Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney
My Best Friend's Wedding, The Grey
Dermot Mulroney has been seen in over 65 films over the 25 years he has spent in front of the cameras. In 2011 he was seen in Clint Eastwood's J. EDGAR HOOVER for Warner Brothers. The film tells the story of J. Edgar Hoover and his life in law enforcement. Mulroney played Colonel Schwarzkopf to Leonardo Di Caprio’s J. Edgar.
In December of 2011 he was also seen in the TNT movie SILENT WITNESS. The film shows a prominent defense attorney Tony Lord who returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students.
He starred in the action film THE GREY opposite Liam Neeson for director Joe Carnahan. The film tells the story of an oil drilling team who struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild while being hunted by a pack of rogue wolves. In 2012, he starred opposite Drew Barrymore, Kirsten Bell and John Krasinski in the Universal Pictures family feature BIG MIRACLE directed by Ken Kwapis.
In theaters now, you can see him in the Searchlight feature STOKER opposite Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. He has also completed the independent films BEYOND opposite Jon Voight about a detective team that uses a psychic to track down a missing child and in STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, Mulroney starred opposite Christina Hendricks and Allison Janney, in the film about a young man who recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine after he is struck by lightning.
Other recent projects in which Mulroney has appeared: JOBS with Ashton Kutcher (Sundance 2012 closing film); THE RAMBLER (Sundance 2012), HBO's ENLIGHTENED, Season 2 with Laura Dern and Mike White, FOX's NEW GIRL with Zooey Deschanel and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with Jamie Foxx.
Some of his film credits include the following: INHALE with Diane Kruger, FLASH OF GENIUS with Greg Kinnear, ZODIAC directed by David Fincher, GRACIE directed by Davis Guggenheim and starring Elisabeth Shue, the Coen Brothers' BURN AFTER READING, THE FAMILY STONE with Diane Keaton, GEORGIA RULE with Jane Fonda, MUST LOVE DOGS with Diane Lane and John Cusack, THE WEDDING DATE with Debra Messing, David Gordon Green's UNDERTOW with Jamie Bell and Josh Lucas, Alexander Payne’s ABOUT SCHMIDT with Jack Nicholson, THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS with Glenn Close and Patricia Clarkson, MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING opposite Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz, WHERE THE MONEY IS starring opposite Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino, Robert Altman's KANSAS CITY with Jennifer Jason Leigh, COPYCAT opposite Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver, Tom DiCillo’s LIVING IN OBLIVION, YOUNG GUNS with Kiefer Sutherland, POINT OF NO RETURN with Bridget Fonda, BAD GIRLS opposite Andie MacDowell, Madeline Stowe and Drew Barrymore, the Blake Edwards comedy SUNSET and CAREER OPPORTUNITIES opposite Jennifer Connelly.
In 2013, he'll be seen in SPACE WARRIORS with Josh Lucas, Danny Glover, and Mira Sorvino and in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor and Benedict Cumberbatch.
On television, he will star in NBC's Rand Ravich drama (still untitled). He'll play a former CIA analyst in the conspiracy thriller starring Gillian Anderson, Rachael Taylor, Lance Goss, and REVENGE alum Max Martini as the villain.
Mulroney is a classically trained cellist who has been playing since he was 7 years old. He has worked on numerous projects with Academy Award winning composers such as James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino.
Dermot Mulroney at the Internet Movie Database