Brian Dennehy
Birthday: 1938-07-09
Deathday: 2020-04-15
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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2021-02-05 | Son of the South | Grandfather |
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2020-12-17 | Driveways | Del |
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2019-09-13 | 3 Days with Dad | Bob |
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2019-06-07 | The Song of Sway Lake | Hal Sway |
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2018-05-30 | Tag | Mr. Cilliano |
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2018-05-11 | The Seagull | Pjotr Sorin |
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2017-11-26 | A Very Merry Toy Store | Joe Haggarty |
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2015-12-04 | The Ultimate Legacy | Gus |
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2015-09-10 | Knight of Cups | Joseph |
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2013-03-18 | The Challenger Disaster | Rogers |
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2012-03-10 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch |
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2011-10-13 | The Big Year | Raymond Harris |
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2010-11-18 | The Next Three Days | George Brennan |
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2010-09-09 | Alleged | Clarence Darrow |
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2010-07-31 | Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer | Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother |
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2010-06-04 | Meet Monica Velour | Pop Pop |
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2010-01-14 | Every Day | Ernie |
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2009-11-27 | Bunker Hill | Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey |
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2008-09-11 | Righteous Kill | Hingis |
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2008-06-20 | Cat City | Harold |
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2007-11-03 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Pop, Enochs Father |
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2007-10-01 | Welcome to Paradise | Bobby Brown |
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2007-06-28 | Ratatouille | Django (voice) |
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2007-06-01 | Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency | Andrew Jackson (voice) |
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2007-04-06 | Marco Polo | Kublai Khan |
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2007-03-09 | The Ultimate Gift | Gus |
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2006-08-04 | Everyone's Hero | Babe Ruth (voice) |
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2006-03-06 | The Exonerated | Gary Gauger |
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2006-02-19 | 10th & Wolf | Agent Horvath |
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2005-05-11 | Our Fathers | Father Dominic Spagnolia |
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2005-01-19 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Sargeant Jasper O'Shea |
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2004-11-14 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Andy Goodman |
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2004-07-30 | She Hate Me | Billy Church |
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2003-05-05 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' | Fred Silverman |
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2003-05-04 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Tom Stone |
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2003-01-05 | The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron | Mr. Blue |
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2002-03-22 | Stolen Summer | Father Kelly |
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2002-03-10 | A Season on the Brink | Bobby Knight |
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2001-09-30 | Three Blind Mice | Matthew Hope |
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2001-08-22 | Summer Catch | John Schiffner |
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2001-06-06 | Warden of Red Rock | Sheriff Selwyn Church |
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2000-08-29 | Dish Dogs | Frost |
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2000-04-09 | Fail Safe | Gen. Bogan |
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2000-01-09 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman |
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1999-11-17 | Silicon Towers | Tom Warner |
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1999-09-26 | Sirens | Lt. Denby |
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1999-08-28 | Out of the Cold | David Bards |
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1999-02-01 | NetForce | Lowell Davidson |
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1998-05-31 | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Sen. Donald Riegle |
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1998-01-02 | Voyage of Terror | The President |
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1997-11-25 | Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Eddie Brannigan |
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1996-12-03 | Shadow of a Doubt | Charley Sloan |
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1996-11-17 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Jack Reed |
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1996-11-01 | Romeo + Juliet | Ted Montague |
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1996-05-05 | A Season in Purgatory | Gerald Bradley |
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1996-01-07 | Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us | Jack Reed |
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1995-09-15 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Big Dave McDermot |
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1995-04-25 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Jack Reed |
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1995-03-31 | Tommy Boy | Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan |
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1994-12-26 | Midnight Movie | James Boyce |
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1994-10-02 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Jack Reed |
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1994-05-11 | Leave of Absence | Sam |
