Brian Dennehy
Acting
Born: July 9, 1938 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died: April 15, 2020 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
Ratatouille
2007
First Blood
1982
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Blacklist
2013
Tag
2018
The Next Three Days
2010
Cocoon
1985
Righteous Kill
2008
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
Tommy Boy
1995
Cocoon: The Return
1988
Photos (11)
Movies (130)
Ratatouille
Django (voice)
First Blood
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Romeo + Juliet
Ted Montague
The Next Three Days
George Brennan
Tag
Mr. Cilliano
The Ultimate Gift
Gus
Righteous Kill
Hingis
Gladiator
Jimmy Horn
Presumed Innocent
Raymond Horgan
Assault on Precinct 13
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
Cocoon
Walter
Silverado
Cobb
Foul Play
Fergie
Tommy Boy
Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
Gorky Park
William Kirwill
Everyone's Hero
Babe Ruth (voice)
10th & Wolf
Agent Horvath
The Big Year
Raymond Harris
Knight of Cups
Joseph
F/X
Lt. Leo McCarthy
Legal Eagles
Cavanaugh
She Hate Me
Billy Church
10
Donald
Cocoon: The Return
Walter (uncredited)
F.I.S.T.
Frank Vasko
Best Seller
Dennis Meechum
Summer Catch
John Schiffner
F/X2
Leo McCarthy
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Surgeon
The Challenger Disaster
Rogers
Split Image
Kevin Stetson
The Seagull
Pjotr Sorin
Fail Safe
Gen. Bogan
Never Cry Wolf
Rosie
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Jack Reed
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Son of the South
Grandfather
Semi-Tough
T.J. Lambert
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Jack Reed
Finders Keepers
Frizzoli
NetForce
Lowell Davidson
Our Fathers
Father Dominic Spagnolia
Miles from Home
Frank Roberts Sr.
Meet Monica Velour
Pop Pop
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Tom Stone
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
O.C. Hanks
The River Rat
Doc Cole
The Belly of an Architect
Stourley Kracklite
Perfect Witness
James Falcon
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Jack Reed
Driveways
Del
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
Deadly Matrimony
Jack Reed
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Jack Reed
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
Mr. Blue
Voyage of Terror
The President
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Andy Goodman
Little Miss Marker
Herbie
The Last of the Finest
Frank Daly
Every Day
Ernie
The Man From Snowy River II
Harrison
Twice in a Lifetime
Nick
The Jericho Mile
Dr. D
A Very Merry Toy Store
Joe Haggarty
Skokie
Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
Stolen Summer
Father Kelly
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Fire Chief
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Sen. Donald Riegle
The Song of Sway Lake
Hal Sway
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Sergeant Cheever
Silicon Towers
Tom Warner
Day One
Gen. Leslie Groves
Seven Minutes
Wagner
Rising Son
Gus Robinson
The Ultimate Legacy
Gus
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Longshoreman
3 Days with Dad
Bob
Sirens
Lt. Denby
Warden of Red Rock
Sheriff Selwyn Church
To Catch a Killer
John Wayne Gacy
A Killing in a Small Town
Ed Reivers
The Little Mermaid
King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
War Eagle, Arkansas
Pop, Enochs Father
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Andrew Jackson (voice)
Welcome to Paradise
Bobby Brown
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Eddie Brannigan
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Big Dave McDermot
Leave of Absence
Sam
Dish Dogs
Frost
Dummy
Ragoti
Acceptable Risks
Don Sheppard
Fly Away Home
Tim Arnold
The Lion of Africa
Sam Marsh
I Take These Men
Phil Zakarian
A Father's Revenge
Paul Hobart
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Jackie Presser
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Ervil LeBaron
A Real American Hero
Buford Pusser
The Check is in the Mail...
