Brian Dennehy
Born July 09, 1938 (Age: 87)
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Son of the South
2021
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as Grandfather
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Age: 82
Tag
2018
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as Mr. Cilliano
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Age: 79
Knight of Cups
2015
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as Joseph
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Age: 77
The Big Year
2011
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as Raymond Harris
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Age: 73
The Next Three Days
2010
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as George Brennan
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Age: 72
Alleged
2010
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as Clarence Darrow
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Age: 72
Meet Monica Velour
2010
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as Pop Pop
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Age: 71
Every Day
2010
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as Ernie
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Age: 71
Righteous Kill
2008
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as Hingis
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Age: 70
Ratatouille
2007
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as Django (voice)
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Age: 68
The Ultimate Gift
2007
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as Gus
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Age: 68
Everyone's Hero
2006
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as Babe Ruth (voice)
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Age: 68
10th & Wolf
2006
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as Agent Horvath
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Age: 67
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
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as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
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Age: 66
She Hate Me
2004
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as Billy Church
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Age: 66
Stolen Summer
2002
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as Father Kelly
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Age: 63
Summer Catch
2001
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as John Schiffner
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Age: 63
Dish Dogs
2000
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as Frost
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Age: 62
Fail Safe
2000
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as Gen. Bogan
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Age: 61
Death of a Salesman
2000
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as Willy Loman
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Age: 61
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
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as Charley Sloan
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Age: 58
Romeo + Juliet
1996
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as Ted Montague
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Age: 58
A Season in Purgatory
1996
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as Gerald Bradley
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Age: 57
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
1996
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as Jack Reed
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Age: 57
Tommy Boy
1995
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as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
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Age: 56
Gladiator
1992
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as Jimmy Horn
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Age: 53
F/X2
1991
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as Leo McCarthy
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Age: 52
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 52
Presumed Innocent
1990
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as Raymond Horgan
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Age: 52
The Last of the Finest
1990
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as Frank Daly
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Age: 51
Miles from Home
1988
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as Frank Roberts Sr.
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Age: 50
Cocoon: The Return
1988
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as Walter (uncredited)
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Age: 50
The Man From Snowy River II
1988
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as Harrison
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Age: 49
Best Seller
1987
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as Dennis Meechum
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Age: 49
Legal Eagles
1986
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as Cavanaugh
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Age: 47
F/X
1986
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as Lt. Leo McCarthy
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Age: 47
Silverado
1985
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as Cobb
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Age: 47
Cocoon
1985
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as Walter
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Age: 46
The River Rat
1984
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as Doc Cole
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Age: 46
Gorky Park
1983
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as William Kirwill
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Age: 45
First Blood
1982
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as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
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Age: 44
Split Image
1982
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as Kevin Stetson
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Age: 44
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
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as Grimmet
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Age: 43
Little Miss Marker
1980
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as Herbie
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Age: 41
10
1979
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as Donald
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Age: 41
Foul Play
1978
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as Fergie
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Age: 40
F.I.S.T.
1978
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as Frank Vasko
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Age: 39
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
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as Surgeon
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Age: 39
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977
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as Longshoreman
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Age: 38