Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, voice
artist, and musician. He is best known for his roles in romantic
comedy, western, and drama films. Appearing on screen since the
mid-1980s, he is known for his work in films such as Young Guns
(1988), Staying Together (1989), Where the Day Takes You (1992), Point
of No Return (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), My Best Friend's
Wedding (1997), About Schmidt (2002), The Wedding Date (2005), August:
Osage County (2013), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), and the HBO films
The Last Outlaw (1993) and Long Gone (1987). Mulroney played the main
antagonist Francis Gibson in NBC's Crisis, Dr. Walter Wallace in Pure
Genius, Sean Pierce in Showtime's Shameless and Bobby Sheridan in
USA's The Purge.Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia. His father
Michael Mulroney, originally 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. Dermot 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. 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 George Washington High School, before attending T. C.
Williams High School (class of 1981) in Alexandria, Virginia. During
his sophomore year in high school, he attended the Interlochen Arts
Camp as a cellist. Beginning at age 18, Mulroney studied
communications at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where
he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and graduated in
1985.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."In his
senior year in college, Mulroney responded to a sign-up sheet and
auditioned in front of WMA agent Barbara Gale, who offered him a
contract and asked him to relocate to Hollywood. There, Mulroney
auditioned for three months before landing the role of the male lead
in his debut in Sin of Innocence. In his first decade acting, Mulroney
appeared in a slew of drama films often dealing with heavy subject
matter: Sin of Innocence (1986), in which he played a stepbrother
romantically involved with his stepsister after their parents marry;
Daddy (1987), in which he played the boyfriend in a couple struggling
with teenage parenthood; the Lee Grant sibling family drama Staying
Together (1989); Unconquered (1989), in which he portrayed the son of
Richmond Flowers Sr., an opponent of Alabama Governor George Wallace's
segregationist policies; Longtime Companion (1989), in which he
portrayed the first HIV/AIDS patient to die of the disease in a widely
released film; Where the Day Takes You (1992), in which he plays the
leader of a group of teenage runaways trying to survive in the streets
of Los Angeles; and supporting roles in the Emmy Award-nominated
Family Pictures (1993), which dealt with the struggles of raising a
child with autism, and Bastard out of Carolina (1996), which dealt
with abuse and molestation.
artist, and musician. He is best known for his roles in romantic
comedy, western, and drama films. Appearing on screen since the
mid-1980s, he is known for his work in films such as Young Guns
(1988), Staying Together (1989), Where the Day Takes You (1992), Point
of No Return (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), My Best Friend's
Wedding (1997), About Schmidt (2002), The Wedding Date (2005), August:
Osage County (2013), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), and the HBO films
The Last Outlaw (1993) and Long Gone (1987). Mulroney played the main
antagonist Francis Gibson in NBC's Crisis, Dr. Walter Wallace in Pure
Genius, Sean Pierce in Showtime's Shameless and Bobby Sheridan in
USA's The Purge.Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia. His father
Michael Mulroney, originally 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. Dermot 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. 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 George Washington High School, before attending T. C.
Williams High School (class of 1981) in Alexandria, Virginia. During
his sophomore year in high school, he attended the Interlochen Arts
Camp as a cellist. Beginning at age 18, Mulroney studied
communications at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where
he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and graduated in
1985.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."In his
senior year in college, Mulroney responded to a sign-up sheet and
auditioned in front of WMA agent Barbara Gale, who offered him a
contract and asked him to relocate to Hollywood. There, Mulroney
auditioned for three months before landing the role of the male lead
in his debut in Sin of Innocence. In his first decade acting, Mulroney
appeared in a slew of drama films often dealing with heavy subject
matter: Sin of Innocence (1986), in which he played a stepbrother
romantically involved with his stepsister after their parents marry;
Daddy (1987), in which he played the boyfriend in a couple struggling
with teenage parenthood; the Lee Grant sibling family drama Staying
Together (1989); Unconquered (1989), in which he portrayed the son of
Richmond Flowers Sr., an opponent of Alabama Governor George Wallace's
segregationist policies; Longtime Companion (1989), in which he
portrayed the first HIV/AIDS patient to die of the disease in a widely
released film; Where the Day Takes You (1992), in which he plays the
leader of a group of teenage runaways trying to survive in the streets
of Los Angeles; and supporting roles in the Emmy Award-nominated
Family Pictures (1993), which dealt with the struggles of raising a
child with autism, and Bastard out of Carolina (1996), which dealt
with abuse and molestation.
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