Brian Dennehy
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.
Acting (135 movies)
Romeo + Juliet
1996
First Blood
1982
Ratatouille
2007
Cocoon
1985
Best Seller
1987
Semi-Tough
1977
Finders Keepers
1984
Presumed Innocent
1990
Tommy Boy
1995
Fail Safe
2000
Silverado
1985
Gorky Park
1983
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
10
1979
Legal Eagles
1986
10th & Wolf
2006
Summer Catch
2001
F/X
1986
Righteous Kill
2008
The Man From Snowy River II
1988
Never Cry Wolf
1983
Trumbo
2007
Dish Dogs
2000
Our Fathers
2005
Everyone's Hero
2006
The Next Three Days
2010
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
War Eagle, Arkansas
2007
Foul Play
1978
Day One
1989
Every Day
2010
Gladiator
1992
F/X2
1991
Stolen Summer
2002
Little Miss Marker
1980
The Belly of an Architect
1987
The River Rat
1984
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
2009
Three Blind Mice
2001
Miles from Home
1988
To Catch a Killer
1992
Split Image
1982
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
NetForce
1999
Alleged
2010
Welcome to Paradise
2007
The Big Year
2011
Cat City
2008
Meet Monica Velour
2010
The Jericho Mile
1980
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
Marco Polo
2007
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
A Real American Hero
1978
The Last of the Finest
1990
Fly Away Home
1981
Out of the Cold
1999
Warden of Red Rock
2001
In Broad Daylight
1991
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
A Father's Revenge
1988
Midnight Movie
1994
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
1997
The Lion of Africa
1987
Ruby and Oswald
1978
Blood Feud
1983
Foreign Affairs
1993
Perfect Witness
1989
The Exonerated
2006
Dummy
1979
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
Skokie
1981
A Death in Canaan
1978
Death of a Salesman
2000
Seven Minutes
1989
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995
Annie Oakley
1985
Sirens
1999
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
The Challenger Disaster
2013
Twelfth Night
2012
Rising Son
1990
I Take These Men
1983
Indio
1989
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991
Acceptable Risks
1986
Deadly Matrimony
1992
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979
Knight of Cups
2015
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
The Seagull
2018
Directing (6 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | 1994 | Writer |
| Jack Reed: One of Our Own | 1995 | Writer |
| Shadow of a Doubt | 1996 | Writer |
| Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| Death of a Salesman | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Warden of Red Rock | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Three Blind Mice | 2001 | Executive Producer |