Dylan McDermott

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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...

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Ally McBealSeries • 1997Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999American Horror StorySeries • 2011FBISeries • 2018FBI: Most WantedSeries • 2020Will & GraceSeries • 1998The PracticeSeries • 1997Law & Order: Organized CrimeSeries • 2021Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989American Horror StoriesSeries • 2021The Perks of Being a WallflowerMovie • 2012Olympus Has FallenMovie • 2013StalkerSeries • 2014The PoliticianSeries • 2019King RichardMovie • 2021No ActivitySeries • 2017Dark BlueSeries • 2009In the Line of FireMovie • 1993AutomataMovie • 2014Runaway JuryMovie • 2003HollywoodSeries • 2020The MessengersMovie • 2007Steel MagnoliasMovie • 1989SurvivorMovie • 2015