Man of the Moment: Dermot Mulroney
by Natasha Wolff | January 27, 2014 10:43 am
It’s easy for an actor to fade into the background starring opposite Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, but in August: Osage County, Dermot Mulroney holds his own. In his role as Steve Huberbrecht[1], the fiancé of Juliette Lewis’ Karen Weston, Mulroney provides both comic relief and an uncomfortably sleazy plot line. Despite his transgressions in the film, we can’t help being enamored by the handsome Virginia native. Check out five little-known things about Mulroney below.
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He starred alongside Kiefer Sutherland, Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen in the 1988 film Young Guns…and posed for this incredibly dramatic press photo to promote the film.
1988: The cast of ‘Young Guns,’ from left to right (top): Lou Diamond Phillips, Casey Siemaszko and Dermot Mulroney (bottom) Kiefer Sutherland, Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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Mulroney is completely on board for a My Best Friend’s Wedding sequel. While promoting August: Osage County, he told Variety[4], “I want it! Julia and I talked about it recently, and she thought it would be an amazing idea.”
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The 50-year-old actor will play ex-CIA operative Bill Gibson in NBC’s new conspiracy thriller Crisis, premiering March 16.
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He’s a classically-trained cellist and has played on several film scores including Mission: Impossible, Star Trek and Hairspray.
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Contrary to popular belief, Dermot Mulroney is not the same person as Dylan McDermot, however the two often get confused because of their similar-sounding names. He calls it “collective dyslexia[5].”
Styled by Sarah Schussheim
Groomer: Fabiola at Tracey Mattingly
MORE:
Julianne Nicholson on August: Osage Country[6]
Sundance 2014 with 5 Top Insiders[7]
The Great Performances of 2013[8]
- Steve Huberbrecht: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0398691/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4
- zegna.com: http://www.zegna.com
- apc.fr: http://www.apc.fr
- Variety: http://variety.com/2013/film/features/dermot-mulroney-wants-to-do-a-sequel-to-my-best-friends-wedding-1200977714/
- collective dyslexia: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/dermot-mulroney-dylan-mcdermott_n_4466060.html
- Julianne Nicholson on August: Osage Country: http://dujour.com/article/julianne-nicholson-august-osage-county
- Sundance 2014 with 5 Top Insiders: http://dujour.com/article/dujour-5x5-sundance-edition/
- The Great Performances of 2013: http://dujour.com/gallery/best-movie-award-winning-performances-2013
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