Dermot Mulroney
Biography
Dermot Mulroney is an American actor and musician whose work has ranged across romantic comedies, westerns and dramas. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, he studied communications at Northwestern University before moving to Hollywood, where he made his film debut in Sunset (1988) and drew notice in Young Guns (1988) and Career Opportunities (1991). During the 1990s he starred in Point of No Return (1993), Bad Girls (1994), Copycat (1995), How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), his biggest box-office success. Later credits include About Schmidt (2002), The Wedding Date (2005), The Family Stone (2005), Zodiac (2007), August: Osage County (2013), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and Scream VI (2023). He won Best Actor at the Seattle International Film Festival for Samantha and Where the Day Takes You. On television he had main roles in Crisis, Pure Genius, Hanna, Secret Invasion and Chicago Fire. He is also a cellist who has played on film scores.
62years old
Turns 63 on October 31in 30 days
- Born Alexandria
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 91
- Career span
- 38 years1988 to 2026
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Beyond film
Dermot Mulroney is an accomplished cellist who played on the scores of several major films, including Jurassic World, Zootopia, Rogue One, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Incredibles 2 and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
First role
During his senior year in college, Mulroney put his name on a sign-up sheet and tried out before Barbara Gale, a WMA agent. She gave him a contract and asked him to move to Hollywood, where three months of auditions led to his first role, the male lead in Sin of Innocence.
Behind the camera
In 1993, Mulroney wrote "Someone Else's Used Guitar" for Peter Bogdanovich's film The Thing Called Love, and he also appeared in that movie.
Beyond film
Mulroney played in the Low and Sweet Orchestra, which put out the album Goodbye to All That in 1996. In 2016, his band Cranky George came out with its first album, Fat Lot of Good.
Dermot Mulroney movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tom DiCillo directed two of these films, Andrew Mogel two and Jarrad Paul two. James Le Gros appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Le Gros's page
Danny Glover's page
Catherine Keener's page
Steve Buscemi's page
Justin Long's page
Josh Lucas's page
All films by Tom DiCillo
Andrew MogelDirector, 2 films, 2015
All films by Andrew Mogel
All films by Jarrad Paul
Also three films together2 more actors
- Keith CarradineLaws of Man (2025), The Family Tree (2011) and Hair High (2004)
- Henry ZebrowskiDirty Grandpa (2016), Bad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Dermot Mulroney's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.0 billion
45 of the 91 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 91 films: 45 worldwide figure; 15 us gross only; 12 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 18 figure not found.
- 45Worldwide figure
- 15US gross only
- 12Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 18Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 59% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$299M15.1% of the total
- 2$215M10.8% of the total
- 3$169M8.5% of the total
- 4$120M6.1% of the total
- 5$106M5.3% of the total
- 6$94M4.7% of the total
- 7$93M4.7% of the total
- 8$85M4.3% of the total
$804 millionfrom the other 37 films with a worldwide figure, 41% of the total
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