Dermot Mulroney. Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor. Acting since the 1980s, he is known for his roles in the films Young Guns, Samantha, Where the Day Takes You, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Last Outlaw, About Schmidt, and August: Osage County. Mulroney played the main antagonist of NBC's Crisis, Francis Gibson.
The 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney King by L.A.P.D. officers, and subsequent riots triggered by the acquittal of the officers involved, rocked L.A. and the nation. The events brought to the forefront concerns about racism and police brutality within the L.A.P.D.
Brian Kato Kaelin at the 1995 trial and (right) portrayed by Billy Magnussen in the FX drama, âThe People v. O.J. Simpson.â. The show (Feb. 2 on FX), opens with a montage of the LA Riots and Rodney King beating and thatâs is a foreshadowing of what lie ahead for the trial of the century.