Career

Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, McDermott is the son of Barbara and Charlie McDermott, an entrepreneur who owns health clubs. He has two younger sisters, Erin and Grace. He briefly attended high school at Salesianum in Wilmington, Delaware before enrolling in, and graduating from, PA Leadership Charter School (PALCS), a cyber school in Pennsylvania. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16.

Since 2004, he has worked on a wide range of television series, including The Office and Private Practice. His biggest film roles to date are Wild Bill in Disappearances and T.J. Eddy in Frozen River. In 2008, he received a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Actor for his Frozen River performance.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Village	10-Year-Old-Boy
2005	Keeping Up with the Kids	Sneaky	Short film
2006	Disappearances	Wild Bill Bonhomme
2007	The Ten	Jake Johnson
2007	All Along	Tom Harrison
2008	Holy Sapien	Phineas	Short film
2008	Frozen River	Troy J. "T.J." Eddy	Nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor
2008	Sex Drive	Andy
2008	Oh My Captain!	Ethan	Short film
2009	Safe Harbor	David Porter
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Chaz
2010	Morning	Jesse
2010	Good Grief	Jack Hindler	Short film
2015	Slow Learners	Male Student
2015	ImagiGARY	Henry	Also co-writer and director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Windy Acres	Young Gerald	Main сast 7 episodes
2005	Franklin Charter	Wes	TV movie
2008	The Office	Student	Episode: "Job Fair"
2008	Generation Gap	Corey Miller	TV movie
2009	Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas	Pale Boy	TV movie
2009	Medium	Brandon Whitman	Episode: "A Necessary Evil"
2009	Little Hollywood	Richie Seaman	TV pilot
2009	Private Practice	Bobby Douglas	Episode: "What You Do for Love"
2009	Pocoyo	Dav	Voice
2009-present	The Middle	Axl Heck	Main сast 149 episodes
2010	Bond of Silence	Ryan Aldridge	TV movie

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Role	Result
2008	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Actor	Troy J. "T.J." Eddy in Frozen River	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]