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Aliases: Brian Mannion Dennehy , 布萊思·丹尼希

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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Movie Involvements: 122

TV Involvements: 53


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Blacklist
Average
8

The Blacklist

(2013) Dominic Wilkinson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Average
8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Judson Tierney
Kojak
Average
7

Kojak

(1973) Peter Connor
Arrest & Trial
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0

Arrest & Trial

(2000) Self - Host
Hunter
Average
7

Hunter

(1984) Dr. Bolin
American Experience
Average
7

American Experience

(1988) Aaron Burr (voice)
The Good Wife
Average
8

The Good Wife

(2009) Bucky Stabler
Dallas
Average
7

Dallas

(1978) Luther Frick

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 Grandfather
2020 Del
Jerome Townsend
2019 Self
Bob
Hal Sway
2018 Mr. Cilliano
Pjotr Sorin
2017 Joe Haggarty
2016 Sheriff Valentine Otis
2015 Gus
Joseph
Joe Patton
Wade
2013 Dominic Wilkinson
Rogers
2012 Sir Toby Belch
2011 Raymond Harris
2010 George Brennan
Clarence Darrow
Dad
Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
Pop Pop
Ernie
2009 Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
Bucky Stabler
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
2008 Hingis
Harold
2007 Pop, Enochs Father
Bobby Brown
Self
Bedzyk
Django (voice)
Andrew Jackson (voice)
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan
Gus
Roy
2006 Mickey J
Babe Ruth (voice)
Gary Gauger
Agent Horvath
2005 Father Dominic Spagnolia
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
2004 Andy Goodman
Andy Goodman
Billy Church
Mitch Baldwin
2003 Narrator
Fred Silverman
Tom Stone
Mr. Blue
2002 Narrator
N/A
Father Kelly
Bobby Knight
Narrator
2001 Matthew Hope
James Graydon
John Schiffner
Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
Sheriff Selwyn Church
Mr. Fitzgerald
Captain (voice)
2000 George Washington (voice)
Self - Host
Frost
Gen. Bogan
Willy Loman
1999 Tom Warner
Lt. Denby
Sen. Rafe Framingham
Judson Tierney
David Bards
Louis Bromfield
Lowell Davidson
Lowell Davidson
1998 Sen. Donald Riegle
The President
1997 Eddie Brannigan
Red Finch
Joshua C. Holroyd
1996 Charley Sloan
Jack Reed
Ted Montague
N/A
Paul Madriani
N/A
Major Chevallier
Gerald Bradley
Jack Reed
1995 Big Dave McDermot
Jack Reed
Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
1994 James Boyce
Jack Reed
Sam
Dr. Brian McKenzie
1993 Perry Sundquist
Sgt. Jack Reed
Ervil LeBaron
John McArthur
Chuck Mumpson
1992 Jack Reed
Inspector Outlaw
Jackie Presser
John Wayne Gacy
Jimmy Horn
Dixon Hartnell
John Wayne Gacy
1991 Leo McCarthy
Narrator (voice)
Len Rowan
1990 Raymond Horgan
Gus Robinson
Ed Reivers
Frank Daly
Bruno Morenz
1989 James Falcon
Wagner
Whitaker
Gen. Leslie Groves
1988 Aaron Burr (voice)
Frank Roberts Sr.
Walter (uncredited)
Harrison
Paul Hobart
1987 (voice)
Dennis Meechum
Stourley Kracklite
Sam Marsh
King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
1986 Cavanaugh
Richard Jackson
Don Sheppard
Lt. Leo McCarthy
1985 Buffalo Bill
Nick
Buffalo Bill
Cobb
Walter
Matthew Malone
Frederick Cook
James Boyce
1984 Doc Cole
Dr. Bolin
Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
Sergeant Cheever
Frizzoli
1983 William Kirwill
Rosie
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Edward Grady Partin
Edward Grady Partin
Phil Zakarian
1982 Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Kevin Stetson
Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
Grimmet
Michael Magruder
1981 Roland
Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
Tim Arnold
Grimmet
Jake Dunham
1980 Dr. D
Sgt. Ned Coleman
Bliss Dawson
Herbie
1979 James Cargill
Donald
Arnie Sutter
O.C. Hanks
Ragoti
John O'Neil
1978 Buford Pusser
Sgt. Otto Chain
Fergie
Frank Vasko
Luther Frick
Barney Parsons
George Paulsen
1977 Fire Chief
T.J. Lambert
Surgeon
Wilson
Fisher
Coach Hatfield
Longshoreman
Burton Tree
1976 Brian Sr.
Jody
1975 Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1974 Burrows
Grimmet
1973 Peter Connor
1972 M.P. Ernie Connors
1971 Grimmet
1962 Self
1956 Self - Winner
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
Self - Presenter
1944 Self - Winner
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 In Memory Of
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2000 Executive Producer
1997 Executive Producer
1993 Co-Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing


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