ALEXANDRIA, VA – There’s something extraordinary about childhood friendships that last a lifetime — especially when they help shape careers, creativity, and artistic dreams along the way.
That is certainly true for actor, musician, and singer-songwriter Charles Esten and actor-musician Dermot Mulroney, whose friendship began decades ago in Alexandria and continues today both onstage and off.
Esten, best known for his starring role as Deacon Claybourne on the television series Nashville and more recently for his work on Outer Banks, moved to Alexandria at age 9 and later graduated from Alexandria City High School — then known as T.C. Williams High School. It was during those formative school years that he first met Dermot Mulroney through Dermot’s younger brother, Kieran…