Brian Dennehy
Known for Acting · 207 credits
- Born
- 1938-07-09
- Died
- 2020-04-15
- Place of birth
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Brian Mannion Dennehy · 布萊思·丹尼希
Biography
Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His breakthrough film role was as the overzealous sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). Typically a character actor, Dennehy displayed versatility in varying and often complex roles ranging from villainous (such as a corrupt sheriff in the 1985 western Silverado) to virtuous (such as a benevolent alien leader in Cocoon, also released in 1985). Other notable films featuring Dennehy include Gorky Park (1983), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Legal Eagles (1986), F/X (1986), Tommy Boy (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Ratatouille (2007).
A prominent figure in the theater world (especially in Chicago), Dennehy won two Tony Awards for Best Lead Actor, for Death of a Salesman (1999) and Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). He starred in numerous television films and miniseries, garnering six Emmy Award nominations, and had memorable supporting and guest roles in many series including Just Shoot Me, The Good Wife, and The Blacklist.
Known For
TV Shows (70)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Judson Tierney
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Blacklist
2013
as Dominic Wilkinson
The Good Wife
2009
as Bucky Stabler
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Dallas
1978
as Luther Frick
The West Wing
1999
as Rafe Framingham
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
Knots Landing
1979
as James Cargill
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner / Self - Winner
American Experience
1988
as Aaron Burr (voice)
Miami Vice
1984
as Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
Great Performances
1971
as Grimmet
Dynasty
1981
as Jake Dunham
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
M*A*S*H
1972
as M.P. Ernie Connors
Hunter
1984
as Dr. Bolin
30 Rock
2006
as Mickey J
Lou Grant
1977
as Wilson
Screen Two
1985
as James Boyce
Playhouse
1974
as Grimmet
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Michael Magruder
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Red Finch
Rules of Engagement
2007
as Roy
Police Woman
1974
as Burrows
The 4400
2004
as Mitch Baldwin
Kojak
1973
as Peter Connor
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Agency
2001
as James Graydon
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
The Big C
2010
as Dad
Arrest & Trial
2000
as Self - Host
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
as Jerome Townsend
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
as Bedzyk
The Tony Randall Show
1976
as Brian Sr.
Night Visions
2001
as Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
Public Morals
2015
as Joe Patton
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Buffalo Bill
Lucan
1977
as Fisher
Darkroom
1981
as Roland
Hap and Leonard
2016
as Sheriff Valentine Otis
The Fitzpatricks
1977
as Coach Hatfield
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
as Louis Bromfield
A Rumor of War
1980
as Sgt. Ned Coleman
Undue Influence
1996
as Paul Madriani
Pearl
1978
as Sgt. Otto Chain
The Last Place on Earth
1985
as Frederick Cook
Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Major Chevallier
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Evergreen
1985
as Matthew Malone
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
1979
as Arnie Sutter
A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Gerald Bradley
Animated Tales of the World
2001
as Captain (voice)
Birdland
1994
as Dr. Brian McKenzie
Marco Polo
2007
as Kublai Khan
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Andy Goodman
Blood Feud
1983
as Edward Grady Partin
Cocked
2015
as Wade
Netforce
1999
as Lowell Davidson
Movies (137)
Ratatouille
2007
as Django (voice)
First Blood
1982
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Ted Montague
Tag
2018
as Mr. Cilliano
The Ultimate Gift
2007
as Gus
Presumed Innocent
1990
as Raymond Horgan
Gladiator
1992
as Jimmy Horn
Tommy Boy
1995
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
The Next Three Days
2010
as George Brennan
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
Knight of Cups
2015
as Joseph
Silverado
1985
as Cobb
10
1979
as Donald
The Big Year
2011
as Raymond Harris
Righteous Kill
2008
as Hingis
Foul Play
1978
as Fergie
Cocoon
1985
as Walter
10th & Wolf
2006
as Agent Horvath
Everyone's Hero
2006
as Babe Ruth (voice)
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Walter (uncredited)
She Hate Me
2004
as Billy Church
F/X
1986
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
NetForce
1999
as Lowell Davidson
Seven Minutes
1989
as Wagner
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
as O.C. Hanks
Legal Eagles
1986
as Cavanaugh
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
as Surgeon
The Song of Sway Lake
2019
as Hal Sway
Deadly Matrimony
1992
as Jack Reed
Warden of Red Rock
2001
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
Summer Catch
2001
as John Schiffner
A Real American Hero
1978
as Buford Pusser
Little Miss Marker
1980
as Herbie
Gorky Park
1983
as William Kirwill
F.I.S.T.
