---
name: "Dermot Mulroney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dermot-mulroney"
fi1m_id: "dermot-mulroney"
imdb_id: "nm0000551"
tmdb_id: 20212
wikidata_id: "Q363386"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 October 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T00:34:24.814132+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dermot Mulroney

## Identity

Dermot Mulroney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dermot-mulroney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dermot-mulroney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000551
- **TMDB ID:** 20212
- **Wikidata ID:** Q363386
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot_Mulroney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363386, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20212

Actor. Born 31 October 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 October 1963, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** 더모트 멀로니, درموت مالرونی, Дермот Малруні
- **Frequently works with:** [James Vanderbilt](https://film.one/person/james-vanderbilt.md), [Joe Roth](https://film.one/person/joe-roth.md), [Julia Roberts](https://film.one/person/julia-roberts.md)
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (3), 2010s 57 (1), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $812m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot_Mulroney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363386, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20212

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*About Schmidt*](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md) (77), [*August: Osage County*](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md) (57)
- **Paramount+:** [*Zodiac*](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md) (91)
- **Apple TV:** [*Scream VI*](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md) (65)
- **Disney+:** [*Anyone but You*](https://film.one/film/anyone-but-you.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Dermot Mulroney

> Dermot Mulroney is a useful ensemble actor, especially when he is allowed to be hapless. We favour his work in *About Schmidt*; the thinly written parts in *Anyone but You* and *Scream VI* give him less to offer.

In *Anyone but You* (2023), Dermot Mulroney and Rachel Griffiths, playing Bea’s parents, are given a running gag and little else. We were frustrated by how little there was for either actor to do beyond repeating it. Will Gluck’s comedy illustrates a recurring difficulty for Mulroney: familiarity can get him through an underwritten part, but cannot make it rewarding. We rate him more highly when he has room to be awkward, as Alexander Payne allows in *About Schmidt* (2002).

His earlier films suggest a different career was possible. *Young Guns* (1988) gave him an early breakthrough in a western ensemble, while *My Best Friend’s Wedding* (1997) put him opposite Julia Roberts as romantic lead Michael O’Neal. Sustained leading-man status did not follow, and supporting and ensemble work became the more usual business. That need not be read as a disappointment: we would rather see him given a worthwhile supporting part than a thin leading one. David Fincher’s *Zodiac* (2007), in which he plays Captain Marty Lee, places him within another ensemble.

In *About Schmidt*, his Randall Hertzel is the hapless son-in-law, a supporting part with more comic scope than the parent in *Anyone but You*. Payne gets useful work from Mulroney within a film chiefly sustained by Jack Nicholson’s restrained performance as Warren Schmidt. There is a caveat: its jokes about the people around Warren sometimes come too easily. Mulroney’s contribution is worth seeking out without pretending the whole comedy is equally well judged.

*Scream VI* (2023) gives him Detective Bailey, but our reservation there is much the same as with Gluck’s comedy. Bailey is positioned as a suspect so plainly that we notice the plotting before we can become interested in the person. The film has effective set pieces; they do not make its tired conversations more rewarding for the actors delivering them. These parts leave us wanting to see Mulroney given something beyond a function in the plot. Start with *About Schmidt* if you want a supporting role that gives him more to do.

## Biography

Dermot Mulroney is an American actor and musician. He was born on 31 October 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated from Northwestern University.

He has appeared in films including *Young Guns* (1988), *My Best Friend's Wedding* (1997), *About Schmidt* (2002), *Zodiac* (2007), *August: Osage County* (2013), *Insidious: Chapter 3* (2015), *Scream VI* (2023) as Detective Bailey, and *Anyone but You* (2023) as Leo. On television he has played Sean Pierce in *Shameless* and roles in series such as *Crisis* and *The Purge*. Mulroney is a classically trained cellist who has contributed to film scores.

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org, wikiwand.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Anyone but You* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Leo — [page](https://film.one/film/anyone-but-you.md)
- *Scream VI* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Detective Bailey — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md)
- *August: Osage County* (2013), Fi1m 57, as Steve Huberbrecht — [page](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md)
- *Burn After Reading* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Star of "Coming Up Daisy" — [page](https://film.one/film/burn-after-reading.md)
- *Zodiac* (2007), Fi1m 91, as Martin Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *About Schmidt* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Randall Hertzel — [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)

