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Dylan McDermott is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the television legal drama The Practice.
Eve Ensler (author of The Vagina Monologues) legally adopted McDermott when he was nineteen years old. She encouraged Dylan to pursue an acting career and began writing roles for him into her plays.
McDermott attended acting school at the Jesuit-run Fordham University, as well as The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
McDermott starred as Chris in the 1989 film Twister about a man who tried to rescue his girlfriend and daughter from a crazy family. His first big break as an actor was in the acclaimed hit film In the Line of Fire.
In Dark Blue, debuting July 15, 2009, right after Leverage, with Timothy Hutton, Nicki Aycox and Christian Kane, Dylan portrays Lt. Carter Shaw.
Dark Blue also stars Omari Hardwick and Nicki Aycox.
As himself, Dylan is quoted as saying,
My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere." - Dylan in Movieline
Through his connection with Clint Eastwood, McDermott was able to land his first major gig in The Practice.
The show expanded McDermott's stardom, and he made People's list of the "50 Most Beautiful People In The World 1998" with the magazine calling him a "a prime-time heartthrob".
He nabbed the distinction again in 2000. Despite his success on The Practice, McDermott (and five other starring cast members) were cut from the show.
In 2004, McDermott starred alongside Julianna Margulies four-part mini-series The Grid, playing FBI Special Agent Max Canary in an anti-terrorist unit. In 2006, McDermott played a returned soldier suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder in the Ensler's play The Treatment.
In 2007, McDermott starred in the television series Big Shots. McDermott now will star in the new Jerry Bruckheimer TNT drama pilot, Dark Blue; he will play a veteran cop who heads a squad of undercover LAPD officers.
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