Brian Dennehy
Acting
Born July 9, 1938 · Bridgeport, 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.
Directed (6)
Acting (136)
Son of the South
2021
Driveways
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
3 Days with Dad
2019
The Song of Sway Lake
2019
Tag
2018
The Seagull
2018
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
Knight of Cups
2015
The Challenger Disaster
2013
Twelfth Night
2012
The Big Year
2011
The Next Three Days
2010
Alleged
2010
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
2010
Meet Monica Velour
2010
Every Day
2010
Bunker Hill
2009
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
2009
Love and Valor
2009
Righteous Kill
2008
Cat City
2008
War Eagle, Arkansas
2007
Welcome to Paradise
2007
Trumbo
2007
Ratatouille
2007
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
2007
Marco Polo
2007
The Ultimate Gift
2007
Everyone's Hero
2006
The Exonerated
2006
10th & Wolf
2006
Our Fathers
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
She Hate Me
2004
American Valor
2003
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
2003
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
Stolen Summer
2002
A Season on the Brink
2002
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002
Three Blind Mice
2001
Summer Catch
2001
Warden of Red Rock
2001
Dish Dogs
2000
Fail Safe
2000
Death of a Salesman
2000
Silicon Towers
1999
Sirens
1999
Out of the Cold
1999
NetForce
1999
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
Voyage of Terror
1998
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
1997
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
Romeo + Juliet
1996
A Season in Purgatory
1996
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
1996
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995
Tommy Boy
1995
Midnight Movie
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
Leave of Absence
1994
Final Appeal
1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
Foreign Affairs
1993
Deadly Matrimony
1992
The Diamond Fleece
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
To Catch a Killer
1992
Gladiator
1992
F/X2
1991
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991
In Broad Daylight
1991
Presumed Innocent
1990
Rising Son
1990
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
The Last of the Finest
1990
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
1990
Perfect Witness
1989
Seven Minutes
1989
Indio
1989
Day One
1989
Miles from Home
1988
Cocoon: The Return
1988
The Man From Snowy River II
1988
A Father's Revenge
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Best Seller
1987
The Belly of an Architect
1987
The Lion of Africa
1987
The Little Mermaid
1987
Legal Eagles
1986
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
Acceptable Risks
1986
F/X
1986
Annie Oakley
1985
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
Silverado
1985
Cocoon
1985
The River Rat
1984
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
Finders Keepers
1984
Gorky Park
1983
Never Cry Wolf
1983
Blood Feud
1983
I Take These Men
1983
First Blood
1982
Split Image
1982
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
Skokie
1981
Fly Away Home
1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
The Jericho Mile
1980
The Seduction of Miss Leona
1980
Little Miss Marker
1980
10
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
Dummy
1979
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979
A Real American Hero
1978
Foul Play
1978
F.I.S.T.
1978
A Death in Canaan
1978
Ruby and Oswald
1978
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
Semi-Tough
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977