Dermot Mulroney

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Dermot Mulroney

Born	October 31, 1963 (1963-10-31) (age 44) Alexandria, Virginia
Spouse(s)	Catherine Keener (married 1990-2007) (Divorce Final Dec 19, 2007) 1 son

Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor (and amatuer racecar driver) at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa.^[1]^[2] He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor, Kieran (who is also an actor), and Sean. Moira works in the Philadelphia DA's office as an assistant district attorney.^[3] Mulroney's ancestors immigrated from Donegal and Mayo in Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine; he is of mostly Irish descent, although one of his grandmothers was German American.^[4] Mulroney attended Maury Elementary School and played cello in school and city youth orchestras, as well as acting in children's community theater. He later attended T. C. Williams High School (grad. 1981), the high school portrayed in Remember the Titans, as well as Northwestern University (grad. 1985) in Evanston, Illinois, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

[edit] Career

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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. Mulroney co-starred in Young Guns and first gained notice in the film Longtime Companion, portraying an HIV victim 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 along side Debra Messing in "The Wedding Date."

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.

Dermot 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".

[edit] 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.^[5] They have a son named Clyde Keener Mulroney, born June 21, 1999. Mulroney and Tharita Catulle are expecting a child together in April 2008.

Mulroney is an accomplished cello player, and in 2005 appeared alongside Boyd Tinsley for Alanis Morissette's show at the House of Blues in Hollywood. He also plays in a band called Cranky George. 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 (2006).

Mulroney (cello and mandolin) and his brother Kieran (violin and accordion) were both members of the punk-folk band Low and Sweet Orchestra which included members of The Pogues and The Circle Jerks.