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 â€" Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.McDermott is also known for
his roles in the 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 Lt. Carter Shaw on
the TNT series Dark Blue and starred in two short-lived CBS dramas,
Hostages and Stalker.McDermott was born as Mark Anthony McDermott on
October 26, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Diane and
Richard McDermott. He is of Italian (from his maternal grandfather),
Irish, English, and French descent. Diane was fifteen and Richard was
seventeen when McDermott was born; by 1967, the couple had divorced,
and Diane and her two children were living with her mother, Avis
(Rogers) Marino. On February 9, 1967, Diane was shot and killed. Her
death was originally ruled an accident, but police later claimed that
evidence they had found would be enough to file murder charges against
John Sponza, who had been living with Diane at the time. Sponza told
authorities that Diane shot herself (despite the fact that she was
right-handed and shot in the back of the left side of her head) after
picking up a gun he had been cleaning. Sponza, who police say had ties
to organized crime, was killed in 1972; his body was found in the
trunk of a car in a Waltham, Massachusetts, grocery store parking lot.
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 â€" Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.McDermott is also known for
his roles in the 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 Lt. Carter Shaw on
the TNT series Dark Blue and starred in two short-lived CBS dramas,
Hostages and Stalker.McDermott was born as Mark Anthony McDermott on
October 26, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Diane and
Richard McDermott. He is of Italian (from his maternal grandfather),
Irish, English, and French descent. Diane was fifteen and Richard was
seventeen when McDermott was born; by 1967, the couple had divorced,
and Diane and her two children were living with her mother, Avis
(Rogers) Marino. On February 9, 1967, Diane was shot and killed. Her
death was originally ruled an accident, but police later claimed that
evidence they had found would be enough to file murder charges against
John Sponza, who had been living with Diane at the time. Sponza told
authorities that Diane shot herself (despite the fact that she was
right-handed and shot in the back of the left side of her head) after
picking up a gun he had been cleaning. Sponza, who police say had ties
to organized crime, was killed in 1972; his body was found in the
trunk of a car in a Waltham, Massachusetts, grocery store parking lot.
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