Brian Dennehy

Known for ActingBorn 1938-07-09Died 2020-04-15Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Founding Brothers

Category 6: Day of Destruction

American Valor

Dummy

Death of a Salesman

The West Wing

Reading Rainbow

Sirens

E! True Hollywood Story

War Eagle, Arkansas

Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero

Rizzoli & Isles

Founding Fathers

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Faerie Tale Theatre

Ratatouille

Annie Oakley

Blood Feud

A Rumor of War

Ruby and Oswald

Lucan

The Blacklist

The Ultimate Gift

The Good Wife

The Exonerated

M*A*S*H

Animated Tales of the World

Gladiator

30 Rock

Murder in the Heartland

The Challenger Disaster

First Blood

The Big C

Miami Vice

The Fitzpatricks

The Last Place on Earth

To Catch a Killer

Rules of Engagement

The 4400

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Next Three Days

Night Visions

Driveways

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Perfect Witness

Hap and Leonard

Lou Grant

Seven Minutes

MAS*H