Brian Dennehy
Acting
- Born:
- 1938-07-09
- Died:
- 2020-04-15
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Son of the South
Driveways
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
3 Days with Dad
The Song of Sway Lake
Tag
The Seagull
A Very Merry Toy Store
Hap and Leonard
The Ultimate Legacy
Knight of Cups
Public Morals
Cocked
The Blacklist
The Challenger Disaster
Twelfth Night
The Big Year
The Next Three Days
Alleged
The Big C
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
Rizzoli & Isles
Meet Monica Velour
Every Day
Bunker Hill
The Good Wife
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
Love and Valor
Righteous Kill
Cat City
War Eagle, Arkansas
Welcome to Paradise
Trumbo
Masters of Science Fiction
Ratatouille
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
The Ultimate Gift
Rules of Engagement
30 Rock
Everyone's Hero
The Exonerated
10th & Wolf
Our Fathers
Assault on Precinct 13
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Category 6: Day of Destruction
She Hate Me
The 4400
American Valor
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
Making 'The Misfits'
Founding Brothers
Stolen Summer
A Season on the Brink
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
Three Blind Mice
The Agency
Summer Catch
Night Visions
Warden of Red Rock
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
Animated Tales of the World
Founding Fathers
Arrest & Trial
Dish Dogs
Fail Safe
Death of a Salesman
Silicon Towers
Sirens
The West Wing
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Out of the Cold
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
NetForce
Netforce
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Voyage of Terror
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Just Shoot Me!
Nostromo
Shadow of a Doubt
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Romeo + Juliet
Undue Influence
E! True Hollywood Story
Dead Man's Walk
A Season in Purgatory
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Tommy Boy
Midnight Movie
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Leave of Absence
Birdland
Final Appeal
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Murder in the Heartland
Foreign Affairs
Deadly Matrimony
The Diamond Fleece
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
To Catch a Killer
Gladiator
The Burden of Proof
To Catch a Killer
F/X2
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
In Broad Daylight
Presumed Innocent
Rising Son
A Killing in a Small Town
The Last of the Finest
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Perfect Witness
Seven Minutes
Indio
Day One
American Experience
Miles from Home
Cocoon: The Return
The Man From Snowy River II
A Father's Revenge
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Best Seller
The Belly of an Architect
The Lion of Africa
The Little Mermaid
Annie Oakley
Legal Eagles
The Check is in the Mail...
Acceptable Risks
F/X
Twice in a Lifetime
Tall Tales & Legends
Silverado
Cocoon
Evergreen
The Last Place on Earth
Screen Two
The River Rat
Hunter
Miami Vice
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Finders Keepers
Gorky Park
Never Cry Wolf
Reading Rainbow
Blood Feud
Blood Feud
I Take These Men
First Blood
Split Image
Star of the Family
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Cagney & Lacey
The Making of 'First Blood'
Darkroom
Skokie
Fly Away Home
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Dynasty
The Jericho Mile
A Rumor of War
The Seduction of Miss Leona
Little Miss Marker
Knots Landing
10
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Dummy
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
A Real American Hero
Pearl
Foul Play
F.I.S.T.
Dallas
A Death in Canaan
Ruby and Oswald
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Semi-Tough
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Lou Grant
Lucan
The Fitzpatricks
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Lanigan's Rabbi
The Tony Randall Show
Serpico
Saturday Night Live
Police Woman
Playhouse
Kojak
M*A*S*H
Great Performances
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards