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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 9, 1938
Died
April 15, 2020
Place of Birth
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Brian Mannion Dennehy
- 布萊思·丹尼希
Brian Dennehy
2.1 Popularity
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
6.5
Grandfather
Son of the South
2021
6.9
Del
Driveways
2020
6.7
Jerome Townsend
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
6.5
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
5.1
Bob
3 Days with Dad
2019
5.1
Hal Sway
The Song of Sway Lake
2019
6.7
Mr. Cilliano
Tag
2018
5.4
Pjotr Sorin
The Seagull
2018
6.3
Joe Haggarty
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017
6.9
Sheriff Valentine Otis
Hap and Leonard
2016
Credits
Son of the South
as Grandfather
2021
6.5
Driveways
as Del
2020
6.9
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
as Jerome Townsend
2020
6.7
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
6.5
3 Days with Dad
as Bob
2019
5.1
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
2019
5.1
Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
2018
6.7
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
2018
5.4
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
2017
6.3
Hap and Leonard
as Sheriff Valentine Otis
2016
6.9
The Ultimate Legacy
as Gus
2015
5.6
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
2015
5.7
Public Morals
as Joe Patton
2015
6.8
Cocked
as Wade
2015
2.0
The Blacklist
as Dominic Wilkinson
2013
7.6
The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
2013
7.2
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
2012
5.4
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
2011
6.0
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
2010
7.1
Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
2010
4.2
The Big C
as Dad
2010
7.1
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
2010
0.0
Rizzoli & Isles
as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
2010
7.9
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
2010
5.7
Every Day
as Ernie
2010
5.1
🎬
Bunker Hill
as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
2009
0.0
The Good Wife
as Bucky Stabler
2009
7.6
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
as Narrator
2009
0.0
Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
2009
0.0
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
2008
5.9
Cat City
as Harold
2008
4.0
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
2007
8.0
Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
2007
6.8
Trumbo
as Self
2007
6.6
Masters of Science Fiction
as Bedzyk
2007
6.2
Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
2007
7.8
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
2007
0.0
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
2007
6.3
Marco Polo (2007)
as Kublai Khan
2007
6.7
The Ultimate Gift
as Gus
2007
7.6
Rules of Engagement
as Roy
2007
7.1
30 Rock
as Mickey J
2006
7.5
Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
2006
6.0
The Exonerated
as Gary Gauger
2006
7.2
10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
2006
5.9
Our Fathers
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
2005
6.4
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
2005
6.2
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
2004
6.3
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
2004
9.2
She Hate Me
as Billy Church
2004
5.1
The 4400
as Mitch Baldwin
2004
7.2
American Valor
as Narrator
2003
0.0
🎬
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
as Fred Silverman
2003
3.6
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Tom Stone
2003
6.1
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
as Mr. Blue
2003
3.8
Making 'The Misfits'
as Narrator
2002
0.0
Founding Brothers
2002
0.0
Stolen Summer
as Father Kelly
2002
6.2
A Season on the Brink
as Bobby Knight
2002
4.0
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
as Narrator
2002
0.0
Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope
2001
4.8
The Agency
as James Graydon
2001
6.5
Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
2001
5.4
Night Visions
as Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
2001
7.2
Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
2001
5.2
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
as Mr. Fitzgerald
2001
0.0
Animated Tales of the World
as Captain (voice)
2001
7.8
Founding Fathers
as George Washington (voice)
2000
0.0
🎬
Arrest & Trial
as Self - Host
2000
0.0
Dish Dogs
as Frost
2000
3.5
Fail Safe
as Gen. Bogan
2000
6.9
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
2000
8.5
Silicon Towers
as Tom Warner
1999
4.3
Sirens
as Lt. Denby
1999
8.2
The West Wing
as Rafe Framingham
1999
8.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judson Tierney
1999
7.9
Out of the Cold
as David Bards
1999
5.0
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Louis Bromfield
1999
2.0
NetForce
as Lowell Davidson
1999
4.8
Netforce
as Lowell Davidson
1999
3.5
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Donald Riegle
1998
4.0
Voyage of Terror
as The President
1998
3.8
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
as Eddie Brannigan
1997
5.0
Just Shoot Me!
