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.
King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, and, as its first president, he led non-violent campaigns of civil disobedience. He became the face of the civil rights movement, and would earn Time Man of the Year for 1963 and the Nobel Peace Prize of 1964 for his work. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis by James Earl Ray. The day before his death, King said in his final public speech, âI've seen the Promised Land.