Dermot Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Ellen and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova. Since being discovered at Northwestern University by a Hollywood talent
agent 28 years ago, Mulroney has been seen in over 70 films.
Mulroney is a classically trained cellist who began playing in
Alexandria, Virginia's public school system when he was 7 years old. He
plays with the scoring orchestras on many films for Academy Award
winning composers such as James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino.
