[30] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Event | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1988 | CableACE Awards
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Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Long Gone | Nominated |
1990 | Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
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Jury Special Prize | Bright Angel | Won |
1992 | Seattle International Film Festival | Best Actor | Where The Day Takes You
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Won |
1996 | MTV Movie Awards
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Best Kiss (shared with Winona Ryder) | How to Make an American Quilt | Nominated |
2007 | Philadelphia Film Festival | Artistic Achievement Award | Himself | Won |
2013 | Seattle Film Critics Society | Award for Best Ensemble | August: Osage County | Nominated |
2013 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |
2013 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
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Best Ensemble | Nominated |
References
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- ^ "The one and only Mulroney - actor Dermot Mulroney - Interview". January 1994. Archived from the original on January 10, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Brennan, Patricia (17 May 1987). "DERMOT MULRONEY FROM ALEXANDRIA TO TINSELTOWN". Washington Post.
- ^ "Dermot Mulroney's local roots". Alexandria Times. May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Dermot Mulroney, at 27, Knows a Lot About Playing 18-Year-Olds". Los Angeles Times. 15 June 1991. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "The Purple Pilgrim". August 2002. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ "Dermot Mulroney: Good In A 'Crisis'". Chicago Sun-Times: Splash. March 26, 2014. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ "Breaking Into the Act". The Washington Post. March 26, 1986. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Dutka, Elaine (10 March 2003). "A mullet-proof reputation". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018 – via LA Times.
- ^ "Genuine Gentleman Dermot Mulroney". Paper. September 1, 1996. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Dermot Mulroney Coaches the First Female Soccer Player in Gracie". MovieWeb. 29 May 2007.
- ^ "Exclusive: Batman Nabs Mulroney for Green Lantern - TV Guide". TVGuide.com. 26 November 2007.
- ^ "New Insidious Chapter 3 Still Stares Over Your Shoulder - Dread Central". 6 January 2015.
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- ^ "Dermot Mulroney Files for Divorce from Catherine Keener". People.com. June 11, 2007. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012.
- ^ "The Low & Sweet Orchestra Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live. Retrieved January 11, 2012.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Cranky George - Fat Lot of Good". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Men of the Year". People. Vol. 64, no. 22. November 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Dermot Mulroney (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 26, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (April 22, 2021). "'To All the Boys' Scribe Sofia Alvarez To Helm 'Along for the Ride' Adaptation For Netflix; Kate Bosworth, Andie MacDowell Among Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
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- ^ "YOU'RE KILLING ME OPENING IN THEATERS AND ON DIGITAL ON APRIL 7, 2023". www.investorsobserver.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Kit, Borys (2022-05-13). "High School Basketball Star Mookie Cook to Play Young LeBron James in Drama 'Shooting Stars' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (2023-06-29). "Cineverse Acquires Bayou Western The Dirty South Starring Dermot Mulroney, Willa Holland And Shane West". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ Stenzel, Wesley (November 8, 2023). "Dermot Mulroney beats the s--- out of a horrible dad in Ruthless trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ O'Connell, Michael (September 21, 2017). "Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney Are Finally Acting Together". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (April 19, 2023). "Showtime's 'Ghosts of Beirut' Trailer Recounts CIA Manhunt for Deadly Terrorist (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (February 23, 2024). "Dermot Mulroney Joins Cast Of New Starz Drama 'The Hunting Wives'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
External links
- Dermot Mulroney at IMDb
- Dermot Mulroney at the Internet Off-Broadway Database