Brian Dennehy
Birthday: 1938-07-09 | Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USABrian 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
Acting
Role
as Grandfather
as Del
as Bob
as Hal Sway
as Self
as Pjotr Sorin
as Joe Haggarty
as Joseph
as Gus
as Joseph
as Rogers
as Sir Toby Belch
as Raymond Harris
as Clarence Darrow
as Ernie
as George Brennan
as Pop Pop
as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
as Narrator (voice)
as Harold
as Hingis
as Self
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
as Bobby Brown
as Django (voice)
as Gus
as Kublai Khan
as Kublai Khan
as Pop, Enochs Father
as Agent Horvath
