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Dylan McDermott

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Dylan McDermott is an American actor, born Mark Anthony McDermott in Waterbury, Connecticut, in October 1961. He graduated from Fordham University and studied under Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. After a screen debut in Hamburger Hill in 1987 and a role in Steel Magnolias, he became widely known as lawyer Bobby Donnell on the legal drama The Practice, which ran from 1997 to 2004 and earned him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination. Later television work includes American Horror Story, Dark Blue, Hostages, Stalker, the Netflix series Hollywood and the lead of FBI: Most Wanted from 2022. His films include In the Line of Fire, Miracle on 34th Street and Olympus Has Fallen. He is documented here as a leading American television and film performer.

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1961 1
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Golden Globe Award 1
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Mark Anthony "Dylan" McDermott (born October 26, 1961) is an American actor.
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1. Dylan McDermott (Wikipedia)
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    Mark Anthony "Dylan" McDermott (born October 26, 1961) is an American actor.
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    which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series
  • Lead, nationality
    Mark Anthony "Dylan" McDermott (born October 26, 1961) is an American actor.
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, television
    He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series The Practice
  • Associated With: Film, Career, film
    McDermott made his screen debut in Hamburger Hill in 1987 before starring in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias
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