Dean McDermott

Dean McDermott (born November 16, 1966)^[1] is a Canadian actor best known as a reality television personality with his former wife, actress Tori Spelling, and as the host of the cooking competition Chopped Canada. He played the role of Constable Renfield Turnbull on the TV series Due South.

Dean McDermott
McDermott at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1966-11-16) November 16, 1966 (age 58) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouses	Mary Jo Eustace ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2006)​ Tori Spelling ​ ​ (m. 2006; div. 2024)​
Children	7

Early life

McDermott was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to David and Doreen McDermott.^[1] He has three sisters, Dale, Dawn, and Dana. He graduated from North Albion Collegiate Institute in Toronto's Rexdale neighbourhood.^[2]

Career

McDermott has performed in films Open Range,^[3] Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy^[4] and Against the Ropes.^[5]

McDermott has appeared in several TV movies including Always and Forever,^[6] Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe^[7] and A Christmas Visitor.^[8]

McDermott has had a variety of guest and recurring roles on television series, such as Earth: Final Conflict,^[9] Tracker,^[10] 1-800-Missing,^[11] NCIS^[12] and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.^[13] 2016 saw McDermott take on a starring role, portraying Iain Vaughn on Slasher.^[14][15]

Culinary arts

McDermott is a professionally trained chef.^[16] In 2013, he became a member of "Team Guy" on the second season of Food Network's Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off and was the winner,^[17] and in January 2014, McDermott began hosting Chopped Canada on Food Network Canada.^[18] McDermott hosted Chopped Canada for two seasons, announcing in March 2015 that he would leave the show.^[19]

McDermott released a cookbook The Gourmet Dad, in which he wanted to make intimidating plates more attractive to kids.^[16][20]

Personal life

McDermott's first wife is actress Mary Jo Eustace.^[1] They have one child, son Jack Montgomery (born October 10, 1998).^[21] In July 2005, McDermott began filming the Lifetime TV movie Mind Over Murder in Ottawa, during which he met actress Tori Spelling, who was then married to writer-actor Charlie Shanian. Spelling and McDermott began an affair the night they met.^[22] Upon his subsequent divorce from Eustace, McDermott was granted joint custody of their son Jack, opting not to move forward with the adoption of a baby girl, Lola Eustace (born July 7, 2004), whom he and Eustace were in the process of adopting prior to their separation. However, according to recent Instagram posts, McDermott refers to Lola as his “step daughter” and Lola refers to McDermott as her “dad”.^[23]

McDermott married Tori Spelling on May 7, 2006, in Fiji.^[24] Spelling and McDermott renewed their vows on May 8, 2010, in Beverly Hills.^[25] Spelling and McDermott have five children: three sons, Liam Aaron (born March 13, 2007),^[26] Finn Davey (born August 30, 2012)^[27] and Beau Dean (born March 2, 2017)^[28] and two daughters, Stella Doreen (born June 9, 2008)^[29] and Hattie Margaret (born October 10, 2011).^[30][31][32]

On July 1, 2010, McDermott was involved in a dirt bike accident, his second motorcycle accident of the year. He was hospitalized in Los Angeles with a punctured and collapsed lung, and doctors said they expected him to make a full recovery.^[33] McDermott was released from the hospital on July 6, 2010.^[34]

McDermott became an American citizen at a ceremony in Los Angeles on August 21, 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2013, after welcoming their second son, Us Weekly broke the news that McDermott was unfaithful to Spelling. The couple worked through the aftermath of the affair on a Lifetime series titled True Tori.^[35]

On January 23, 2014, a month after the news broke, McDermott's publicist announced McDermott had entered rehab for "some health and personal issues."^[36]

While McDermott and Spelling's marriage was back on track, the couple once again made headlines in 2016 for owing $39,000 to American Express in unpaid credit card bills. McDermott's mother-in-law Candy, who was also on good terms with her daughter, told TMZ at the time that she was helping out the family financially.^[37]

In June 2023, McDermott announced that he and Spelling decided to separate after 18 years together in a now-deleted Instagram post.^[38]

On March 29, 2024, Spelling officially filed for divorce from McDermott, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for sole physical and joint legal custody of their five children with visitation rights for McDermott.^[39]

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Graveyard Shift II	Best Boy
1990	Straight Line	John
1991	Stepping Out	Young Man at Bar
1995	Iron Eagle IV	Major Miles Pierce
1998	Bone Daddy	Mort Jr.
	A Cool, Dry Place	Sheriff Pritchard
2001	Picture Claire	Attendant at the Station
2003	Open Range	Doc Barlow
2004	The Skulls III	Detective Staynor	direct to video
	Against the Ropes	Pete Kallen
	Touch of Pink	Alisdair Keith
2007	Kiss the Bride	Plumber
2008	Saving God	Blaze/John Henry James
2011	Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy	Hugh Thompson
2017	Garlic & Gunpowder	Agent Bean
2017	Dead Again in Tombstone	Dr. Goldsworthy
2023	My Animal	Coach Dutch

