Dylan McDermott

Mark Anthony McDermott was born on October 26, 1961, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Diane and Richard McDermott. He has a younger sister, Robin.{{cite web|last=Rohan|first=Brian|title=Articles: Hollywood's New Golden Boy|url=http://members.tripod.com/Vickie_Fernandes/HollywoodsNewGoldenBoy.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116154635/http://members.tripod.com/Vickie_Fernandes/HollywoodsNewGoldenBoy.html|archive-date=November 16, 2007|access-date=February 10, 2007|publisher=The Practice: A Fanpage}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/dylan-mcdermott-0300|title=In Search of Dylan McDermott|magazine=Esquire|issue=133|volume=3|date=March 2000|page=166|access-date=May 12, 2012|archive-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711073447/http://www.esquire.com/features/dylan-mcdermott-0300|url-status=live}} Diane was 15 and Richard was 17 when McDermott was born. By 1967 the couple had divorced, and Diane and her two children were living with her mother, Avis Marino. On February 9, 1967, Diane died of what was believed for decades to be an accidental gunshot wound.{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/news/dylan-mcdermott-path-rediscovery-wbna16932594|title=Dylan McDermott is on a path of rediscovery|date=February 1, 2007|access-date=October 26, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093201/https://www.today.com/news/dylan-mcdermott-path-rediscovery-wbna16932594|url-status=live}} In 2012 it was revealed that it was not an accident but that she was murdered by her then gangster boyfriend, John Sponza, who had already died by that time.

McDermott and his sister were raised by their maternal grandmother Avis in Waterbury. As a teenager, he began taking trips to visit his biological father, who owned the West Fourth Street Saloon in Greenwich Village, New York.{{cite news|title=THEATER; Today the Anatomy, Tomorrow the World|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/26/theater/theater-today-the-anatomy-tomorrow-the-world.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 26, 1999|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=March 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315013023/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/26/theater/theater-today-the-anatomy-tomorrow-the-world.html|url-status=live}} McDermott worked in his father's bar, serving drinks and breaking up fights.Rita Braver. "Dylan McDermott" (interview), CBS Sunday Morning, October 30, 2011. He also fast-talked his way into the Mudd Club and Studio 54.

McDermott was uncomfortable with himself as a teenager, saying he had a "Dorothy Hamill hairdo". He began imitating his acting heroes, such as Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart, adopting their demeanor.{{cite magazine|title=Dylan McDermott|magazine=People|volume=49|issue=18|date=May 11, 1998|page=144}} In 1979, McDermott graduated from Holy Cross High School in Waterbury.{{cite news|url=https://archives.rep-am.com/2013/11/17/bringing-it-back-home/|title=Bringing it back home: Actor stars at Hall of Fame ceremony|work=Republican-American|date=November 17, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2018|first=Quannah|last=Leonard|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101428/https://archives.rep-am.com/2013/11/17/bringing-it-back-home/|url-status=live}}

McDermott's father's third wife was playwright V, then known as Eve Ensler, who adopted McDermott when he was 15 and she was 23.{{cite web|url=http://www.vday.org/meet-vday/activist-spotlights/shiva-rose-mcdermott|title=Activist Spotlights: Shiva Rose McDermott|access-date=October 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603231929/http://www.vday.org/meet-vday/activist-spotlights/shiva-rose-mcdermott|archive-date=June 3, 2009}}, Interview with wife Shiva Rose McDermott She later divorced his father. V, with whom McDermott has remained close, encouraged him to pursue an acting career, and began writing roles for him into her plays. After V suffered a miscarriage, McDermott took the name Dylan, the name planned for her unborn child. He then graduated from Jesuit-run Fordham University with a BA in 1983,{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/dylan-mcdermott-9542247|title=Dylan McDermott|website=Biography.com|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312060116/http://www.biography.com/people/dylan-mcdermott-9542247|url-status=live}} as well as studying under Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.waterburyobserver.org/node/1780|title=Dylan McDermott Enters Hall of Fame 11/16|publisher=The Waterbury Observer|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809000141/http://www.waterburyobserver.org/node/1780|archive-date=August 9, 2017|url-status=dead}}