## Complete filmography (156)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *November 1963* (2026), as Chuckie Nicoletti
- *Perfectly Imperfect* (2026), as Jake · Executive Producer
- *Let's Love* (2026), as Jerry
- *Night Patrol* (2026), as Sarge
- *The Gettysburg Address* (2025), as Andrew Curtin (voice)
- *Long Shadows* (2025), as Dallas Garrett
- *Swiped* (2025), as Slate
- *Guns & Moses* (2025), as Alan Rosner
- *The Hunting Wives* (2025), series, as Jed Banks
- *Killing Mary Sue* (2025), as Bradley Weiner
- *When I'm Ready* (2025), as Keith
- *Like Father Like Son* (2025), as Gabe
- *Laws of Man* (2025), as Benjamin Bonney
- *Depravity* (2024), as Mr. Evers
- *Blackwater Lane* (2024), as Matthew
- *Lights Out* (2024), as Sage Parker
- *Breakwater* (2023), as Ray Childress
- *Anyone but You* (2023), as Leo — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/anyone-but-you.md)
- *Ruthless* (2023), as Harry Sumner
- *The Dirty South* (2023), as Jeb Roy
- *A Dark Way Out* (2023), as Stan
- *Secret Invasion* (2023), series, as President Ritson
- *Shooting Stars* (2023), as Keith Dambrot
- *Ghosts of Beirut* (2023), series, as Robert Ames
- *The Getback* (2023), as Chief Joe Milazzo
- *The Warrant: Breaker's Law* (2023), as Dead-Eye / Yule Bronson
- *You're Killing Me* (2023), as Congressman Schroder
- *Scream VI* (2023), as Detective Bailey — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md)
- *The Inhabitant* (2022), as Ben
- *Section 8* (2022), as Sam Ramsey
- *Gone in the Night* (2022), as Ryan Barlowe
- *Along for the Ride* (2022), as Robert West
- *Agent Game* (2022), as Harris
- *Umma* (2022), as Danny
- *Christmas Is Canceled* (2021), as Dad - Jack Lockhart
- *Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher* (2021), as Boggy Johnson
- *The Blazing World* (2021), as Tom Winter
- *Hard Luck Love Song* (2021), as Rollo
- *Deadly Illusions* (2021), as Tom Morrison
- *That One Time* (2020), series, as Paul Crest
- *Messiah* (2020), series, as President Young
- *The Courier* (2019), as Special Agent Roberts
- *Prodigal Son* (2019), series, as Nicholas Endicott
- *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019), series, as John Wesley Seasons
- *Inside the Internet: 50 Years of Life Online* (2019), Director
- *Hanna* (2019), series, as John Carmichael
- *SGT. Will Gardner* (2019), as Buddy
- *Flesh & Blood* (2018), as Henry Tooms
- *Homecoming* (2018), series, as Anthony
- *I Still See You* (2018), as August
- *Monster Challenge* (2018), as Ben's Agent
- *The Purge* (2018), series, as Bobby Sheridan
- *Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy* (2018), series, as Dermot Mulroney
- *Station 19* (2018), series, as Greg Tanner
- *The Christmas Train* (2017), as Tom Langdon
- *The Mountain Between Us* (2017), as Mark Robertson
- *Sleepless* (2017), as Stanley Rubino
- *Lavender* (2016), as Patrick Ryan
- *Pure Genius* (2016), series, as Dr. Walter Wallace
- *Dirty Grandpa* (2016), as David Kelly
- *Northpole: Open for Christmas* (2015), as Ian
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Battalion Chief Dom Pascal
- *Truth* (2015), as Lawrence Lanpher
- *Sacrifice* (2015), as Justin
- *Insidious: Chapter 3* (2015), as Sean Brenner
- *The D Train* (2015), as Dermot Mulroney
- *Careful What You Wish For* (2015), as Eliott Harper
- *Crisis* (2014), series, as Francis Gibson
- *Mozart in the Jungle* (2014), series, as Andrew Walsh
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Battalion Chief Dom Pascal
- *August: Osage County* (2013), as Steve Huberbrecht — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md)
- *Jobs* (2013), as Mike Markkula
- *Struck by Lightning* (2013), as Neal Phillips
- *Space Warriors* (2013), as Andy Hawkins
- *Stoker* (2013), as Richard Stoker
- *A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III* (2013), as Doctor
- *The Rambler* (2013), as The Rambler
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as Battalion Chief Dom Pascal
- *Trade of Innocents* (2012), as Alex Becker
- *Beyond* (2012), as Jack Musker
- *Big Miracle* (2012), as Colonel Scott Boyer
- *The Grey* (2012), as Jerome Talget
- *Silent Witness* (2011), as Tony Lord
- *J. Edgar* (2011), as Colonel Schwarzkopf
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Bob Thompson
- *The Family Tree* (2011), as Jack Burnett
- *Abduction* (2011), as Martin Price
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Russell Schiller — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Love, Wedding, Marriage* (2011), Director
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Sean Pierce — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Jolene* (2010), as Uncle Phil
- *Inhale* (2010), as Paul Stanton
- *Flash of Genius* (2008), as Gil Previck
- *Burn After Reading* (2008), as Star of "Coming Up Daisy" — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/burn-after-reading.md)
- *The Memory Keeper's Daughter* (2008), as Dr. David Henry
- *Gracie* (2007), as Bryan Bowen
- *Georgia Rule* (2007), as Simon Ward
- *Zodiac* (2007), as Martin Lee — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *Dante's Inferno* (2007), as Dante (voice)
- *God Grew Tired of Us* (2006), Producer
- *Griffin & Phoenix* (2006), as Henry Griffin
- *The Family Stone* (2005), as Everett Stone
