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