Brian Dennehy
133 movies · 63 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 9, 1938
- Died
- Apr 15, 2020 (age 81)
- 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.
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Known for
Brian Dennehy: movies and TV shows
Acting (196)
- 2021 Son of the South
as Grandfather
- 2020 Driveways
as Del
- 2020
- 2019 3 Days with Dad
as Bob
- 2019 The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
- 2018 Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
- 2018 The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
- 2017 A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
- 2016
- 2015 The Ultimate Legacy
as Gus
- 2015 Knight of Cups
as Joseph
- 2015
- 2015
- 2013
- 2013 The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
- 2012 Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
- 2011 The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
- 2010 The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
- 2010 Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
- 2010
- 2010 Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
- 2010
- 2010 Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
- 2010 Every Day
as Ernie
- 2009 Bunker Hill
as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
- 2009
- 2009 Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
as Narrator
- 2009 Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Righteous Kill
as Hingis
- 2008 Cat City
as Harold
- 2007 War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
- 2007 Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
- 2007
- 2007 Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
- 2007 Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
- 2007 Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
- 2007
- 2007 The Ultimate Gift
as Gus
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
- 2006 The Exonerated
as Gary Gauger
- 2006 10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
- 2005 Our Fathers
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
- 2005 Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
- 2004 Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
- 2004
- 2004 She Hate Me
as Billy Church
- 2004
- 2003 American Valor
as Narrator
- 2003 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
as Fred Silverman
- 2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Tom Stone
- 2003 The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
as Mr. Blue
- 2002 Making 'The Misfits'
as Narrator
- 2002
- 2002 Stolen Summer
as Father Kelly
- 2002 A Season on the Brink
as Bobby Knight
- 2002 Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
as Narrator
- 2001 Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope
- 2001
- 2001 Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
- 2001
- 2001 Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000 Dish Dogs
as Frost
- 2000 Fail Safe
as Gen. Bogan
- 2000 Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
- 1999 Silicon Towers
as Tom Warner
- 1999 Sirens
as Lt. Denby
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Out of the Cold
as David Bards
- 1999
- 1999 NetForce
as Lowell Davidson
- 1999
- 1998 Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Donald Riegle
- 1998 Voyage of Terror
as The President
- 1997 Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
as Eddie Brannigan
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996 Shadow of a Doubt
as Charley Sloan
- 1996 Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Jack Reed
- 1996 Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
as Jack Reed
- 1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
- 1995 Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Jack Reed
- 1995 Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
- 1994 Midnight Movie
as James Boyce
- 1994 Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Jack Reed
- 1994 Leave of Absence
as Sam
- 1994
- 1993 Final Appeal
as Perry Sundquist
- 1993 Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Jack Reed
- 1993 Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Ervil LeBaron
- 1993
- 1993 Foreign Affairs
as Chuck Mumpson
- 1992 Deadly Matrimony
as Jack Reed
- 1992 The Diamond Fleece
as Inspector Outlaw
- 1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Jackie Presser
- 1992 To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
- 1992 Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991 F/X2
as Leo McCarthy
- 1991 Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 In Broad Daylight
as Len Rowan
- 1990 Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
- 1990 Rising Son
as Gus Robinson
- 1990 A Killing in a Small Town
as Ed Reivers
- 1990 The Last of the Finest
as Frank Daly
- 1990 Pride and Extreme Prejudice
as Bruno Morenz
- 1989 Perfect Witness
as James Falcon
- 1989 Seven Minutes
as Wagner
- 1989 Indio
as Whitaker
- 1989 Day One
as Gen. Leslie Groves
- 1988
- 1988 Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts Sr.
- 1988 Cocoon: The Return
as Walter (uncredited)
- 1988 The Man From Snowy River II
as Harrison
- 1988 A Father's Revenge
as Paul Hobart
- 1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
- 1987 Best Seller
as Dennis Meechum
- 1987 The Belly of an Architect
as Stourley Kracklite
- 1987 The Lion of Africa
as Sam Marsh
- 1987 The Little Mermaid
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
- 1986 Annie Oakley
as Buffalo Bill
- 1986 Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
- 1986 The Check is in the Mail...
as Richard Jackson
- 1986 Acceptable Risks
as Don Sheppard
- 1986 F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
- 1985 Twice in a Lifetime
as Nick
- 1985
- 1985 Silverado
as Cobb
- 1985 Cocoon
as Walter
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 The River Rat
as Doc Cole
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Sergeant Cheever
- 1984 Finders Keepers
as Frizzoli
- 1983 Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
- 1983 Never Cry Wolf
as Rosie
- 1983 Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
- 1983
- 1983 I Take These Men
as Phil Zakarian
- 1982 First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
- 1982 Split Image
as Kevin Stetson
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 Skokie
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
- 1981 Fly Away Home
as Tim Arnold
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 The Jericho Mile
as Dr. D
- 1980
- 1980 The Seduction of Miss Leona
as Bliss Dawson
- 1980 Little Miss Marker
as Herbie
- 1979
- 1979 10
as Donald
- 1979
- 1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as O.C. Hanks
- 1979 Dummy
as Ragoti
- 1979 Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as John O'Neil
- 1978 A Real American Hero
as Buford Pusser
- 1978
- 1978 Foul Play
as Fergie
- 1978 F.I.S.T.
as Frank Vasko
- 1978
- 1978 A Death in Canaan
as Barney Parsons
- 1978 Ruby and Oswald
as George Paulsen
- 1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Fire Chief
- 1977 Semi-Tough
as T.J. Lambert
- 1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Surgeon
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as Longshoreman
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
Behind the camera (12)
- 2013
- 2001 Three Blind Mice
Executive Producer
- 2001
- 2001 Warden of Red Rock
Executive Producer
- 2000 Death of a Salesman
Executive Producer
- 1997 Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Director, Executive Producer
- 1996 Shadow of a Doubt
Director, Teleplay, Executive Producer
- 1996 Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Director
- 1996 Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Director, Writer
- 1995 Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Director, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- 1994 Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Director
- 1993 Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Co-Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (10)
- 2019
- 2007
- 2000 Arrest & Trial
190 episodes
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1983 Reading Rainbow
1 episode
- 1982
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
4 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
3 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode