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, Sam Lane on Superman & Lois, and David Hollander on Heated Rivalry.

Early life Walsh was born Charles Hunter WalshCalifornia Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services. Ancestry.com 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. Per Julia Roberts, she met Dylan who was working as a waiter at Empire Diner in New York and she introduced him to her manager, Robert McGowan, who signed Dylan.

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 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 had a daughter, Stella Walsh, who was born in 2003. In 2010, Walsh announced he had 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.

On August 15, 2025, Walsh was involved in a single car accident with his wife and their two children in Rumson, New Jersey. $5000 of electrical damage was done to a nearby residence after Walsh struck a utility pole. Police issued Walsh citations for six motor vehicle violations including having open containers of alcohol in a motor vehicle, reckless driving and expired registration. While Walsh acknowledged to officers that he had been drinking earlier in the day, his team clarified that his blood alcohol content (BAC) tested below the legal limit. Walsh was not charged with driving while intoxicated and the accident was most likely caused by heat stroke or heat exhaustion.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes1989 Loverboy Jory Talbot Credited as Charles Hunter Walsh When We Were Young Lee Jameson TV movieCredited as Charles Hunter Walsh Chameleons Stan TV movie1990 Betsy's Wedding Jake Lovell Where the Heart Is Tom1993 Arctic Blue Eric Desmond Telling Secrets Jesse Graham TV movie1994 Nobody's Fool Peter Sullivan Radio Inside Michael Anderson 1995 Congo Dr. Peter Elliot 1996 Eden Bill Kunen1997 Men Teo Morrison Divided by Hate Louis Gibbs TV movie Changing Habits Felix Shepherd 1998 The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery Frank Syler TV movie1999 Chapter Zero Adam Lazarus Final Voyage Aaron Carpenter2001 Jet Boy Boon Palmer Deadly Little Secrets Cole Chamberlain2002 Jo n/a TV movie Blood Work Detective John Waller We Were Soldiers Capt. Robert Edwards Power Play Matt Nash Par 6 Mac Hegelman2003 The Lone Ranger Kansas City HaasTV movie More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story Jim Brock2005 Edmond Interrogator 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 Mooney2016 C Street Senator Fallon2018 Fright Fest Spencer Crowe2019 Deadly Switch Peter 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 episodes2002 The Twilight Zone Adam Episode: "Night Route" 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 episodes2012 Drop Dead Diva Lawrence Brand Episode: "Pick's and Pakes" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tom Cooley Episode: "CSI on Fire"2013 Revenge Jason Prosser2 episodes Castle Agent Harris 2015 NCIS: New Orleans Captain Jim Messier 3 episodes2016 Designated Survivor SEAL Commander Max Clarkson Episode: "The Mission" Longmire Shane Muldoon 3 episodes 2017 When We Rise Dr. Marcus Conant 2 episodes2018 Life Sentence Peter Abbott Main role 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 role2024SEAL TeamCaptain WalchRecurring role2025–presentHeated RivalryDavid Hollander4 episodes

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