Actor
· Acting
Brian Dennehy
Born 1938-07-09
Died 2020-04-15
📍 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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.
Filmography 204
Son of the South
as Grandfather
2021
Driveways
as Del
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
as Jerome Townsend
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
3 Days with Dad
as Bob
2019
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
2019
Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
2018
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
2018
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
2017
Hap and Leonard
as Sheriff Valentine Otis
2016
The Ultimate Legacy
as Gus
2015
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
2015
Public Morals
as Joe Patton
2015
Cocked
as Wade
2015
The Blacklist
as Dominic Wilkinson
2013
The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
2013
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
2012
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
2011
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
2010
Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
2010
The Big C
as Dad
2010
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
2010
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
2010
Every Day
as Ernie
2010
The Good Wife
as Bucky Stabler
2009
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
as Narrator
2009
Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
2008
Cat City
as Harold
2008
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
2007
Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
2007
Trumbo
as Self
2007
Masters of Science Fiction
as Bedzyk
2007
Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
2007
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
2007
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
2007
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
2007
The Ultimate Gift
as Gus
2007
Rules of Engagement
as Roy
2007
30 Rock
as Mickey J
2006
Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
2006
The Exonerated
as Gary Gauger
2006
10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
2006
Our Fathers
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
2005
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
2004
She Hate Me
as Billy Church
2004
The 4400
as Mitch Baldwin
2004
American Valor
as Narrator
2003
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Tom Stone
2003
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
as Mr. Blue
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
as Narrator
2002
Founding Brothers
2002
Stolen Summer
as Father Kelly
2002
A Season on the Brink
as Bobby Knight
2002
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
as Narrator
2002
Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope
2001
The Agency
as James Graydon
2001
Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
2001
Night Visions
as Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
2001
Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
2001
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
as Mr. Fitzgerald
2001
Animated Tales of the World
as Captain (voice)
2001
Founding Fathers
as George Washington (voice)
2000
Dish Dogs
as Frost
2000
Fail Safe
as Gen. Bogan
2000
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
2000
Silicon Towers
as Tom Warner
1999
Sirens
as Lt. Denby
1999
The West Wing
as Rafe Framingham
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judson Tierney
1999
Out of the Cold
as David Bards
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Louis Bromfield
1999
NetForce
as Lowell Davidson
1999
Netforce
as Lowell Davidson
1999
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Donald Riegle
1998
Voyage of Terror
as The President
1998
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
as Eddie Brannigan
1997
Just Shoot Me!
as Red Finch
1997
Nostromo
as Joshua C. Holroyd
1997
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charley Sloan
1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Jack Reed
1996
Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
1996
Undue Influence
as Paul Madriani
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Dead Man's Walk
as Major Chevallier
1996
A Season in Purgatory
as Gerald Bradley
1996
A Season in Purgatory
as Gerald Bradley
1996
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
as Jack Reed
1996
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Jack Reed
1995
Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
1995
Midnight Movie
as James Boyce
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Jack Reed
1994
Leave of Absence
as Sam
1994
Birdland
as Dr. Brian McKenzie
1994
Final Appeal
as Perry Sundquist
1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Jack Reed
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Ervil LeBaron
1993
Murder in the Heartland
as John McArthur
1993
Foreign Affairs
as Chuck Mumpson
1993
Deadly Matrimony
as Jack Reed
1992
The Diamond Fleece
as Inspector Outlaw
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Jackie Presser
1992
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
1992
Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
1992
The Burden of Proof
as Dixon Hartnell
1992
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
1992
F/X2
as Leo McCarthy
1991
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
as Narrator (voice)
1991
In Broad Daylight
as Len Rowan
1991
Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
1990
Rising Son
as Gus Robinson
1990
A Killing in a Small Town
as Ed Reivers
1990
The Last of the Finest
as Frank Daly
1990
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
as Bruno Morenz
1990
Perfect Witness
as James Falcon
1989
Seven Minutes
as Wagner
1989
Indio
as Whitaker
1989
Day One
as Gen. Leslie Groves
1989
American Experience
as Aaron Burr (voice)
1988
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts Sr.
1988
Cocoon: The Return
as Walter (uncredited)
1988
The Man From Snowy River II
as Harrison
1988
A Father's Revenge
as Paul Hobart
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
1987
Best Seller
as Dennis Meechum
1987
The Belly of an Architect
as Stourley Kracklite
1987
The Lion of Africa
as Sam Marsh
1987
The Little Mermaid
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
1987
Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
1986
The Check is in the Mail...
as Richard Jackson
1986
Acceptable Risks
as Don Sheppard
1986
F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
1986
Annie Oakley
as Buffalo Bill
1985
Twice in a Lifetime
as Nick
1985
Tall Tales & Legends
as Buffalo Bill
1985
Silverado
as Cobb
1985
Cocoon
as Walter
1985
Evergreen
as Matthew Malone
1985
The Last Place on Earth
as Frederick Cook
1985
Screen Two
as James Boyce
1985
The River Rat
as Doc Cole
1984
Hunter
as Dr. Bolin
1984
Miami Vice
as Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
1984
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Sergeant Cheever
1984
Finders Keepers
as Frizzoli
1984
Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
1983
Never Cry Wolf
as Rosie
1983
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
1983
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
1983
I Take These Men
as Phil Zakarian
1983
First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
1982
Split Image
as Kevin Stetson
1982
Star of the Family
as Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
1982
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as Grimmet
1982
Cagney & Lacey
as Michael Magruder
1982
Darkroom
as Roland
1981
Skokie
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
1981
Fly Away Home
as Tim Arnold
1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as Grimmet
1981
Dynasty
as Jake Dunham
1981
The Jericho Mile
as Dr. D
1980
A Rumor of War
as Sgt. Ned Coleman
1980
The Seduction of Miss Leona
as Bliss Dawson
1980
Little Miss Marker
as Herbie
1980
Knots Landing
as James Cargill
1979
10
as Donald
1979
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
as Arnie Sutter
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as O.C. Hanks
1979
Dummy
as Ragoti
1979
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as John O'Neil
1979
A Real American Hero
as Buford Pusser
1978
Pearl
as Sgt. Otto Chain
1978
Foul Play
as Fergie
1978
F.I.S.T.
as Frank Vasko
1978
Dallas
as Luther Frick
1978
A Death in Canaan
as Barney Parsons
1978
Ruby and Oswald
as George Paulsen
1978
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Fire Chief
1977
Semi-Tough
as T.J. Lambert
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Surgeon
1977
Lou Grant
as Wilson
1977
Lucan
as Fisher
1977
The Fitzpatricks
as Coach Hatfield
1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as Longshoreman
1977
The Tony Randall Show
as Brian Sr.
1976
Serpico
as Jody
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
Police Woman
as Burrows
1974
Playhouse
as Grimmet
1974
Kojak
as Peter Connor
1973
M*A*S*H
as M.P. Ernie Connors
1972
Great Performances
as Grimmet
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944