Brian Dennehy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-07-09
Day of Death
2020-04-15 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Brian Dennehy
Biography
Brian Manion Dennehy 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.
Acting
(2024)
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2021)
Son of the South
as Grandfather
(2020)
Driveways
as Del
(2019)
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
(2019)
3 Days with Dad
as Bob
(2019)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2018)
Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
(2018)
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
(2017)
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
(2015)
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
(2015)
The Ultimate Legacy
as Gus
(2013)
The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
(2012)
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
(2011)
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
(2010)
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
(2010)
Every Day
as Ernie
(2010)
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
(2010)
Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
(2010)
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
(2009)
Bunker Hill
as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
(2009)
Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
as Narrator
(2008)
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
(2008)
Cat City
as Harold
(2007)
Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
(2007)
The Ultimate Gift
as Gus
(2007)
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
(2007)
Trumbo
as Self
(2007)
Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
(2007)
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
(2007)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
(2006)
Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
(2006)
10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
(2006)
The Exonerated
as Gary Gauger
(2005)
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
(2005)
Our Fathers
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
(2004)
She Hate Me
as Billy Church
(2004)
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
(2003)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Tom Stone
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
as Fred Silverman
(2003)
American Valor
as Narrator
(2002)
Stolen Summer
as Father Kelly
(2002)
A Season on the Brink
as Bobby Knight
(2002)
Making 'The Misfits'
as Narrator
(2002)
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
as Narrator
(2001)
Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
(2001)
Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
(2001)
Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope
(2000)
Fail Safe
as Gen. Bogan
(2000)
Dish Dogs
as Frost
(2000)
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
(1999)
Silicon Towers
as Tom Warner
(1999)
NetForce
as Lowell Davidson
(1999)
Out of the Cold
as David Bards
(1999)
Sirens
as Lt. Denby
(1998)
Voyage of Terror
as The President
(1998)
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Donald Riegle
(1997)
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
as Eddie Brannigan
(1996)
Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
(1996)
Undue Influence
as Paul Madriani
(1996)
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Jack Reed
(1996)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charley Sloan
(1996)
A Season in Purgatory
as Gerald Bradley
(1996)
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
as Jack Reed
(1995)
Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
(1995)
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Jack Reed
(1995)
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
(1994)
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Jack Reed
(1994)
Leave of Absence
as Sam
(1994)
Midnight Movie
as James Boyce
(1993)
Final Appeal
as Perry Sundquist
(1993)
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Ervil LeBaron
(1993)
Foreign Affairs
as Chuck Mumpson
(1993)
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Sgt. Jack Reed
(1992)
Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
(1992)
Deadly Matrimony
as Jack Reed
(1992)
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
(1992)
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Jackie Presser
(1992)
The Diamond Fleece
as Inspector Outlaw
(1991)
F/X2
as Leo McCarthy
(1991)
In Broad Daylight
as Len Rowan
(1991)
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
(1990)
The Last of the Finest
as Frank Daly
(1990)
Rising Son
as Gus Robinson
(1990)
A Killing in a Small Town
as Ed Reivers
(1990)
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
as Bruno Morenz
(1989)
Day One
as Gen. Leslie Groves
(1989)
Indio
as Whitaker
(1989)
Perfect Witness
as James Falcon
(1989)
Seven Minutes
as Wagner
(1988)
Cocoon: The Return
as Walter (uncredited)
(1988)
The Man From Snowy River II
as Harrison
(1988)
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts Sr.
(1988)
A Father's Revenge
as Paul Hobart
(1987)
The Belly of an Architect
as Stourley Kracklite
(1987)
Best Seller
as Dennis Meechum
(1987)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
(1987)
The Little Mermaid
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
(1987)
The Lion of Africa
as Sam Marsh
(1986)
F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
(1986)
Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
(1986)
Acceptable Risks
as Don Sheppard
(1986)
The Check is in the Mail...
as Richard Jackson
(1985)
Silverado
as Cobb
(1985)
Cocoon
as Walter
(1985)
Twice in a Lifetime
as Nick
(1985)
Annie Oakley
as Buffalo Bill
(1984)
Finders Keepers
as Frizzoli
(1984)
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Sergeant Cheever
(1984)
The River Rat
as Doc Cole
(1983)
Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
(1983)
Never Cry Wolf
as Rosie
(1983)
I Take These Men
as Phil Zakarian
(1983)
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
(1982)
First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
(1982)
Split Image
as Kevin Stetson
(1982)
(1981)
Fly Away Home
as Tim Arnold
(1981)
Skokie
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
(1981)
(1980)
The Jericho Mile
as Dr. D
(1980)
Little Miss Marker
as Herbie
(1980)
The Seduction of Miss Leona
as Bliss Dawson
(1979)
10
as Donald
(1979)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as O.C. Hanks
(1979)
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as John O'Neil
(1979)
Dummy
as Ragoti
(1978)
F.I.S.T.
as Frank Vasko
(1978)
Foul Play
as Fergie
(1978)
A Death in Canaan
as Barney Parsons
(1978)
Ruby and Oswald
as George Paulsen
(1978)
A Real American Hero
as Buford Pusser
(1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Surgeon
(1977)
Semi-Tough
as T.J. Lambert
(1977)
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as Longshoreman
(1977)
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Fire Chief
Crew
(2001)
Warden of Red Rock
Executive Producer
(2001)
Three Blind Mice
Executive Producer
(2000)
Death of a Salesman
Executive Producer
(1997)
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Director, Executive Producer
(1996)
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Director
(1996)
Shadow of a Doubt
Writer, Director
(1996)
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Director
(1995)
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Director, Writer
(1994)
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Director, Writer
(1993)
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Co-Executive Producer