Biography
As an actor, Dylan McDermott's innate inner fire set him apart from many of his less dangerous television contemporaries. McDermott showed the makings of a leading man early on, turning in solid supporting work in such diverse feature films as the grim Vietnam War story "Hamburger Hill" (1987) and the comedic drama "Steel Magnolias" (1989), amidst a cast of leading lady all-stars. He edged up toward movie stardom with the lead in the cult …
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Career Milestones
| After his step-mother, Eve Ensler suffered a miscarriage, he took on the name Dylan - the name of her unborn child | ||
| Lived with grandmother in Waterbury, CT after mother's death | ||
1977 | Made stage debut in Eve Ensler's "Believe It, See It, Survival" | |
1985 | Made his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" | |
1987 | Made feature film debut in "Hamburger Hill" | |
1988 | Landed a leading role in "The Blue Iguana" | |
1989 | Appeared in Michael Almereyda's "Twister" | |
1989 | Made television debut, playing a featured role in the Showtime miniseries "The Neon Empire" | |
1989 | Played the affable husband of Julia Roberts' ailing character in "Steel Magnolias" | |
1990 | Starred in the sci-fi thriller "Hardware" | |
1991 | Appeared in the USA Network TV-movie "Into the Badlands" | |
1991 | Starred in the psychodrama "Where Sleeping Dogs Lie" | |
1992 | Paired with Jami Gertz in the romantic comedy "Jersey Girl" | |
1992 | Starred in the Showtime thriller "The Fear Inside" | |
1993 | Played Clint Eastwood's doomed partner in "In the Line of Fire" | |
1994 | Landed a featured role in "The Cowboy Way" | |
1994 | Starred as the lawyer defending Kris Kringle in the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street" | |
1995 | Cast in a supporting role in Jodie Foster's "Home for the Holidays" | |
1995 | Returned to the stage for Eve Ensler's "Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man" | |
1997 | Cast in breakthrough role as the headstrong defense attorney Bobby Donnell on ABC's "The Practice" | |
1997 | Co-starred with Jeanne Tripplehorn in the romantic comedy "'Til There Was You" | |
1999 | Made TV directorial debut with an episode of ABC's "The Practice" | |
1999 | Played a high-powered executive opposite Matthew Perry in the romantic comedy "Three to Tango" | |
2001 | Co-starred with James Van Der Beek in Steve Miner's 1875-set adventure "Texas Rangers" | |
2003 | Appeared in the film "Wonderland," starring Val Kilmer and based on the 1981 Wonderland Murders | |
2003 | Featured in the independent movie "Party Monster," starring Macaulay Culkin as New York club promoter and convicted murderer Michael Alig | |
2004 | Cast as FBI Agent Mike Canary in TNT's six-hour limited series "The Grid" | |
2006 | Co-starred with Snoop Dogg in the drama "The Tenants" | |
2007 | Appeared in the Pang Brothers thriller "The Messengers" | |
2008 | Cast in the Broadway production of Nicky Silver's "Three Changes" | |
2009 | Played a police lieutenant on the short-lived TNT drama "Dark Blue" | |
2011 | Starred on FX's sexually charged thriller "American Horror Story," created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk | |
2012 | Played Logan Lerman's father in feature adaptation of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," written and directed by the novel's author Stephen Chbosky | |
Awards
1998 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in The Practice |
1999 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in The Practice |
1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in The Practice |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2000 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in The Practice |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |