Dylan Walsh

Walsh was born Charles Hunter Walsh{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Dylan-Walsh.html|title=Dylan Walsh Biography (1963-)|website=www.filmreference.com|access-date=30 November 2018}}California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services. Ancestry.com in Los Angeles, California. His maternal grandfather, Frank P. Haven, was a managing editor of the Los Angeles Times.{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-15-et-performance15-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Michael | last=Ordona | title=Dylan Walsh overcomes doubts to take on 'Stepfather' role | date=October 15, 2009}}{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-28-mn-36931-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Frank P. Haven; Ex-Times Managing Editor | date=February 28, 1995}} His parents worked for the Foreign Service—they met in Ethiopia.{{cite news|last=Brady|first=James|date=June 20, 2004|title=In Step With: Dylan Walsh|work=Parade Magazine|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_06-20-2004/in_step_with_0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107084956/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_06-20-2004/in_step_with_0|archive-date=November 7, 2009}} As a result, Walsh lived in Kenya, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia as a child. His family returned to the United States when he was ten years old and settled in Virginia, where Walsh began acting in high school. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1986 with a degree in English. After graduating from college, Walsh moved to New York City to act professionally.

Walsh's first role was in a television movie called Soldier Boys with James Earl Jones. He then landed a role in the movie Loverboy and a regular role on the television series Kate & Allie. In 1989, he started using the name Dylan Walsh professionally. He continued to work in films including Betsy's Wedding, Nobody's Fool, Congo, The Stepfather, and Secretariat and guest starred the television series Brooklyn South, The Twilight Zone, and Everwood.

In 2003, Walsh landed the role of Sean McNamara on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, after being approached by series creator Ryan Murphy in a coffee shop. Murphy remembered him from his roles in Nobody's Fool and in a television movie.

Walsh starred as Lieutenant Al Burns in all four seasons of CBS's crime-drama series Unforgettable, which ran from 2011 to 2016.

In April 2020, Walsh was cast as Sam Lane, the father of Lois Lane, on The CW action-superhero series Superman & Lois.{{cite web|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/superman-lois-dylan-walsh-cw-series-based-dc-characters-sam-lois-father-1202899258/|title='Superman & Lois': Dylan Walsh To Co-Star As General Lane In the CW Series Based On DC Characters|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 2, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2020}}

Walsh was married from 1996 to 2003 to actress Melora Walters, with whom he had two children, Thomas Walsh (b. 1996) and Joanna Walsh (b. 1997). After the couple divorced, Walsh married actress Joanna Going on October 10, 2004, and the two have a daughter, Stella Walsh, who was born in 2003. In 2010, Walsh announced he filed for divorce.{{cite web|date=December 15, 2010|title=Nip/Tuck Star Dylan Walsh Files for Divorce|url=https://people.com/celebrity/dylan-walsh-files-for-divorce/|work=People}}

Walsh met Leslie Bourque and had a daughter, Amelie Belle,{{cite web|last1=Hammel|first1=Sara|last2=Midler|first2=Caryn|date=2011-11-08|title=Dylan Walsh Welcomes Daughter Amelie Belle|url=https://people.com/parents/unforgettable-dylan-walsh-welcomes-daughter-amelie-belle/|work=People}} and a son, Hudson Scott.{{cite web|last=Goodhand|first=Amber|date=November 9, 2011|title=Dylan Walsh's Baby Mama Revealed: Leslie Bourque|url=http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/11/dylan-walsh-baby-mama-revealed-leslie-bourque|access-date= November 30, 2018|website=Radar Online}} Walsh and Bourque were married June 3, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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