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

Early life

Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor, Kieran (who is also an actor) and Sean. 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. Mulroney attended Maury Elementary School and played cello in school and city youith 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. His college girlfriend, who was a year older than Mulroney, died shortly before her graduation from the school.

Career

Mulroney has appeared in many movies, including as the male lead in My Best Friend's Wedding alongside Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. He also co-starred in the ensemble film The Family Stone starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Most of his lead performances have been in romantic comedy films. Mulroney also played Gavin Mitchell on Friends. His character dated Rachel for one episode but they broke up when it became too complicated between them because of Ross.

Personal life

Mulroney married actress Catherine Keener in 1990 after they met in 1987 when filming Survival Quest, although the couple separated in September 2005. They have a son named Clyde, born June 1999. Mulroney, along with his brother Sean, own the Double Door, a Chicago music club. Dermot also plays in a band called the Cranky George Trio

Quotes

* "After seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot like John Wayne. And I said, How so? And he said, Well, you're exactly the same in all your roles. Now, as a modern American actor, that's not what you want to hear. But for a guy who watched John Wayne movies and grew up in Iowa, it's a sterling compliment."

* "I pretend I don't dance. I can. Not like tap-dance or show tunes or anything like that but I've danced in movies."

* "I play the cello, which is definitely sexy-it's a big piece of vibrating wood between your knees. And the sound is just beautiful."

Trivia

* In 1993 Dermot wrote the song Someone Else's Used Guitar for Peter Bogdanovich's "The Thing Called Love." Dermot also is credited as a song performer on them movie and for four other tunes, as well as acting in the movie.

* Dermot's sister Moira works in the Philadelphia DA's office as an assistant district attorney.

* Dermot plays cello in the song 'Place Your Hand' from Melissa Etheridge's 1992 Album Never Enough

* Dermot played the cello on the score to 'Mission: Impossible III' (2006).

* Dermot played double bass and cello on the debut EP of Rain and Summer Phoenix's band.

* Auditioned for the role of 'Billy Campbell' on Melrose Place.

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