Brian Dennehy
Acting
Born 1938-07-09
Died 2020-04-15
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
207 credits
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Blacklist
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
Hunter
The West Wing
The Good Wife
Dallas
Miami Vice
30 Rock
Golden Globe Awards
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Rizzoli & Isles
M*A*S*H
Knots Landing
Dynasty
Ratatouille
American Experience
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Playhouse
Screen Two
Just Shoot Me!
Cagney & Lacey
Rules of Engagement
First Blood
The 4400
Police Woman
Lou Grant
Romeo + Juliet
Kojak
Reading Rainbow
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Big C
The Agency
Arrest & Trial
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
The Next Three Days
Tag
Assault on Precinct 13
The Tony Randall Show
Tall Tales & Legends
Righteous Kill
Presumed Innocent
Night Visions
The Big Year
The Ultimate Gift
Silverado
Gladiator
Animated Tales of the World
Cocoon
Hap and Leonard
Everyone's Hero
Tommy Boy
Foul Play
Masters of Science Fiction
10th & Wolf
Knight of Cups
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Gorky Park
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