American film actor Dylan McDermott (full name Mark Anthony McDermott) was born on October 26, 1961 in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut. Known for two notable roles: Bobby Donella in the series "Practice" and Ben Harmon in the serial film "American Horror Story."
Biography
Dylan's parents, Richard and Diana McDermott at the time of the birth of their son were extremely young - father 17 years old, mother 15. A year later, a sister Dylan was born, who was named Robin. The boy was six years old when his parents divorced. The children stayed with their mother and the whole family moved to the house of grandmother, mother of Diana. In the same year, misfortune happened, Diana was shot from her own revolver. The murder was accused of a roommate of a woman, a certain John Sponts, associated with a local criminal group. The police had little evidence, and John escaped responsibility. However, he was also shot five years later during a criminal showdown.
Dylan McDermott starred in a big movie for the first time in 1988. He played a small role in the movie "Tornado" directed by Michael Almereyd. Four years later, Dylan Dermott played a more prominent role in Wolfgang Petersen's film entitled "On the Line of Fire." His character was a police agent Alexander Andrea. The role was interesting, in addition, Dylan's partner on the set was the venerable Hollywood movie actor Clint Eastwood.
Collaboration with movie stars
Dylan McDermott, films with the participation of which already count the second ten, continued to star in low-budget film projects that did not add to his popularity. In "Steel Magnolias", the actor starred with Julia Roberts, the famous actress Nancy Travis became his partner in the film "Destiny turned on the radio", where Dylan McDermott played the title role. With Genie Tripplehorn, he played in the movie The Escaping Ideal, with Neve Campbell in the Tango Three, and finally, in the movie Princess of Spices, fate brought McDermott with Indian movie star Aishwarya Rai. One way or another, the stellar partnership helped the young actor move up the career ladder.
Gradually, Dylan McDermott, whose films attracted more and more fans of his talent, began to move forward, play prominent roles. Many directors believed in an impressive actor. In 1997, Dylan McDermott starred in the first season of the series called Practice. The performance withstood eight years of continuous showing, the last episode was shown in 2005.
Dylan played the main role in the series - lawyer Robert Donnel, the founder of the law firm. For his work, McDermott was awarded the Golden Globe. The series was also awarded the Peabody Award and fifteen Emmys in the Best Drama Series nomination. In 2005, Dylan and five other actors and actresses left the series, being confident that the film project had outlived itself. Following Practice, another series on the same topic was released called Boston Lawyers, which was also successful and survived five seasons.
Dylan McDermott, filmography
During his career, the actor starred in more than fifty films and series. The following is a selected list of films with his participation:
- Steel Magnolias (1989), Jackson Luncher;
- Zhelezyaki (1990), Baxter;
- The Elusive Ideal (1997), Nick Dawken;
- The Three Tango (1999), Charles Newman;
- Texas Rangers (2001), Linder McNally;
- Club Mania (2003), Peter Gatien;
- Wonderland (2003), David Lind;
- Edison (2005), Francis Lasers;
- Inhabitants (2005), Harry Lesser;
- The Princess of Spices (2005), Doug;
- The Messengers (2007), Roy;
- Mercy (2009), Jake;
- Burning Palms (2010), Dennis Marx;
- The Fall of Olympus (2013), Dave Forbes;
- The Freezer (2013), Robert;
- Bad Behavior (2013), Jimmy Lynch;
- The Insurer (2014), Wells;
Personal life
Actor McDermott adheres to an active lifestyle. Thanks to the good taste and fashionable style in clothes, he repeatedly hit the covers of glossy magazines.
In 1995, Dylan was married by law with an actress from Hollywood, Shiva Rose. The couple has two daughters, Colette and Charlotte. It seemed that nothing could destroy this family, but nevertheless the couple divorced in 2007, having lived together for 12 years. Dylan McDermott, whose personal life cracked, lived alone for eight years until he met a new love.
In February 2015, Dermott had an engagement with actress Maggie Kew, whom he met on the set of the Stalker series.