- *Must Love Dogs* (2005), as Bob
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Jesse (voice)
- *The Wedding Date* (2005), as Nick Mercer
- *Undertow* (2004), as John Munn
- *The Batman* (2004), series, as Green Lantern (voice)
- *Hair High* (2004), as Rod (voice)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Dusty — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *About Schmidt* (2002), as Randall Hertzel — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)
- *The Safety of Objects* (2002), as Jim Train
- *Lovely & Amazing* (2002), as Kevin McCabe
- *Intimate Affairs* (2002), as Edgar
- *Trixie* (2000), as Dex Lang
- *Where the Money Is* (2000), as Wayne
- *Goodbye Lover* (1999), as Jake Dunmore
- *My Best Friend's Wedding* (1997), as Michael O'Neal
- *Bastard Out of Carolina* (1996), as Lyle Parsons
- *The Trigger Effect* (1996), as Joe
- *Box of Moonlight* (1996), as Wick
- *Kansas City* (1996), as Johnny O'Hara
- *Heroine of Hell* (1996), as Callum
- *Copycat* (1995), as Ruben Goetz
- *How to Make an American Quilt* (1995), as Sam
- *Living in Oblivion* (1995), as Wolf · Associate Producer
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Gavin Mitchell — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *There Goes My Baby* (1994), as Pirate
- *Angels in the Outfield* (1994), as Roger's Father
- *Bad Girls* (1994), as Josh McCoy
- *Silent Tongue* (1994), as Reeves McCree
- *Journeys North* (1994), as Collum
- *The Last Outlaw* (1993), as Eustis
- *The Thing Called Love* (1993), as Kyle Davidson
- *Family Pictures* (1993), series, as Mack
- *Point of No Return* (1993), as J. P.
- *Samantha* (1992), as Henry
- *The Heart of Justice* (1992), as Elliot Burgess
- *Where the Day Takes You* (1992), as King · Stunts
- *Career Opportunities* (1991), as Nestor Pyle
- *Bright Angel* (1990), as George Russell
- *Staying Together* (1989), as Kit McDermott
- *Longtime Companion* (1989), as John
- *Survival Quest* (1989), as Gray
- *Unconquered* (1989), as Richmond Flowers Jr.
- *Young Guns* (1988), as Dirty Steve Stephens
- *Sunset* (1988), as Michael Alperin
- *Long Gone* (1987), as Jamie Weeks
- *Daddy* (1987), as Bobby
- *Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs* (1986), as Lane
- *Sin of Innocence* (1986), as Tim McGary
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as John
- *Fame* (1982), series, Actor
- *Dead and Breakfast*, as Norman
- *Dead of Night*, as Sheriff Weaver
- *The Families Stone*, as Everett Stone
- *Drifter*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Dermot Mulroney at the premiere of August: Osage County, Toronto Film Festival 2013](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-66ce5bbe5bb4.jpg) Dermot Mulroney at the premiere of August: Osage County, Toronto Film Festival 2013 — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2013_Toronto_Film_Festival_August_35_%289734324237%29.jpg/1280px-2013_Toronto_Film_Festival_August_35_%289734324237%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dermot Mulroney at the afterparty for Beautiful Boy, 2018 Toronto Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-cc484e89fe93.jpg) Dermot Mulroney at the afterparty for Beautiful Boy, 2018 Toronto Film Festival. — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BB_02_%2843880249535%29.jpg/1280px-BB_02_%2843880249535%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![star of Shameless, as well as Young Guns, Bad Girls, Copycat, and more. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-b7dfb926e3c2.jpg) star of Shameless, as well as Young Guns, Bad Girls, Copycat, and more. (2016) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dermot_Mulroney_%2824512494315%29.jpg/1280px-Dermot_Mulroney_%2824512494315%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-a5ff20638101.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Dermot_Mulroney_%2854500882297%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-babf255966a9.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Image via TMDB
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-b096220a719e.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Image via TMDB
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-531842be0bb7.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Image via TMDB
- ![Dermot Mulroney at Nightmare Weekend Chicago in 2025](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-7010962ea2ce.jpg) Dermot Mulroney at Nightmare Weekend Chicago in 2025 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Dermot_Mulroney_%2854501743451%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-db05537be1da.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Image via TMDB
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-759fe8e4de5f.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Image via TMDB
- ![Dermot Mulroney](https://film.one/media/person/14869/gallery-6cbc877efa4c.jpg) Dermot Mulroney — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *August: Osage County*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss 1996: MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (nominated), for *How to Make an American Quilt*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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