McDermott made his screen debut in Hamburger Hill in 1987 before starring in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias opposite Julia Roberts as her husband Jackson Latcherie. He also starred in Twister, a film about a man trying to rescue his girlfriend and daughter from a tornado storm.{{cite magazine|last=Pitman|first=Randy|date=February 1, 1990|title=Twister|magazine=Library Journal|volume=115|issue=2|page=124}} The same year brought Neon Empire, a film about the rise and fall of one man in Las Vegas.{{cite magazine|last=Pitman|first=Randy|date=April 1, 1990|title=The Neon Empire|magazine=Library Journal|volume=115|issue=6|page=154}} However, his first big break as an actor was in the film In the Line of Fire. Through his connection with Clint Eastwood,{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9811/30/showbuzz/index.html|title=CNN - Showbuzz - November 30, 1998|work=CNN|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=July 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730100118/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9811/30/showbuzz/index.html|url-status=dead}} McDermott was able to land his first major gig in The Practice. The show expanded McDermott's stardom, and he made People{{'s}} list of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1998" with the magazine calling him "a prime-time heartthrob". He got this distinction again in 2000.{{cite magazine|title=Dylan McDermott|magazine=People|volume=53|issue=18|date=May 8, 2000|page=174}} In 1994, McDermott starred in Miracle on 34th Street as Lawyer Bryan Bedford, which has grossed $46.3 million dollars in the worldwide box office.

Despite his success on The Practice, McDermott was cut from the show. Executive producer David E. Kelley cited "economic and creative realities" as a result of pressure from ABC to reduce costs. McDermott did appear in the final two episodes of the final season.{{cite magazine|title=Legal Eagles Out of Practice|magazine=People|volume=59|issue=21|date=June 2, 2003|page=19}}

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In 2004, McDermott starred alongside Julianna Margulies four-part mini-series The Grid, playing FBI Special Agent Max Canary in an anti-terrorist unit.{{citation|last=Kelleher|first=Terry|date=July 26, 2004|title=The Grid|magazine=People|volume=62|issue=4|page=35}} Returning to theater in 2006, the actor played a returned soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in the Ensler's play The Treatment.{{cite web|last=McCarter|first=Jeremy|date=September 25, 2006|title=Eve Ensler Has Issues|magazine=New York|url=http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/21328/|access-date=October 27, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143020/http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/21328/|url-status=live}} In 2007, McDermott starred in the television series Big Shots. Due to low viewership, the show was canceled in January 2008 after 11 episodes without completing the planned 13-episode season. On October 30, 2008, TV Guide reported that McDermott was due to co-star alongside Shannen Doherty in the film Burning Palms, a satire based on Los Angeles stereotypes told through five intertwining storylines.{{cite web|title=Shannen Doherty, Dylan McDermott Join Burning Palms Ensemble Film|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Shannen-Doherty-Dylan-35054.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212221544/http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Shannen-Doherty-Dylan-35054.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2009|date=October 30, 2008|work=TV Guide|access-date= October 31, 2008}}

Beginning in 2009, McDermott starred in the TNT drama Dark Blue, playing a veteran cop who heads a squad of undercover LAPD officers.{{cite web|url=http://www.tnt.tv/series/darkblue|title=TNT Dark Blue website|access-date=April 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622041301/http://www.tnt.tv/series/darkblue/|archive-date=June 22, 2010|url-status=dead}} The show ran for two seasons, each consisting of ten episodes. In 2011, McDermott starred on American Horror Story on FX as Ben Harmon, a psychologist and cheating husband. He returned to the second season as a new character due to the series' anthology format, this time portraying Johnny Morgan.{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2012/12/13/american-horror-story-dylan-mcdermott-exclusive/|title='American Horror Story': Dylan McDermott talks his 'Asylum' debut and playing Bloody Face -- EXCLUSIVE|date=December 13, 2012|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118114802/http://ew.com/article/2012/12/13/american-horror-story-dylan-mcdermott-exclusive/|url-status=live}} In 2012, he appeared in three films: The Campaign, playing Tim Wattley, a campaign manager,{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/campaign-dylan-mcdermott-will-ferrell-zach-galifianakis-360884|title='The Campaign's' Dylan McDermott Reveals How He Broke the Ice His First Day on Set|date=August 10, 2012|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070901/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/campaign-dylan-mcdermott-will-ferrell-zach-galifianakis-360884|url-status=live}} The Perks of Being a Wallflower, as the father of main character Charlie (Logan Lerman),{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2555809/dylan-mcdermott-perks-of-being-a-wallflower/|title=Dylan McDermott Joins 'Perks Of Being A Wallflower' Cast|publisher=MTV|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055956/http://www.mtv.com/news/2555809/dylan-mcdermott-perks-of-being-a-wallflower/|url-status=dead}} and Nobody Walks, as Leroy.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/nobody-walks-sundance-film-review-286192|title=Nobody Walks: Sundance Film Review|date=January 31, 2012|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070617/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/nobody-walks-sundance-film-review-286192|url-status=live}} He appeared in the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen as a treacherous Secret Service Agent who helps a group of terrorists seize control of the White House.{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/video/dylan-mcdermott-reenacts-fight-from-olympus-has-fallen-22736451529|title=Dylan McDermott reenacts fight from 'Olympus Has Fallen'|website=TODAY.com|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312060734/http://www.today.com/video/dylan-mcdermott-reenacts-fight-from-olympus-has-fallen-22736451529|url-status=live}}

