
Dylan McDermott
Department: Acting
Biography
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 – 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 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 narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime; Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series Dark Blue; in two short-lived CBS dramas, Hostages and Stalker; and in the 1994 remake of the film Miracle on 34th Street. In 2022, he joined FBI: Most Wanted as the new lead, replacing the departing Julian McMahon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dylan McDermott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Party Monster
2003

Miracle on 34th Street
1994

Three to Tango
1999

Edison
2005

Hamburger Hill
1987

Steel Magnolias
1989

Wonderland
2003

Hardware
1990

Home for the Holidays
1995

The Tenants
2006

The Mistress of Spices
2005

'Til There Was You
1997

The Messengers
2007

In the Line of Fire
1993

Texas Rangers
2001

Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007

Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
1991

Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995

Burning Palms
2010

The Cowboy Way
1994

Jersey Girl
1992

Nobody Walks
2012

The Campaign
2012

Olympus Has Fallen
2013

Mercy
2014

Into the Badlands
1991

The Neon Empire
1989

Freezer
2014

Behaving Badly
2014

Automata
2014

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989

The Fear Inside
1992

Survivor
2015

Mercy
2009

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012

Unbeatable Harold
2006

Blind
2017

The Blue Iguana
1988

Josie
2018

Twister
1989

Runaway Jury
2003

Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
2012

The Clovehitch Killer
2018

King Richard
2021

American Horror Story
2011

Ally McBeal
1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The View
1997

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021

Tamron Hall
2019

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Big Shots
2007

The Practice
1997

Will & Grace
1998

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Grid
2004

Dark Blue
2009

Vietnam in HD
2011

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Hostages
2013

Saturday Night Live
1975

American Horror Story
2011

American Horror Stories
2021

Stalker
2014

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Neon Empire
1989

LA to Vegas
2018

FBI: Most Wanted
2020

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Tales from the Crypt
1989

The View
1997

Stars in the House
2020

American Horror Story
2011

FBI
2018

Hollywood
2020

The Politician
2019

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009

No Activity
2017

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Ride with Norman Reedus
2016