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1993-11-26 | Final Appeal | Perry Sundquist |
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1993-11-12 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Jack Reed |
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1993-05-04 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | Ervil LeBaron |
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1993-03-17 | Foreign Affairs | Chuck Mumpson |
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1992-11-22 | Deadly Matrimony | Jack Reed |
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1992-09-17 | The Diamond Fleece | Inspector Outlaw |
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1992-09-12 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Jackie Presser |
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1992-05-15 | To Catch a Killer | John Wayne Gacy |
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1992-03-06 | Gladiator | Jimmy Horn |
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1991-04-16 | F/X2 | Leo McCarthy |
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1991-02-03 | In Broad Daylight | Len Rowan |
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1990-07-27 | Presumed Innocent | Raymond Horgan |
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1990-07-23 | Rising Son | Gus Robinson |
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1990-05-22 | A Killing in a Small Town | Ed Reivers |
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1990-03-09 | The Last of the Finest | Frank Daly |
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1990-01-17 | Pride and Extreme Prejudice | Bruno Morenz |
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1989-10-28 | Perfect Witness | James Falcon |
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1989-10-18 | Seven Minutes | Wagner |
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1989-09-07 | Indio | Whitaker |
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1989-05-12 | Day One | Gen. Leslie Groves |
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1988-09-16 | Miles from Home | Frank Roberts Sr. |
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1988-09-13 | Cocoon: The Return | Walter (uncredited) |
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1988-03-24 | The Man From Snowy River II | Harrison |
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1988-01-24 | A Father's Revenge | Paul Hobart |
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1987-10-01 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) |
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1987-09-25 | Best Seller | Dennis Meechum |
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1987-09-23 | The Belly of an Architect | Stourley Kracklite |
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1987-06-28 | The Lion of Africa | Sam Marsh |
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1986-06-18 | Legal Eagles | Cavanaugh |
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1986-05-02 | The Check is in the Mail... | Richard Jackson |
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1986-03-02 | Acceptable Risks | Don Sheppard |
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1986-02-07 | F/X | Lt. Leo McCarthy |
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1985-12-24 | Annie Oakley | Buffalo Bill |
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1985-10-23 | Twice in a Lifetime | Nick |
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1985-07-10 | Silverado | Cobb |
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1985-06-21 | Cocoon | Walter |
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1984-09-28 | The River Rat | Doc Cole |
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1984-07-06 | The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Sergeant Cheever |
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1984-05-18 | Finders Keepers | Frizzoli |
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1983-12-15 | Gorky Park | William Kirwill |
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1983-10-07 | Never Cry Wolf | Rosie |
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1983-04-25 | Blood Feud | Edward Grady Partin |
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1983-01-05 | I Take These Men | Phil Zakarian |
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1982-10-22 | First Blood | Hope Sheriff Will Teasle |
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1982-10-03 | Split Image | Kevin Stetson |
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1982-06-11 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories | Grimmet |
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1981-11-17 | Skokie | Police Chief Arthur Buchanan |
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1981-09-18 | Fly Away Home | Tim Arnold |
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1981-06-01 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | Grimmet |
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1980-10-31 | The Jericho Mile | Dr. D |
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1980-08-26 | The Seduction of Miss Leona | Bliss Dawson |
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1980-03-21 | Little Miss Marker | Herbie |
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1979-10-05 | 10 | Donald |
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1979-06-15 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | O.C. Hanks |
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1979-05-27 | Dummy | Ragoti |
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1979-02-24 | Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | John O'Neil |
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1978-12-09 | A Real American Hero | Buford Pusser |
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1978-07-14 | Foul Play | Fergie |
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1978-04-26 | F.I.S.T. | Frank Vasko |
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1978-03-01 | A Death in Canaan | Barney Parsons |
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1978-02-08 | Ruby and Oswald | George Paulsen |
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1977-12-02 | It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Fire Chief |
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1977-11-18 | Semi-Tough | T.J. Lambert |
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1977-10-19 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Surgeon |
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1977-01-27 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | Longshoreman |