In May 2013, McDermott launched his first photography exhibition in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at Avenue Art Gallery as part of a collaboration with art agent Marina Cutler. The exhibition, titled The Dylan Project, Make some Noise!, tied his support for The V-Day Organization and love of photography together as the project is a way to bring attention and funds to this organization that supports women in various ways who have suffered violent acts of aggression. McDermott and Cutler have plans to bring The Dylan Project to other locations. Also in 2013, McDermott starred in the short-lived CBS television series Hostages as FBI agent Duncan Carlisle.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/dylan-mcdermott-on-playing-the-bad-guy-on-hostages-20130923|title=Dylan McDermott on Playing the Bad Guy on 'Hostages'|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=September 23, 2013|access-date=December 12, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111000853/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/dylan-mcdermott-on-playing-the-bad-guy-on-hostages-20130923|url-status=live}} In 2014, McDermott began starring on another short-lived CBS television series Stalker in one of the lead roles, portraying Detective Jack Larsen opposite Maggie Q.{{cite news|url=http://people.com/celebrity/dylan-mcdermott-dating-stalker-costar-maggie-q/|title=Dylan McDermott Dating Stalker Costar Maggie Q|date=October 28, 2014|work=People|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312064249/http://people.com/celebrity/dylan-mcdermott-dating-stalker-costar-maggie-q/|url-status=live}}

In 2018, McDermott played the serial killer Don Burnside in the film The Clovehitch Killer, and in 2019, he had a recurring role on The Politician opposite January Jones, as the father of Lucy Boynton's character.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/dylan-mcdermott-confirms-casting-in-ryan-murphys-the-politician-netflix-series-says-january-jones-will-play-his-wife-1202513351/|title=Dylan McDermott Confirms Casting In Ryan Murphy's 'The Politician' Netflix Series, Says January Jones Will Play His Wife|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=December 4, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2020}} In 2020, McDermott starred in Hollywood, a limited series for Netflix.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/dylan-mcdermott-samara-weaving-jim-parsons-maude-apatow-joe-mantello-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-hollywood-1202746400/|title='Hollywood': Dylan McDermott, Samara Weaving, Jim Parsons, Maude Apatow & Joe Mantello Among Netflix Series Cast Additions|website=Deadline Hollywood|first1=Nellie|last1=Andreeva|first2=Denise|last2=Petski|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524021658/https://deadline.com/2019/09/dylan-mcdermott-samara-weaving-jim-parsons-maude-apatow-joe-mantello-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-hollywood-1202746400/|url-status=live}} He then went on to be cast as narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the Elliot Stabler-centric Law & Order: Special Victims Unit spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, which premiered in April 2021. In season 1, McDermott as Wheatley was a series regular, but moved to a recurring role for season 2.{{cite web|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|title=Law & Order's Dylan McDermott Moves From Series Regular to Recurring in Organized Crime Season 2|url=https://tvline.com/2021/07/28/law-and-order-organized-crime-dylan-mcdermott-season-2-recurring-richard-wheatley/|website=TVLine|access-date=January 24, 2022|date=July 29, 2021}} Coinciding with his departure from Organized Crime, McDermott joined Dick Wolf's FBI: Most Wanted as the new lead following the departure of Julian McMahon. His first episode aired in April 2022.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Dylan McDermott Joins 'FBI: Most Wanted' As New Lead|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/dylan-mcdermott-fbi-most-wanted-new-lead-julian-mcmahon-replacement-cbs-1234919102/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 24, 2022|date=January 24, 2022}}

