# Dylan Walsh

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

## Early life

Walsh was born Charles Hunter Walsh in Los Angeles, California. His maternal grandfather, Frank P. Haven, was a managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. His parents worked for the Foreign Service—they met in Ethiopia. As a result, Walsh lived in Kenya, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia as a child. 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 drama series Superman & Lois.

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

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Loverboy | Jory Talbot | Credited as Charles Hunter Walsh |
| 1989 | When We Were Young | Lee Jameson | TV movie Credited as Charles Hunter Walsh |
| 1989 | Chameleons | Stan | TV movie |
| 1990 | Betsy's Wedding | Jake Lovell | |
| 1990 | Where the Heart Is | Tom | |
| 1993 | Arctic Blue | Eric Desmond | |
| 1993 | Telling Secrets | Jesse Graham | TV movie |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Peter Sullivan | |
| 1994 | Radio Inside | Michael Anderson | |
| 1995 | Congo | Dr. Peter Elliot | |
| 1996 | Eden | Bill Kunen | |
| 1997 | Men | Teo Morrison | |
| 1997 | Divided by Hate | Louis Gibbs | TV movie |
| 1997 | Changing Habits | Felix Shepherd | |
| 1998 | The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery | Frank Syler | TV movie |
| 1999 | Chapter Zero | Adam Lazarus | |
| 1999 | Final Voyage | Aaron Carpenter | |
| 2001 | Jet Boy | Boon Palmer | |
| 2001 | Deadly Little Secrets | Cole Chamberlain | |
| 2002 | Jo | n/a | TV movie |
| 2002 | Blood Work | Detective John Waller | |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Capt. Robert Edwards | |
| 2002 | Power Play | Matt Nash | |
| 2002 | Par 6 | Mac Hegelman | |
| 2003 | The Lone Ranger | Kansas City Haas | TV movie |
| 2003 | More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story | Jim Brock | TV movie |
| 2005 | Edmond | Interrogator | |
| 2005 | Antebody | Jacob Ambro | Short film |
| 2006 | The Lake House | Morgan Price | |
| 2007 | Lost Holiday: The Jim and Suzanne Shemwell Story | Jim Shemwell | TV movie |
| 2008 | Just Add Water | Ray Tuckby | |
| 2009 | The Stepfather | David Harris | |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Jack Tweedy II | |
| 2014 | Authors Anonymous | Alan Mooney | |
| 2016 | C Street | Senator Fallon | |
| 2018 | Fright Fest | Spencer Crowe | |
| 2019 | Deadly Switch | Peter | |
| 2019 | Alter Ego | Alan Schaeffer | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Kate & Allie | Ben | Episode: "The Nearlyweds" |
| 1990–1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Louis Klein | 22 episodes |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Sgt. Eldritch | Episode: "Hearts and Minds" |
| 1997–1998 | Brooklyn South | Officer Jimmy Doyle | 22 episodes |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Adam | Episode: "Night Route" |
| 2002 | Presidio Med | Danny Gibson | Episode: "Second Chance" |
| 2003–2010 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Sean McNamara | 100 episodes |
| 2003–2004 | Everwood | Carl Feeney | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Malcolm Royce | Episode: "Annihilated" |
| 2011–2016 | Unforgettable | Al Burns | 61 episodes |
| 2012 | Drop Dead Diva | Lawrence Brand | Episode: "Pick's and Pakes" |
| 2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tom Cooley | Episode: "CSI on Fire" |
| 2013 | Revenge | Jason Prosser | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Castle | Agent Harris | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | NCIS: New Orleans | Captain Jim Messier | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | SEAL Commander Max Clarkson | Episode: "The Mission" |
| 2016 | Longmire | Shane Muldoon | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | When We Rise | Dr. Marcus Conant | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Life Sentence | Peter Abbott | Main role |
| 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | John Conway | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | Alex Ollerman | 4 episodes |
| 2019–2024 | Blue Bloods | Mayor Peter Chase | Recurring role |
| 2021–2024 | Superman & Lois | General Sam Lane, Bizarro Sam Lane | Main role |
| 2024 | SEAL Team | Captain Walch | Recurring Role |