1978
as Frank Vasko
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017
as Joe Haggarty
Son of the South
2021
as Grandfather
A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Gerald Bradley
Never Cry Wolf
1983
as Rosie
Marco Polo
2007
as Kublai Khan
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003
as Tom Stone
The Challenger Disaster
2013
as Rogers
The Seagull
2018
as Pjotr Sorin
Every Day
2010
as Ernie
The Diamond Fleece
1992
as Inspector Outlaw
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Nick
F/X2
1991
as Leo McCarthy
The Last of the Finest
1990
as Frank Daly
Welcome to Paradise
2007
as Bobby Brown
Split Image
1982
as Kevin Stetson
Best Seller
1987
as Dennis Meechum
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
as Gus
Our Fathers
2005
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
Sirens
1999
as Lt. Denby
Meet Monica Velour
2010
as Pop Pop
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
as Fire Chief
Voyage of Terror
1998
as The President
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977
as Longshoreman
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
as Ervil LeBaron
To Catch a Killer
1992
as John Wayne Gacy
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
as Sergeant Cheever
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as (voice)
The Exonerated
2006
as Gary Gauger
Three Blind Mice
2001
as Matthew Hope
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
2003
as Mr. Blue
The Man From Snowy River II
1988
as Harrison
Dummy
1979
as Ragoti
Semi-Tough
1977
as T.J. Lambert
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
as Jack Reed
The River Rat
1984
as Doc Cole
Silicon Towers
1999
as Tom Warner
Driveways
2020
as Del
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Andy Goodman
The Belly of an Architect
1987
as Stourley Kracklite
Fail Safe
2000
as Gen. Bogan
War Eagle, Arkansas
2007
as Pop, Enochs Father
Perfect Witness
1989
as James Falcon
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
as Sen. Donald Riegle
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Big Dave McDermot
Leave of Absence
1994
as Sam
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
as Jack Reed
Miles from Home
1988
as Frank Roberts Sr.
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
as Ed Reivers
Out of the Cold
1999
as David Bards
A Season on the Brink
2002
as Bobby Knight
Finders Keepers
1984
as Frizzoli
Rising Son
1990
as Gus Robinson
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995
as Jack Reed
3 Days with Dad
2019
as Bob
Stolen Summer
2002
as Father Kelly
Love and Valor
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Indio
1989
as Whitaker
American Valor
2003
as Narrator
Foreign Affairs
1993
as Chuck Mumpson
Midnight Movie
1994
as James Boyce
A Father's Revenge
1988
as Paul Hobart
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
1997
as Eddie Brannigan
The Jericho Mile
1980
as Dr. D
Trumbo
2007
as Self
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Len Rowan
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
as Jack Reed
Death of a Salesman
2000
as Willy Loman
Alleged
2010
as Clarence Darrow
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
as Charley Sloan
The Seduction of Miss Leona
1980
as Bliss Dawson
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
as Richard Jackson
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
2003
as Fred Silverman
Skokie
1981
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002
as Narrator
Final Appeal
1993
as Perry Sundquist
Acceptable Risks
1986
as Don Sheppard
I Take These Men
1983
as Phil Zakarian
Dish Dogs
2000
as Frost
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Jackie Presser
Twelfth Night
2012
as Sir Toby Belch
A Death in Canaan
1978
as Barney Parsons
Fly Away Home
1981
as Tim Arnold
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Narrator
Annie Oakley
1985
as Buffalo Bill
About Brian Dennehy
Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His breakthrough film role was as the overzealous sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). Typically a character actor, Dennehy displayed versatility in varying and often complex roles ranging from villainous (such as a corrupt sheriff in the 1985 western Silverado) to virtuous (such as a benevolent alien leader in Cocoon, also released in 1985). Other notable films featuring Dennehy include Gorky Park (1983), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Leg… With 207 credits spanning from 1944 to 2021, Brian Dennehy has appeared in 137 films and 70 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brian Dennehy Movies
- Ratatouille (2007) — as Django (voice)
- First Blood (1982) — as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
- Romeo + Juliet (1996) — as Ted Montague
- Tag (2018) — as Mr. Cilliano
- The Ultimate Gift (2007) — as Gus
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