Part Italian,[https://www.vanityfair.it/article/dylan-mcdermott-sapevate-che-sono-per-meta-italiano Dylan McDermott: «Sapevate che sono per metà italiano?»] vanityfair.it McDermott married actress Shiva Rose on November 19, 1995. They have two daughters, Colette and Charlotte. Colette's birth is prominently featured in Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. Colette graduated from Barnard College, of which McDermott was also a trustee.{{Cite web|title=Barnard College Board of Trustees announces new members|url=https://barnard.edu/news/barnard-college-board-trustees-announces-new-members-0|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Barnard College|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Barnard's 2017 LA Gala|url=https://giving.barnard.edu/s/1133/campaign/interior_form.aspx?sid=1133&gid=1&pgid=3385&content_id=8671|access-date=2022-01-30|website=giving.barnard.edu|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Morning Rituals with Colette McDermott|url=https://www.herbivorebotanicals.com/blogs/news/morning-rituals-with-colette-mcdermott|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Herbivore Botanicals}} On September 27, 2007, People confirmed that McDermott and Rose had separated.{{cite news|date=September 27, 2007|url=https://people.com/celebrity/dylan-mcdermott-and-his-wife-separate/|title=Dylan McDermott and His Wife Separate|work=People|author=Staff Writers|access-date=October 27, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143052/https://people.com/celebrity/dylan-mcdermott-and-his-wife-separate/|url-status=live}} On May 16, 2008, it was reported that McDermott had filed for divorce from Rose.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_en_ce/people_dylan_mcdermott;_ylt=A9G_RoJNnzNIJlcA6SRxFb8C|title=Dylan McDermott files for divorce from wife Shiva Rose|access-date=May 20, 2008}} The divorce was finalized on January 2, 2009.{{cite web|date=December 2, 2007|url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/02/mcdermott-to-wife-til-january-do-us-part|title=McDermott to Wife: Til January Do Us Part|access-date=December 2, 2008|publisher=TMZ|archive-date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203185754/http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/02/mcdermott-to-wife-til-january-do-us-part/|url-status=live}}

Having met on set in early 2014, on January 14, 2015, it was announced he was engaged to his Stalker co-star Maggie Q.{{cite news|title=Report: Stalker's Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q Are Engaged|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/dylan-mcdermott-maggie-q-engaged/|access-date=January 14, 2015|work=TV Guide|agency=CBS Interactive|publisher=TV Guide|date=January 14, 2015|location=United States|archive-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116072219/http://tvguide.com/news/dylan-mcdermott-maggie-q-engaged/|url-status=live}} In 2017, they stated that they were not in any rush to have an actual wedding ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dylan-mcdermott-reveals-why-he-hasnt-married-maggie-q-yet|title=Dylan McDermott reveals why he hasn't married Maggie Q yet|author=Staff Writers|work=Fox News|date=September 27, 2017|access-date=October 24, 2018|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031314/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dylan-mcdermott-reveals-why-he-hasnt-married-maggie-q-yet|url-status=live}} In February 2019, the couple split after a four-year engagement.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/dylan-mcdermott-maggie-q-split/|title=Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q Split Following 4-Year Engagement|last1=Jordan|first1=Julie|last2=Stone|first2=Natalie|work=People|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090711/https://people.com/tv/dylan-mcdermott-maggie-q-split/|url-status=live}}

McDermott has been featured in magazines such as Men's Health.{{cite magazine|last=O'Neill|first=Hugh|date=September 2004|title=Icons of Style|magazine=Men's Health|volume=19|issue=7|page=48}} In 1999, he was a finalist in the GQ "Man of the Year" issue.{{cite magazine|last=Johnson|first=Julie A.|date=December 13, 1999|title=Hanks rules roost on Nov. newsstands|magazine=Advertising Age|volume=70|issue=51|page=62}}{{cite magazine|title=20 Years of Sexy Lawyers|magazine=People|volume=64|issue=22|date=November 28, 2005|pages=181–82}}

McDermott is a recovering alcoholic. He has been sober since 1984.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/dylan-mcdermott-celebrates-35-years-sobriety/|title=Dylan McDermott Celebrates 35 Years of Sobriety: It's My 'Greatest Accomplishment'|work=People|first=Jodi|last=Guglielmi|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-date=July 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730093730/https://people.com/tv/dylan-mcdermott-celebrates-35-years-sobriety/|url-status=live}}

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