Dylan Walsh

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Dylan Walsh
Born
Charles Hunter Walsh

(1963-11-17) November 17, 1963 (age 59)
Alma mater University of Virginia
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1996;div. 2003)
  • (m. 2004;div. 2012)
  • Leslie Bourque
    (m. 2022)
Children5

Dylan Walsh (born Charles Hunter Walsh; November 17, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Sean McNamara in the FX television series Nip/Tuck , [1] Al Burns in Unforgettable and Sam Lane in Superman & Lois .

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Early life

Walsh was born Charles Hunter Walsh [2] [3] in Los Angeles, California. His maternal grandfather, Frank P. Haven, was a managing editor of the Los Angeles Times . [4] [5] His parents worked for the Foreign Service—they met in Ethiopia. [6] As a result, Walsh lived in Kenya, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia as a child. [6] His family returned to the United States when he was ten years old and settled in Virginia, where Walsh began acting in high school. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1986 with a degree in English. After graduating from college, Walsh moved to New York City to act professionally.

Career

Walsh's first role was in a television movie called Soldier Boys with James Earl Jones. He then landed a role in the movie Loverboy and a regular role on the television series Kate & Allie . In 1989, he started using the name Dylan Walsh professionally. He continued to work in films including Betsy's Wedding , Nobody's Fool , Congo , The Stepfather , and Secretariat and guest starred the television series Brooklyn South , The Twilight Zone , and Everwood .

In 2003, Walsh landed the role of Sean McNamara on the FX television series Nip/Tuck , after being approached by series creator Ryan Murphy in a coffee shop. Murphy remembered him from his roles in Nobody's Fool and in a television movie.

Walsh starred as Lieutenant Al Burns in all four seasons of CBS's crime-drama series Unforgettable , which ran from 2011 to 2016.

In April 2020, Walsh was cast as Sam Lane, the father of Lois Lane, on The CW action-superhero series Superman & Lois . [7]

Personal life

Walsh was married from 1996 to 2003 to actress Melora Walters, with whom he had two children, Thomas Walsh (b. 1996) and Joanna Walsh (b. 1997). [8] After the couple divorced, Walsh married actress Joanna Going on October 10, 2004, and the two have a daughter, Stella Walsh, who was born in 2003. In 2010, Walsh announced he filed for divorce. [8] [9]

Walsh met Leslie Bourque and had a daughter, Amelie Belle, [8] and a son, Hudson Scott. [10] Walsh and Bourque were married June 3, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Loverboy Jory TalbotCredited as Charles Hunter Walsh
1989 When We Were Young Lee JamesonTelevision movie
Credited as Charles Hunter Walsh
1989ChameleonsStanTelevision movie
1990 Betsy's Wedding Jake Lovell
1990 Where the Heart Is Tom
1993 Arctic Blue Eric Desmond
1993 Telling Secrets Jesse GrahamTelevision movie
1994 Nobody's Fool Peter Sullivan
1994 Radio Inside Michael Anderson
1995 Congo Dr. Peter Elliot
1996EdenBill Kunen
1997 Men Teo Morrison
1997Divided by HateLouis GibbsTelevision movie
1997Changing HabitsFelix Shepherd
1998The Almost Perfect Bank RobberyFrank SylerTelevision movie
1999Chapter ZeroAdam Lazarus
1999 Final Voyage Aaron Carpenter
2001Jet BoyBoon Palmer
2001Deadly Little SecretsCole Chamberlain
2002JoTelevision movie
2002 Blood Work Detective John Waller
2002 We Were Soldiers Capt. Robert Edwards
2002 Power Play Matt Nash
2002Par 6Mac Hegelman
2003 The Lone Ranger Kansas City HaasTelevision movie
2003More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock StoryJim BrockTelevision movie
2005 Edmond Interrogator
2005AntebodyJacob AmbroShort film
2006 The Lake House Morgan Price
2007 Lost Holiday: The Jim and Suzanne Shemwell Story Jim ShemwellTelevision movie
2008 Just Add Water Ray Tuckby
2009 The Stepfather David Harris
2010 Secretariat Jack Tweedy II
2014 Authors Anonymous Alan Mooney
2016C StreetSenator Fallon
2018Fright FestSpencer Crowe
2019Deadly SwitchPeter
2019Alter EgoAlan Schaeffer
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Kate & Allie BenEpisode: "The Nearlyweds"
1990–91 Gabriel's Fire Louis Klein22 episodes
1995 The Outer Limits Sgt. EldritchEpisode: "Hearts and Minds"
1997–98 Brooklyn South Officer Jimmy Doyle22 episodes
2002 The Twilight Zone AdamEpisode: "Night Route"
2002 Presidio Med Danny GibsonEpisode: "Second Chance"
2003–10 Nip/Tuck Dr. Sean McNamara 100 episodes
2003–04 Everwood Carl Feeney3 episodes
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Malcolm RoyceEpisode: "Annihilated"
2011–16 Unforgettable Al Burns61 episodes
2012 Drop Dead Diva Lawrence BrandEpisode: "Pick's and Pakes"
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tom CooleyEpisode: "CSI on Fire"
2013 Revenge Jason Prosser2 episodes
2013 Castle Agent Harris2 episodes
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Captain Jim Messier3 episodes
2016 Designated Survivor SEAL Commander Max ClarksonEpisode: "The Mission"
2016 Longmire Shane Muldoon3 episodes
2017 When We Rise Dr. Marcus Conant 2 episodes
2018 Life Sentence Peter AbbottMain role
2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit John Conway2 episodes
2019 Whiskey Cavalier Alex Ollerman4 episodes
2019–present Blue Bloods Mayor Peter ChaseRecurring role
2021–2023 Superman & Lois General Sam Lane, Bizarro Sam LaneMain role

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