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My Take
Dermot Mulroney is my favorite kind of actor: the one who never demands your attention and earns it anyway. Since his 1988 debut he has slipped between westerns, romantic comedies, and dramas without ever seeming miscast, which is a rarer skill than headline stardom. I respect the Northwestern-trained discipline behind that range, and the fact that he is a genuine musician adds a layer most leading men lack. He elevates whatever he appears in; you finish the film, check the cast list, and realize he was the quiet load-bearing wall. Nearly four decades in, that consistency reads less like luck and more like character.
Overview
Dermot Patrick Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles in a wide variety of genres, including romantic comedy, western, and drama films. After making his film debut in Sunset (1988), Mulroney gained recognition for his starring role in the films Young Guns (1988) and Career Opportunities (1991).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dermot Mulroney
- Name (Japanese)
- ダーモット・マローニー
- Reading
- だーもっと・まろーにー
- Born
- October 31, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / association football player / film producer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Alexandria City High School
- University
- Northwestern University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.