Acting
Brian Dennehy
EN, FR, DE cinema · 136 credits
Born
9 July 1938
Died
15 April 2020 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Also known as Brian Mannion Dennehy · 布萊思·丹尼希
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
Filmography
Son of the South
as Grandfather
Driveways
as Del
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
Every Day
as Ernie
Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
Bunker Hill
2009
Bunker Hill
as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
Cat City
as Harold
Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
Trumbo
as Self
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
The Exonerated
as Gary Gauger
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
Our Fathers
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
She Hate Me
as Billy Church
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Tom Stone
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
2003
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
as Fred Silverman
American Valor
as Narrator
Stolen Summer
as Father Kelly
Making 'The Misfits'
as Narrator
A Season on the Brink
as Bobby Knight
Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope, Executive Producer
Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church, Executive Producer
Fail Safe
as Gen. Bogan
Dish Dogs
as Frost
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman, Executive Producer
NetForce
as Lowell Davidson
Out of the Cold
as David Bards
Sirens
as Lt. Denby
Silicon Towers
as Tom Warner
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Donald Riegle
Voyage of Terror
as The President
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
as Eddie Brannigan, Director, Executive Producer
Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Jack Reed, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Director
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charley Sloan, Director, Teleplay, Executive Producer
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
as Jack Reed, Director, Writer
Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Jack Reed, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
Midnight Movie
as James Boyce
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Jack Reed, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Director
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Ervil LeBaron
Foreign Affairs
as Chuck Mumpson
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Jack Reed, Co-Executive Producer
Final Appeal
as Perry Sundquist
Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
Deadly Matrimony
as Jack Reed
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Jackie Presser
The Diamond Fleece
as Inspector Outlaw
F/X2
as Leo McCarthy
In Broad Daylight
as Len Rowan
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
as Narrator (voice)
Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
A Killing in a Small Town
as Ed Reivers
The Last of the Finest
as Frank Daly
Rising Son
as Gus Robinson
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
as Bruno Morenz
Day One
as Gen. Leslie Groves
Perfect Witness
as James Falcon
Seven Minutes
as Wagner
Indio
as Whitaker
The Man From Snowy River II
as Harrison
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts Sr.
A Father's Revenge
as Paul Hobart
Cocoon: The Return
as Walter (uncredited)
Best Seller
as Dennis Meechum
The Belly of an Architect
as Stourley Kracklite
The Lion of Africa
as Sam Marsh
The Little Mermaid
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
The Check is in the Mail...
as Richard Jackson
Annie Oakley
as Buffalo Bill
Acceptable Risks
as Don Sheppard
Cocoon
as Walter
Silverado
as Cobb
Finders Keepers
as Frizzoli
The River Rat
as Doc Cole
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Sergeant Cheever
Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
Never Cry Wolf
as Rosie
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
I Take These Men
as Phil Zakarian
First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Split Image
as Kevin Stetson
Fly Away Home
as Tim Arnold
Skokie
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
Little Miss Marker
as Herbie
The Jericho Mile
as Dr. D
The Seduction of Miss Leona
as Bliss Dawson
10
as Donald
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as O.C. Hanks
Dummy
as Ragoti
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as John O'Neil
Foul Play
as Fergie
A Real American Hero
as Buford Pusser
Ruby and Oswald
as George Paulsen
A Death in Canaan
as Barney Parsons
F.I.S.T.
as Frank Vasko
Semi-Tough
as T.J. Lambert
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Surgeon
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Fire Chief
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as Longshoreman