Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 9, 1938
Place of Birth:
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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Brian Dennehy
Biography
Brian Mannion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage and screen.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Son of the South | Grandfather |
| 2020 | Driveways | Del |
| 2019 | The Song of Sway Lake | Hal Sway |
| 2019 | 3 Days with Dad | Bob |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self |
| 2018 | The Seagull | Pjotr Sorin |
| 2018 | Tag | Mr. Cilliano |
| 2017 | A Very Merry Toy Store | Joe Haggarty |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Joseph |
| 2015 | The Ultimate Legacy | Gus |
| 2013 | The Challenger Disaster | Rogers |
| 2012 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch |
| 2011 | The Big Year | Raymond Harris |
| 2010 | The Next Three Days | George Brennan |
| 2010 | Every Day | Ernie |
| 2010 | Alleged | Clarence Darrow |
| 2010 | Meet Monica Velour | Pop Pop |
| 2010 | Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer | Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother |
| 2009 | Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale | Narrator |
| 2009 | Love and Valor | Narrator |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Hingis |
| 2008 | Cat City | Harold |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Django (voice) |
| 2007 | Trumbo | Self |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Pop, Enochs Father |
| 2007 | Welcome to Paradise | Bobby Brown |
| 2007 | Marco Polo | Kublai Khan |
| 2007 | Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency | Andrew Jackson (voice) |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Gift | Gus |
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf | Agent Horvath |
| 2006 | Everyone's Hero | Babe Ruth (voice) |
| 2006 | The Exonerated | Gary Gauger |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Sargeant Jasper O'Shea |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Father Dominic Spagnolia |
| 2004 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Andy Goodman |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Billy Church |
| 2003 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Tom Stone |
| 2003 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' | Fred Silverman |
| 2003 | The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron | Mr. Blue |
| 2003 | American Valor | Narrator |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | Father Kelly |
| 2002 | Making 'The Misfits' | Narrator |
| 2002 | Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero | Narrator |
| 2002 | A Season on the Brink | Bobby Knight |
| 2001 | Summer Catch | John Schiffner |
| 2001 | Three Blind Mice | Matthew Hope |
| 2001 | Warden of Red Rock | Sheriff Selwyn Church |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Gen. Bogan |
| 2000 | Dish Dogs | Frost |
| 2000 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman |
| 1999 | NetForce | Lowell Davidson |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | David Bards |
| 1999 | Sirens | Lt. Denby |
| 1999 | Silicon Towers | Tom Warner |
| 1998 | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Sen. Donald Riegle |
| 1998 | Voyage of Terror | The President |
| 1997 | Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Eddie Brannigan |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Ted Montague |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Jack Reed |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Doubt | Charley Sloan |
| 1996 | Undue Influence | Paul Madriani |
| 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Gerald Bradley |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us | Jack Reed |
| 1995 | Tommy Boy | Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Big Dave McDermot |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Jack Reed |
| 1994 | Midnight Movie | James Boyce |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Jack Reed |
| 1994 | Leave of Absence | Sam |
| 1993 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | Ervil LeBaron |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | Chuck Mumpson |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Sgt. Jack Reed |
| 1993 | Final Appeal | Perry Sundquist |
| 1992 | Gladiator | Jimmy Horn |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer | John Wayne Gacy |
| 1992 | Deadly Matrimony | Jack Reed |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Jackie Presser |
| 1992 | The Diamond Fleece | |
| 1991 | F/X2 | Leo McCarthy |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight | Len Rowan |
| 1991 | Zebras: Patterns in the Grass | Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Raymond Horgan |
| 1990 | A Killing in a Small Town | Ed Reivers |
| 1990 | The Last of the Finest | Frank Daly |
| 1990 | Rising Son | Gus Robinson |
| 1990 | Pride and Extreme Prejudice | Bruno Morenz |
| 1989 | Day One | Gen. Leslie Groves |
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | James Falcon |
| 1989 | Seven Minutes | Wagner |
| 1989 | Indio | Whitaker |
| 1988 | The Man From Snowy River II | Harrison |
