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