Richard Jackson
Three Blind Mice
Matthew Hope
Making 'The Misfits'
Narrator
A Death in Canaan
Barney Parsons
The Exonerated
Gary Gauger
The Diamond Fleece
Inspector Outlaw
In Broad Daylight
Len Rowan
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Grimmet
Cat City
Harold
Alleged
Clarence Darrow
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Out of the Cold
David Bards
Ruby and Oswald
George Paulsen
Foreign Affairs
Chuck Mumpson
Final Appeal
Perry Sundquist
Midnight Movie
James Boyce
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Grimmet
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Jack Reed
American Valor
Narrator
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
John O'Neil
The Seduction of Miss Leona
Bliss Dawson
Indio
Whitaker
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Bruno Morenz
Blood Feud
Edward Grady Partin
Twelfth Night
Sir Toby Belch
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
Narrator (voice)
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
Narrator
A Season on the Brink
Bobby Knight
Love and Valor
Narrator (voice)
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
Narrator
TV Shows (62)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judson Tierney · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Dominic Wilkinson · 9 eps
The Good Wife
Bucky Stabler · 2 eps
The West Wing
Rafe Framingham · 1 eps
Dallas
Luther Frick · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Reverend Billy Bob Proverb · 1 eps
Rizzoli & Isles
Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
M.P. Ernie Connors · 1 eps
Great Performances
Grimmet · 1 eps
30 Rock
Mickey J · 1 eps
Dynasty
Jake Dunham · 5 eps
Just Shoot Me!
Red Finch · 4 eps
Knots Landing
James Cargill · 1 eps
American Experience
Aaron Burr (voice) · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
Michael Magruder · 1 eps
Hunter
Dr. Bolin · 1 eps
Screen Two
James Boyce · 1 eps
The 4400
Mitch Baldwin · 1 eps
Police Woman
Burrows · 1 eps
Rules of Engagement
Roy · 1 eps
Lou Grant
Wilson · 1 eps
Playhouse
Grimmet · 1 eps
Kojak
Peter Connor · 1 eps
The Big C
Dad · 1 eps
The Agency
James Graydon · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
King Neptune / Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Jerome Townsend · 1 eps
The Tony Randall Show
Brian Sr. · 1 eps
Night Visions
Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please") · 1 eps
Hap and Leonard
Sheriff Valentine Otis · 2 eps
Darkroom
Roland · 1 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
Buffalo Bill · 1 eps
Masters of Science Fiction
Bedzyk · 1 eps
Lucan
Fisher · 1 eps
The Fitzpatricks
Coach Hatfield · 1 eps
The Burden of Proof
Dixon Hartnell · 2 eps
Public Morals
Joe Patton · 7 eps
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Louis Bromfield · 4 eps
Dead Man's Walk
Major Chevallier · 1 eps
Pearl
Sgt. Otto Chain · 3 eps
Evergreen
Matthew Malone · 3 eps
The Last Place on Earth
Frederick Cook · 2 eps
A Rumor of War
Sgt. Ned Coleman · 2 eps
Murder in the Heartland
John McArthur · 2 eps
Undue Influence
Paul Madriani · 2 eps
A Season in Purgatory
Gerald Bradley · 2 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
2 eps
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Arnie Sutter · 10 eps
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Andy Goodman · 2 eps
Animated Tales of the World
Captain (voice) · 1 eps
Blood Feud
Edward Grady Partin · 2 eps
Birdland
Dr. Brian McKenzie · 7 eps
Netforce
Lowell Davidson · 2 eps
Serpico
Jody · 1 eps
Founding Fathers
George Washington (voice) · 4 eps
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
Mr. Fitzgerald · 10 eps
Founding Brothers
2 eps
Star of the Family
Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs · 10 eps
Nostromo
Joshua C. Holroyd · 3 eps
Cocked
Wade · 1 eps
To Catch a Killer
John Wayne Gacy · 2 eps
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Trumbo
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
The Making of 'First Blood'
Self
Directing (6)
Writing (4)
Producing (8)
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Co-Executive Producer
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Co-Executive Producer
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Co-Executive Producer
Warden of Red Rock
Executive Producer
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Executive Producer
Three Blind Mice
Executive Producer
Death of a Salesman
Executive Producer
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Co-Executive Producer