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McDermott at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | November 16, 1966 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
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Mary Jo Eustace (July 14, 1993 - February 2006) (divorced) 3 children Liam Aaron McDermott Stella Doreen McDermott Hattie Margaret McDermott |
Dean McDermott (born November 16, 1966) is a Canadian-American actor best known in the United States for having married Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling, with whom he appeared in the observational documentary shows Tori & Dean: Inn Love and Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, and for having acted out the role of Constable Renfield Turnbull on the TV series Due South.
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McDermott has appeared in many TV and movie roles, including the Kevin Costner film Open Range and the television film Always and Forever, about two high-school sweethearts, in which he starred alongside Rena Sofer and Barbara Eden.
In July 2005, McDermott began filming the Lifetime TV movie Mind Over Murder, alongside 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 his wife Mary Jo Eustace, "I'm leaving you, not my kid," and filed for divorce from his wife of 12 years. On December 24, 2005, McDermott and Spelling became engaged. In February 2006, McDermott's and Eustace's divorce was finalized; and in April 2006, Spelling's and Shanian's divorce was finalized. McDermott was granted joint custody of his son Jack Montgomery (born October 1998), and opted not to move forward with an adoption he and Eustace were in the process of.[2]
On May 7, 2006 McDermott and Spelling eloped on the Fiji Islands. Soon after Spelling announced she was pregnant, and the couple had a son named Liam Aaron (March 13, 2007)[3] only a year later daughter Stella Doreen (June 9, 2008) was born.[4] Both Liam and Stella were delivered via C-section by Dr. Jason A. Rothbart at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
On May 8, 2010, McDermott and Spelling renewed their vows[5] in Beverly Hills.
On July 1, 2010, McDermott was involved in a dirt bike accident, his second motorcycle accident of the year. Suffering a punctured and collapsed lung, he was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of a Los Angeles hospital. Doctors expected McDermott to make a full recovery.[6] McDermott was released from the hospital on July 6, 2010.[7]
McDermott became an American citizen at a ceremony in Los Angeles on August 21, 2010.[8]
On April 11, McDermott and Spelling announced via Spelling's Twitter account they were expecting with their third child.[9] Hattie Margaret McDermott was born October 10, 2011
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