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