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