Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott; October 26, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series The Practice, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. McDermott is also known for his roles in four seasons (first, second, eighth and ninth) of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Murder House, Asylum, Apocalypse, and 1984 portraying Ben Harmon, Johnny Morgan and Bruce, respectively. He also starred as narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime; Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series Dark Blue; in two short-lived CBS dramas, Hostages and Stalker; and in the 1994 remake of the film Miracle on 34th Street. In 2022, he joined FBI: Most Wanted as the new lead, replacing the departing Julian McMahon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dylan McDermott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• American Horror Stories — Ben Harmon
• 2021King Richard — Will Hodges
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Richard Wheatley
• FBI: Most Wanted — Remy Scott, Executive Producer
• Hollywood — Ernie West
• The Politician — Theo Sloan
• FBI — Remy Scott
• 2018Josie — Hank
• LA to Vegas — Captain Dave
• 2018The Clovehitch Killer — Don
• 2017Blind — Mark Dutchman
• No Activity — Clint Bergman
• 2015Survivor — Sam Parker
• 2014Automata — Wallace
• 2014Behaving Badly — Jimmy Leach
• 2014Freezer — Robert Saunders
• 2014Mercy — Jim Swann
• Stalker — Jack Larsen
• Hostages — Agent Duncan Carlisle
• 2013Olympus Has Fallen — Forbes
• 2012Nobody Walks — Leroy
• 2012The Campaign — Tim Wattley
• 2012The Perks of Being a Wallflower — Father
• American Horror Story — Ben Harmon, Johnny Morgan, Bruce
• Vietnam in HD — James Anderson
• 2010Burning Palms — Dennis Marx
• Dark Blue — Carter Shaw
• 2009Mercy — Jake
• Big Shots — Duncan Collinsworth
• 2007Have Dreams, Will Travel — Uncle
• 2007The Messengers — Roy
• 2006The Tenants — Harry Lesser
• 2006Unbeatable Harold — Jake Salamander
• 2005Edison — Lazerov
• 2005The Mistress of Spices — Doug
• The Grid — FBI Agent Max Canary
• 2003Party Monster — Peter Gatien
• 2003Runaway Jury — Jacob Wood (victim)
• 2003Wonderland — David Lind
• 2001Texas Rangers — Leander McNelly
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Richard Wheatley
• 1999Three to Tango — Charles Newman
• Will & Grace — Tom
• 1997'Til There Was You — Nick
• Ally McBeal — Bobby Donnell
• The Practice — Bobby Donnell, Director
• 1995Destiny Turns on the Radio — Julian
• 1995Home for the Holidays — Leo Fish
• 1994Miracle on 34th Street — Bryan Bedford
• 1994The Cowboy Way — John Stark
• 1993In the Line of Fire — Al D'Andrea
• 1992Jersey Girl — Sal
• 1992The Fear Inside — Pete Caswell
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Into the Badlands — McComas
• 1991Where Sleeping Dogs Lie — Bruce Simmons
• 1990Hardware — Moses "Hard Mo" Baxter
• 1989Steel Magnolias — Jackson Latcherie
• Tales from the Crypt — George Gatlin (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
• 1989The Neon Empire — Vic
• The Neon Empire — Vic
• 1989Twister — Chris
• 1988The Blue Iguana — Vince Holloway
• 1987Hamburger Hill — Sgt. Adam Frantz
• Love Love

Appearances as themselves (17)

• Stars in the House — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Steve — Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2012Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Exhuming 'The Messengers' — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self, Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee/Presenter, Self - Presenter