Dermot Mulroney is an American actor and director. Acting since the 1980s, he is known for his
roles in the films Young Guns, Where the Day Takes You, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Last
Outlaw, About Schmidt, and August: Osage County. Mulroney played Francis Gibson, the main antagonist
of NBC's Crisis.
Early life Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia.
His mother, Ellen, was a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa,
and his father, Michael Mulroney, was a law professor at Villanova University School of
Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor,
Kieran, and Sean. Moira formerly worked in the Philadelphia DA's office as an assistant
district attorney, and later at WXPN, an FM radio station in Philadelphia, but now works
elsewhere in the non-profit industry. Some of Mulroney's ancestors immigrated from County
Donegal and County Mayo in Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine; he is of seven eighths
Irish, and one eighth German, ancestry. Mulroney attended Maury Elementary School and played
cello in school and city youth orchestras, as well as acted in children's community theater.
Mulroney attended the Interlochen Arts Camp as a cellist. He later attended T. C. Williams
High School as well as Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was a member
of the fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. Career
Most of his lead performances have been in romantic comedy films. Mulroney has appeared
in many movies, including as the male lead in My Best Friend's Wedding alongside Julia
Roberts and Cameron Diaz. He is probably best known for his western roles as either an outlaw
or gunman. Mulroney co-starred in the 1988 western Young Guns, for which he is possibly
best known, in which he played "Dirty Steve" alongside Emilio Estevez. In 1993 Mulroney
played "J.P", the boyfriend of star "Maggie" in Point of No Return. In 1994 he starred
with Mickey Rourke in The Last Outlaw, which has since become a cult classic among western
genre fans. Mulroney also played the love interest of Madeleine Stowe in the western
Bad Girls. He first gained critical acclaim in the film Longtime Companion, portraying
a young man with HIV during the early days of the outbreak of the virus, who becomes
the first of his group of friends to succumb to the disease. He was also in the ensemble
film The Family Stone starring Sarah Jessica Parker. In 2005, he played a "date-for-hire"
character alongside Debra Messing in The Wedding Date. He was also in the movie Abduction as
Martin Price. Mulroney played Gavin Mitchell on the TV series,
Friends. His character dated Rachel for one episode but they broke up when it became too
complicated between them because of Ross. In 1993, he wrote the song "Someone Else's
Used Guitar" for Peter Bogdanovich's The Thing Called Love. Mulroney also had a cameo in
the Joaquin Phoenix directed video "Tired of Being Sorry" for Balthazar Getty's band
Ringside. Mulroney also is credited as a song performer on the movie and for four other
tunes, as well as acting in the movie. In 2007, Mulroney voiced Green Lantern Hal Jordan
in the animated series The Batman in the season 5 episode "Ring Toss". He occasionally reads
stories on the WBEZ Chicago Public Radio radio. In 2012, Mulroney played the love interest
of Zooey Deschanel, Russell, in the Fox series New Girl. In 2013, he portrayed the title
starring role in the psychotronic horror film The Rambler, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance
Film Festival. Personal life
Mulroney married actress Catherine Keener in 1990 after they met in 1987 when filming
Survival Quest. The couple separated in May 2005 and filed for divorce June 11, 2007,
citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was final on December 19, 2007. They have
a son named Clyde Keener Mulroney. Mulroney is an accomplished cellist, and in
2005 appeared alongside Boyd Tinsley for Alanis Morissette's show at the House of Blues in
Hollywood. He played cello in the song "Place Your Hand" from Melissa Etheridge's 1992 album
Never Enough, on the EP for Rain Phoenix's band Papercranes, and on the score to Mission:
Impossible III, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Star Trek Into Darkness. Mulroney
and his brother Kieran were both members of the punk-folk band Low and Sweet Orchestra
which included members of The Pogues and The Circle Jerks.
Filmography Film
Television References
External links Dermot Mulroney at the Internet Movie Database
Dermot Mulroney at the Internet Off-Broadway Database