Brian Dennehy
Acting
🎂 1938-07-09
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.
Cast credits(209)
Judson Tierney
1999
Dominic Wilkinson
2013
Self
1962
Bucky Stabler
2009
Sen. Rafe Framingham
1999
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Jake Dunham
1981
Luther Frick
1978
Mickey J
2006
Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
1984
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
1956
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Presenter
1956
Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
2010
M.P. Ernie Connors
1972
James Cargill
1979
Self - Nominee
1944
Aaron Burr (voice)
1988
Grimmet
1971
Django (voice)
2007
Dr. Bolin
1984
Burrows
1974
Michael Magruder
1982
Peter Connor
1973
Wilson
1977
Roy
2007
Grimmet
1974
Red Finch
1997
Mitch Baldwin
2004
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
1982
King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
1982
James Boyce
1985
Gus
2007
Self
2019
Self (archive footage)
2003
James Graydon
2001
Dad
2010
Ted Montague
1996
James Boyce
1994
(voice)
1987
Mr. Cilliano
2018
Jerome Townsend
2020
Self - Host
2000
Cobb
1985
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
2005
George Brennan
2010
Walter
1985
Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
2001
Father Kelly
2002
Walter (uncredited)
1988
Joseph
2015
Raymond Harris
2011
Raymond Horgan
1990
The President
1998
Donald
1979
Buffalo Bill
1985
Gen. Bogan
2000
Hingis
2008
Gary Gauger
2006
Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
1995
Bedzyk
2007
Phil Zakarian
1983
John Wayne Gacy
1992
Cavanaugh
1986
Perry Sundquist
1993
John Schiffner
2001
Babe Ruth (voice)
2006
Jack Reed
1996
Frost
2000
Ragoti
1979
Bruno Morenz
1990
Fergie
1978
Jimmy Horn
1992
Sergeant Cheever
1984
Pop Pop
2010
Lt. Leo McCarthy
1986
Richard Jackson
1986
Sen. Donald Riegle
1998
Fisher
1977
Del
2020
Gus
2015
Agent Horvath
2006
Brian Sr.
1976
Sheriff Valentine Otis
2016
Nick
1985
Frank Roberts Sr.
1988
Joe Patton
2015
Billy Church
2004
Paul Hobart
1988
Gen. Leslie Groves
1989
Sgt. Otto Chain
1978
Frank Vasko
1978
Andrew Jackson (voice)
2007
O.C. Hanks
1979
Frederick Cook
1985
King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
1987
Leo McCarthy
1991
Bobby Knight
2002
T.J. Lambert
1977
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Surgeon
1977
Ed Reivers
1990
Hal Sway
2019
William Kirwill
1983
Joshua C. Holroyd
1997
Louis Bromfield
1999
Kublai Khan
2007
Dr. Brian McKenzie
1994
Roland
1981
Tom Stone
2003
George Paulsen
1978
Gus Robinson
1990
Coach Hatfield
1977
Tim Arnold
1981
Pjotr Sorin
2018
Jackie Presser
1992
Matthew Hope
2001
Kublai Khan
2007
Grandfather
2021
David Bards
1999
Sir Toby Belch
2012
Gerald Bradley
1996
Wagner
1989
Harrison
1988
Frank Daly
1990
Stourley Kracklite
1987
Chuck Mumpson
1993
Eddie Brannigan
1997
Ervil LeBaron
1993
Arnie Sutter
1979
Dixon Hartnell
1992
Sgt. Ned Coleman
1980
Paul Madriani
1996
Joe Haggarty
2017
Frizzoli
1984
Major Chevallier
1996
Matthew Malone
1985
Ernie
2010
Wade
2015
Jack Reed
1995
Clarence Darrow
2010
Mr. Blue
2003
Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
1981
Barney Parsons
1978
John McArthur
1993
Pop, Enochs Father
2007
Burton Tree
1977
Sam Marsh
1987
Rosie
1983
Herbie
1980
Andy Goodman
2004
Don Sheppard
1986
Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
2010
Inspector Outlaw
1992
Bob
2019
George Washington (voice)
2000
Willy Loman
2000
Grimmet
1981
Bobby Brown
2007
Tom Warner
1999
Jody
1976
Dr. D
1980
Longshoreman
1977
Lowell Davidson
1999
Narrator
2002
Kevin Stetson
1982
James Falcon
1989
Sheriff Selwyn Church
2001
Sam
1994
John Wayne Gacy
1992
Dennis Meechum
1987
Rogers
2013
1996
Self
2007
Father Dominic Spagnolia
2005
Lowell Davidson
1999
Grimmet
1982
Sgt. Jack Reed
1993
Fire Chief
1977
Bliss Dawson
1980
Edward Grady Partin
1983
Lt. Denby
1999
Andy Goodman
2004
Len Rowan
1991
Mr. Fitzgerald
2001
Charley Sloan
1996
Jack Reed
1992
Big Dave McDermot
1995
Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
2009
Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
1982
Fred Silverman
2003
Harold
2008
John O'Neil
1979
Doc Cole
1984
1996
2002
Narrator
2003
Jack Reed
1994
Captain (voice)
2001
Whitaker
1989
Buffalo Bill
1985
Edward Grady Partin
1983
Buford Pusser
1978
Narrator
2009
Narrator (voice)
1991
Jack Reed
1996
Narrator
2002
Narrator (voice)
2009