as Red Finch
1997
6.6
Nostromo
as Joshua C. Holroyd
1997
6.0
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charley Sloan
1996
5.0
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Jack Reed
1996
4.9
Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
1996
6.8
Undue Influence
as Paul Madriani
1996
5.5
Steve Martini's Undue Influence
1996
0.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Dead Man's Walk
as Major Chevallier
1996
5.9
🎬
A Season in Purgatory
as Gerald Bradley
1996
0.0
A Season in Purgatory
as Gerald Bradley
1996
6.0
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
as Jack Reed
1996
5.0
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
1995
6.1
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Jack Reed
1995
4.9
Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
1995
6.8
Midnight Movie
as James Boyce
1994
1.0
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Jack Reed
1994
5.6
Leave of Absence
as Sam
1994
2.7
Birdland
as Dr. Brian McKenzie
1994
4.0
Final Appeal
as Perry Sundquist
1993
5.0
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Sgt. Jack Reed
1993
5.3
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Ervil LeBaron
1993
5.3
Murder in the Heartland
as John McArthur
1993
7.2
Foreign Affairs
as Chuck Mumpson
1993
7.0
Deadly Matrimony
as Jack Reed
1992
5.3
The Diamond Fleece
as Inspector Outlaw
1992
5.0
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Jackie Presser
1992
5.3
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
1992
6.7
Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
1992
7.6
The Burden of Proof
as Dixon Hartnell
1992
3.4
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
1992
7.3
F/X2
as Leo McCarthy
1991
6.3
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
as Narrator (voice)
1991
7.0
In Broad Daylight
as Len Rowan
1991
5.7
Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
1990
6.8
Rising Son
as Gus Robinson
1990
5.9
A Killing in a Small Town
as Ed Reivers
1990
4.8
The Last of the Finest
as Frank Daly
1990
5.9
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
as Bruno Morenz
1990
6.0
Perfect Witness
as James Falcon
1989
6.5
Seven Minutes
as Wagner
1989
7.0
Indio
as Whitaker
1989
5.7
Day One
as Gen. Leslie Groves
1989
5.8
American Experience
as Aaron Burr (voice)
1988
6.9
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts Sr.
1988
5.3
Cocoon: The Return
as Walter (uncredited)
1988
6.5
The Man From Snowy River II
as Harrison
1988
6.9
A Father's Revenge
as Paul Hobart
1988
7.0
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
1987
7.1
Best Seller
as Dennis Meechum
1987
5.9
The Belly of an Architect
as Stourley Kracklite
1987
6.8
The Lion of Africa
as Sam Marsh
1987
5.7
The Little Mermaid
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
1987
6.3
Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
1986
6.0
The Check is in the Mail...
as Richard Jackson
1986
6.0
Acceptable Risks
as Don Sheppard
1986
4.2
F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
1986
6.6
Annie Oakley
as Buffalo Bill
1985
0.0
Twice in a Lifetime
as Nick
1985
5.6
Tall Tales & Legends
as Buffalo Bill
1985
5.4
Silverado
as Cobb
1985
7.0
Cocoon
as Walter
1985
6.6
Evergreen
as Matthew Malone
1985
4.5
The Last Place on Earth
as Frederick Cook
1985
6.8
Screen Two
as James Boyce
1985
6.8
The River Rat
as Doc Cole
1984
6.2
Hunter
as Dr. Bolin
1984
7.1
Miami Vice
as Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
1984
7.5
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Sergeant Cheever
1984
1.0
Finders Keepers
as Frizzoli
1984
5.3
Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
1983
6.3
Never Cry Wolf
as Rosie
1983
7.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
1983
0.0
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
1983
0.0
I Take These Men
as Phil Zakarian
1983
1.0
First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
1982
7.5
Split Image
as Kevin Stetson
1982
6.0
Star of the Family
as Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
1982
5.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
1982
8.1
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as Grimmet
1982
0.0
Cagney & Lacey
as Michael Magruder
1982
7.0
Darkroom
as Roland
1981
7.2
Skokie
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
1981
6.0
Fly Away Home
as Tim Arnold
1981
4.7
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as Grimmet
1981
0.0
Dynasty
as Jake Dunham
1981
6.4
The Jericho Mile
as Dr. D
1980
6.0
A Rumor of War
as Sgt. Ned Coleman
1980
6.0
The Seduction of Miss Leona
as Bliss Dawson
1980
1.0
Little Miss Marker
as Herbie
1980
6.6
Knots Landing
as James Cargill
1979
6.7
10
as Donald
1979
5.7
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
as Arnie Sutter
1979
5.0
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as O.C. Hanks
1979
5.0
Dummy
as Ragoti
1979
8.5
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as John O'Neil
1979
7.0
A Real American Hero
as Buford Pusser
1978
3.0
Pearl
as Sgt. Otto Chain
1978
5.5
Foul Play
as Fergie
1978
6.3
F.I.S.T.
as Frank Vasko
1978
6.5
Dallas
as Luther Frick
1978
6.8
A Death in Canaan
as Barney Parsons
1978
5.3
Ruby and Oswald
as George Paulsen
1978
6.0
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Fire Chief
1977
4.4
Semi-Tough
as T.J. Lambert
1977
5.5
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Surgeon
1977
6.3
Lou Grant
as Wilson
1977
7.3
Lucan
as Fisher
1977
6.0
The Fitzpatricks
as Coach Hatfield
1977
5.0
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as Longshoreman
1977
2.0
🎬
Lanigan's Rabbi
as Burton Tree
1977
5.0
The Tony Randall Show
as Brian Sr.
1976
6.2
Serpico
as Jody
1976
5.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Police Woman
as Burrows
1974
6.2
Playhouse
as Grimmet
1974
7.0
Kojak
as Peter Connor
1973
7.0
M*A*S*H
as M.P. Ernie Connors
1972
7.9
Great Performances
as Grimmet
1971
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2