Ellen and Michael Mulroney, a Villanova law professor, welcomed Dermot Mulroney into the world in Alexandria, Virginia. He is 59 years old.

He has been on screen since 1986 and is well-recognized for his appearances in drama, western, and romantic comedy movies.

Mulroney has been in more than 70 movies since a Hollywood talent agent first spotted him at Northwestern University 28 years ago.

Mulroney, a cellist with classical training, started playing in the public school system of Alexandria, Virginia when he was just 7 years old.

He participates in the orchestras that score numerous movies for Oscar-winning composers like James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino.

Dermot Mulroney Parents: Meet Michael Mulroney, Ellen B. Mulroney

Prior to becoming a law professor at Villanova University School of Law in the 1990s, his father, Michael Mulroney, of Elkader, Iowa, had a thirty-year career as a tax attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C. Regional theater actress Ellen, who was born in Manchester, Iowa, was his mother.