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Dean McDermott
Born	November 16, 1966 (1966-11-16) (age 43) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Mary Jo Eustace (July 14, 1993 - February 2006) (divorced) 2 children Tori Spelling (May 7, 2006 - present) 2 children

Dean McDermott (born November 16, 1966) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Constable Turnbull on the TV series Due South and for his marriage to Tori Spelling.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Career

McDermott has appeared in many TV and movie roles, including the Kevin Costner film Open Range. He received a Gemini Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 for his portrayal of small town boy Garet French in Lives of Girls and Women. Since 2007, he and Spelling have co-starred in the reality series, Tori & Dean: Inn Love and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood".

Personal life

McDermott was born in Toronto, Ontario. He married fellow Canadian and TV presenter/chef Mary Jo Eustace in July 1993. Their son Jack was born in October 10, 1998. In July 2005 they adopted a newborn daughter, Lola.

Later in July 2005, McDermott began filming the Lifetime TV movie Mind over Murder with Tori Spelling. The two began an affair the night they first met,¹ despite both being married. In September Spelling separated from her husband Charlie Shanian. While on a family vacation in Palm Springs, California, McDermott told Eustace "I'm leaving you, not my kids", and filed for divorce from his wife of 12 years. On December 24, 2005 McDermott and Spelling became engaged. In February 2006 Dean/Eustace's divorce was final; and in April 2006 Spelling/Shanian's divorce was final. McDermott has joint custody of his son only, opting to not move forward with the adoption of his daughter.²

On May 7, 2006 McDermott and Spelling eloped on the Fiji Islands. Soon after Spelling announced she was pregnant, and the couple have son Liam (March 13, 2007)³ and daughter Stella (June 9, 2008).⁴ Both Liam and Stella were delivered via C-section by Dr. Jason A. Rothbart at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

• The Wall (1998)
• Power Play (TV series) (1998)
• Bone Daddy (1998)
• Due South (TV Series) (1997-9)
• To Love, Honour & Betray (1999)
• Spencer: Small Vices (1999)
• Mythic Warriors: Guarders of the Legend (1999)
• Twice In a Lifetime (2000)
• Deliberate Intent (2000)
• Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001)
• What Makes a Family (2001)
• WW3 (2001)
• Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story (2001)
• Picture Clare (2001)
• Relic Hunter (2001)
• Tracker (TV series) (2001)
• Rough Air: Danger on Flight 543 (2001)
• Brian’s Song (2001)
• Stolen Miracle (2001)
• Earth: Final Conflict(TV Series)(2001)
• A Christmas Visitor (2002)
• The Skulls III (2003)
• Open Range (2003)
• Walls of Secrets (2003)
• 1-800-Missing (TV Series) (2003-4)
• Touch Of Pink (2004)
• Against the Ropes (2004)
• H2O (2004), miniseries
• The Tournament (TV Series) (2005)
• Tilt (2005)
• Kojak (2005)
• NCIS (2005)
• The Closer (2005)
• Without A Trace (2005)
• Mind Over Murder (2006)
• Tori & Dean: Inn Love (2007)
• Housesitter (2007)
• Kiss the Bride (2008)
• Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (2008)
• Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe 2009
• Always and Forever (2009)

References

External links

• Dean McDermott at the Internet Movie Database
• PC.com Celebrity Techover - Dean McDermott