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