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