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