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