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