Dylan McDermott

Dylan McDermott in In the Line of Fire

Dylan McDermott (1961 - )

Film Deaths

• Hardware (1990) [Moses Baxter]: Injected with cytotoxin by the robot.

• In the Line of Fire (1993) [Secret Service Agent Al D'Andrea]: Shot in the head (off-camera) by John Malkovich during a rooftop chase, while Clint Eastwood dangles from the ledge; his body is shown afterwards when he falls across the ledge, revealing that he's been shot.

• The Cowboy Way (1994) [John Stark]: Dragged to death behind a subway train after Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland lasso him to the train (as Dylan goes to shoot Ernie Hudson). (Thanks to Amanda)

• Texas Rangers (2001) [Leander McNelly]: Dies of tuberculosis. (Thanks to Michael and Brian)

• Runaway Jury (2003) [Jacob Woods]: Shot to death (off-screen) by a gunman (a fired colleague) in his office; we only see him open his door to be confronted by said shooter, followed by gunshots over a freeze frame of Dylan's face that fades away. (Thanks to Gary and Michael)

• Edison Force (Edison) (2005) [Francis Lazerov]: Shot in the head by John Heard during a fight with LL Cool J (his body is later seen slumped against the wall as Cary Elwes looks on after hearing the shots). (Thanks to Andrew)

• The Tenants (2005) [Harry Lesser]: Shot in the head by Snoop Dogg.

• Olympus Has Fallen (2013) [Dave Forbes]: Stabbed in the skull by Gerard Butler after he tells Rick Yune via radio that he killed Gerard, thus giving Gerard time to rescue Aaron Eckhart. We only see Gerard bring the knife down. 

• Automata (2014) [Sean Wallace]: Shot in the chest with a flare gun by Antonio Banderas as Dylan is threatening to shoot and kill one of the other robots defending Banderas.

TV Deaths

• The Fear Inside (1992 TV) [Pete Caswell]: Presumably killed (along with Jennifer Rubin) by Christine Lahti

• American Horror Story; Afterbirth (2011) [Dr. Ben Harmon]: Hang from the second story chandelier by Kate Mara and the other ghosts, but staged in order to make it look like a suicide; his body is seen and he appears throughout the rest of the episode.

• American Horror Story: Asylum; Madness Ends (2013) [Johnny Morgan]: Shot in the head by his mother (Sarah Paulson).

Notable Connections

Fiancee of Maggie Q

Gallery

Dylan McDermott's death in The Cowboy Way