Dylan McDermott, an American film actor with extensive filmography

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 multi-series film "American Horror History."

Biography

The parents of Dylan, Richard and Diane McDermott at the time of the birth of the son were extremely young - father of 17 years old, mother of 15. A year later, 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 her grandmother, Diana's mother. In the same year, a misfortune happened, Diana was shot from her own revolver. The murder was accused of a female partner, a certain John Sponza, associated with a local criminal group. The police had little evidence, and John escaped responsibility. However, he was also shot five years later in the course of criminal quarrels.

Dylan McDermott first appeared in a big movie in 1988. He played a small role in the film "Tornado" directed by Michael Almereid. Four years later, Dylan Dermott played a more prominent role in Wolfgang Petersen's film "On the Line of Fire." His character was a police agent, Alexander Andrea. The role was interesting, besides the partner of Dylan on the set was the venerable Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood.

Cooperation with movie stars

Dylan McDermott, films with which already count the second dozen, continued to appear in low-budget film projects, which did not add to his popularity. In "Steel Magnolia" 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 Jinn Tripplehorn, he played in the film "The Escaping Ideal", with Neve Campbell in the "Tango Three", and finally in the movie "Princess of Spices" fate brought McDermott with the star of Indian cinema Aishwarya Rai. Somehow the star partnership helped the young actor to advance the career ladder.

Gradually, Dylan McDermott, whose films attracted more and more fans of his talent, began to move forward, to play a prominent role. Many directors believed in an impressive actor. In 1997, Dylan McDermott starred in the first season of the series called "Practice." The performance lasted eight years of continuous display, the last episode was shown in 2005.

Dylan played the main role in the series - the lawyer Robert Donnel, the founder of a law firm. For his work McDermott was awarded the Golden Globe. Also, the series was awarded the "Peabody" and fifteen "Emmy" in the nomination "Best Drama Series." In 2005, Dylan and five other actors and actresses left the show, being sure that the film project had outlived itself. Following the "Practice" came out another series on the same topic called "Boston lawyers", which was also successful and withstood five seasons.

Dylan McDermott, filmography

In his career, the actor starred in more than fifty films and serials. Below is the selected list of films with his participation:

• "Steel Magnolia" (1989), Jackson Lancheri;
• "Ironies" (1990), Baxter;
• "The escaping ideal" (1997), Nick Douken;
• "Tango threesome" (1999), Charles Newman;
• "Texas Rangers" (2001), Linder McNally;
• "Club Mania" (2003), Peter Gatien;
• "Wonderland" (2003), David Lind;
• "Edison" (2005), Francis Lazerov;
• "Inhabitants" (2005), Harry Lesser;
• "Princess of Spices" (2005), Dag;
• "Messengers" (2007), Roy;
• "Mercy" (2009), Jake;
• "Burning palms" (2010), Dennis Marks;
• "The Fall of Olympus" (2013), Dave Forbes;
• "Freezer" (2013), Robert;
• "Bad behavior" (2013), Jimmy Lynch;
• "Insurer" (2014), Wells;

Personal life

Actor McDermott adheres to an active way of being. Due to the good taste and fashionable style in clothes, he repeatedly got on the covers of glossy magazines.

In 1995, Dylan combined a legal marriage with an actress from Hollywood Shiva Rose. The couple have two daughters, Colette and Charlotte. It seemed that nothing could destroy this family, but still the couple divorced in 2007, living together for 12 years. Dylan McDermott, whose private life had cracked, lived alone for eight years until he met a new love.

In February 2015, Dermott held an engagement with actress Maggie Q., with whom he met on the set of the series "Stalker."