Acting credits
199
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Brian Dennehy
Acting
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TMDB popularity
2.4
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Movies: 134Series: 65Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 6197
IMDb ID: nm0001133
Known for: Acting
Born: July 9, 1938
Died: April 15, 2020
Age: 81
Place of birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2021
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q313545
Also known as
Brian Mannion Dennehy • 布萊思·丹尼希
Other jobs
Director (6)Executive Producer (3)Co-Executive Producer (1)In Memory Of (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Brian Dennehy.
6.5
Son of the South
as Grandfather
2021 Movie
6.9
Driveways
as Del
2020 Movie
6.5
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019 Movie
5.1
3 Days with Dad
as Bob
2019 Movie
5.1
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
2019 Movie
6.7
Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
2018 Movie
5.4
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
2018 Movie
6.3
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
2017 Movie
5.6
The Ultimate Legacy
as Gus
2015 Movie
5.7
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
2015 Movie
7.2
The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
2013 Movie
5.4
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
2012 Movie
6.0
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
2011 Movie
7.1
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
2010 Movie
4.2
Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
2010 Movie
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
2010 Movie
5.7
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
2010 Movie
5.1
Every Day
as Ernie
2010 Movie
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
as Narrator
2009 Movie
Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
2009 Movie
5.9
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
2008 Movie
4.0
Cat City
as Harold
2008 Movie
8.0
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
2007 Movie
6.8
Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Brian Dennehy.
6.8
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
as Jerome Townsend • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Hap and Leonard
as Sheriff Valentine Otis • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.8
Public Morals
as Joe Patton • 7 eps
2015 Series
2.0
Cocked
as Wade • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Dominic Wilkinson • 9 eps
2013 Series
7.1
The Big C
as Dad • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Bucky Stabler • 2 eps
2009 Series
6.2
Masters of Science Fiction
as Bedzyk • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.7
Marco Polo (2007)
as Kublai Khan • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.1
Rules of Engagement
as Roy • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.5
30 Rock
as Mickey J • 1 eps
2006 Series
9.2
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.2
The 4400
as Mitch Baldwin • 1 eps
2004 Series
Founding Brothers
2 eps
2002 Series
6.5
The Agency
as James Graydon • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.2
Night Visions
as Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please") • 1 eps
2001 Series
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
as Mr. Fitzgerald • 10 eps
2001 Series
7.8
Animated Tales of the World
as Captain (voice) • 1 eps
2001 Series
Founding Fathers
as George Washington (voice) • 4 eps
2000 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Rafe Framingham • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judson Tierney • 1 eps
1999 Series
2.0
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Louis Bromfield • 4 eps
1999 Series
3.5
Netforce
as Lowell Davidson • 2 eps
1999 Series