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	My Secret Identity	Roger	2 episodes
	C.B.C.'s Magic Hour	Chris Ryan	2 episodes
	Friday's Curse	Peter	Episode: "Crippled Inside"
1991	Final Judgment	Young Marty	TV movie
	Conspiracy of Silence	Constable Dutton	Miniseries
1992	Top Cops	Wasco	Episode: "Steve Sessler/Jerry Smith/Terry Blaylock"
1993	Sweating Bullets	Tony	Episode: "Feedback"
	Counterstrick	Johnny	Episode: "Clearcut"
	Exploring Ontario's Provincial Parks	Nick Ward	Miniseries
Street Legal	Harris Kepler	Episode: "Believe the Children"
1994	Lives of Girls & Women	Garet French	TV movie
	Wild C.A.T.s	WarBlade (voice)	TV movie
	Sodbusters	Young Destiny	TV movie
	The Forget-Me-Not Murders	Agent Alex	2 episodes (voice role)
1994, 1998	Due South	Laurier / Bubba Dean	Episode: "The Man Who Knew Too Little" / Episode: "Doctor Longball"
1995	Nancy Drew	Mackerin	Episode: "Welcome to the Callisto"
	Bloodknot	Local Boy	TV movie
	Derby	Eric McDowell	TV movie
1995–1999	Due South	Constable Turnbull	Recurring role
1996	Critical Choices	Johnny	TV movie
	Jack Reed: Death & Vengeance	Vasili	TV movie
	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Sheriff	Episode: "Storm Warning"
	The Outer Limits	Ray Carter	Episode: "Vanshing Act"
	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice	Tim Moore	TV movie
1997	Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way	David Cone	TV movie
	F/X: The Series	Ted Abbott	Episode: "Reunion"
1998	Power Play	Mark Simpson	Main cast
	The Wall	Captain Alle1n	TV movie
	Evidence of Blood	Young Harlan Wade	TV movie
	Blood on Her Hands	Detective Steve Nelson	TV movie
	Fast Track	Unknown Role	2 episodes
	La Femme Nikita	Sykes	Episode: "New Regime"
1999, 2002	Earth: Final Conflict	Colonel Liam Kincaid / Lt. (later) Capt. Brenton Michaels	Episode: "Message in a Bottle" / 4 episodes
1999	Mystic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend	Phoenix	Episode: "Cadmus & Europa" (voice role)
	Spenser: Small Vices	Tommy Miller	TV movie
	To Love, Honor & Betray	Nick	TV movie
2000	Deliberate Intent	Leasure	TV movie
	Rescue Heroes	Sergeant Siren	2 episodes
	Twice in a Lifetime	Albert Weaver	Episode: "Even Steven"
2001	Tracker	Detective Vic Bruno	Recurring role
	Stolen Miracle	Ron McKinley	TV movie
	Brian's Song	Ralph Kurek	TV movie
	Loves Music, Loves to Dance	Craig Sheridan	TV movie
	Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534	Grant Blyth	TV movie
	Relic Hunter	Dash Palmerston	Episode: "Treasure Island"
	The Zach Files	Park Warden	Episode: "What's Eating Zack Greenburg
	Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story	Peter Mensch	TV movie
	WW 3	Dr. Watson	TV movie
	What Makes a Family	O'Brien	TV movie
2002	A Christmas Visitor	Matthew	TV movie
	Blue Murder	Sgt. Jim Weeks	Episode: "Spankdaddy"
2003	1-800-Missing	Alan Coyle	Main cast
	Wall of Secrets	Mark Emerson	TV movie
2004	H2O	Clark	TV movie
2005	Without a Trace	James Costin	Episode: "Viuda Negra"
	The Closer	FBI Agent Stephen Simms	Episode: "The Big Picture"
	NCIS	Lt. Commander Allan Witten	Episode: "Conspiracy Theory"
	Kojak	Detective Dan Riggins	Episode: "Pilot"
	Tilt	Martin Shea	2 episodes
	The Tournament	Stan Ryckman	Recurring role
2006	Mind Over Murder	Max Luckett	TV movie
2007	Housesitter	Philip 'Phil'	TV movie
	Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood	Himself	Title role (also executive producer, field producer)
2009	Head Case	Himself	Episode: "The Wedding Ringer" (also additional material)
	RuPaul's Drag Race	Himself	Episode: "Queens of All Media"
	Santa Baby 2	Luke Jessup	TV movie
	Always & Forever	Michael Foster	TV movie
2010	Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings	Himself	Title role (also executive producer, composer)
2013	Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off	Himself	Main role (Season 2)
2014	Tori & Dean: Cabin Fever	Himself	Title role
	Chopped Canada	Host	Main role
	True Tori	Himself	Main role
2015	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "18 Chefs Compete"
2016	Slasher: The Executioner	Chief Iain Vaughn	Main cast
2017	Slasher: Guilty Party	Alan Hayes	Recurring role
2018	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	Gilly	TV movie
2019	Slasher: Solstice	Dan Olensky	Recurring role
2019	Badland Wives	Major Fromm	TV movie
2021	Pretty Hard Cases	Det. Barry Hamm	Recurring role

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External links

• Dean McDermott at IMDb