| 1988 | Miles from Home | Frank Roberts Sr. |
| 1988 | A Father's Revenge | Paul Hobart |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Walter (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Best Seller | Dennis Meechum |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) |
| 1987 | The Belly of an Architect | Stourley Kracklite |
| 1987 | The Lion of Africa | Sam Marsh |
| 1987 | The Little Mermaid | King Neptune (Narrator) (voice) |
| 1986 | Legal Eagles | Cavanaugh |
| 1986 | F/X | Lt. Leo McCarthy |
| 1986 | The Check is in the Mail... | Richard Jackson |
| 1986 | Acceptable Risks | Don Sheppard |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Walter |
| 1985 | Silverado | Cobb |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime | Nick |
| 1985 | Annie Oakley | Buffalo Bill |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Frizzoli |
| 1984 | The River Rat | Doc Cole |
| 1984 | The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Sergeant Cheever |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | William Kirwill |
| 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Rosie |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | Edward Grady Partin |
| 1983 | I Take These Men | Phil Zakarian |
| 1982 | First Blood | Hope Sheriff Will Teasle |
| 1982 | Split Image | Kevin Stetson |
| 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories | Grimmet |
| 1981 | Fly Away Home | Tim Arnold |
| 1981 | Skokie | Police Chief Arthur Buchanan |
| 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | Grimmet |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker | Herbie |
| 1980 | The Jericho Mile | Dr. D |
| 1980 | The Seduction of Miss Leona | Bliss Dawson |
| 1979 | 10 | Donald |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | O.C. Hanks |
| 1979 | Dummy | Ragoti |
| 1979 | Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | John O'Neil |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Fergie |
| 1978 | A Real American Hero | Buford Pusser |
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald | George Paulsen |
| 1978 | A Death in Canaan | Barney Parsons |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Frank Vasko |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough | T.J. Lambert |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Surgeon |
| 1977 | It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Fire Chief |
| 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | Longshoreman |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Jerome Townsend |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard | Sheriff Valentine Otis |
| 2015 | Cocked | Wade |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Dominic Wilkinson |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Dom |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy |
| 2010 | The Big C | Dad |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Bucky Stabler |
| 2007 | Rules of Engagement | Roy |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Bedzyk |
| 2007 | Marco Polo | |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Mickey J |
| 2004 | The 4400 | Mitch Baldwin |
| 2004 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Andy Goodman |
| 2002 | Founding Brothers | |
| 2001 | The Fighting Fitzgeralds | |
| 2001 | The Agency | James Graydon |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please") |
| 2000 | Arrest & Trial | Self - Host |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | George Washington (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judson Tierney |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Sen. Rafe Framingham |
| 1999 | Netforce | Lowell Davidson |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Louis Bromfield |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Red Finch |
| 1997 | Nostromo | Joshua C. Holroyd |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Major Chevallier |
| 1996 | Steve Martini's Undue Influence | |
| 1994 | Birdland | |
| 1993 | Murder in the Heartland | John McArthur |
| 1992 | The Burden of Proof | Dixon Hartnell |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer | John Wayne Gacy |
| 1988 | American Experience | Aaron Burr (voice) |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Matthew Malone |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Buffalo Bill |
| 1985 | Screen Two | James Boyce |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Frederick Cook |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Reverend Billy Bob Proverb |
| 1984 | Hunter | Dr. Bolin |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | Edward Grady Partin |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | King Neptune / Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Dynasty | |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Sgt. Ned Coleman |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | James Cargill |
| 1979 | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Arnie Sutter |
| 1978 | Dallas | Luther Frick |
| 1978 | Pearl | Sgt. Otto Chain |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Wilson |
| 1977 | Lanigan's Rabbi | |
| 1977 | Lucan | Fisher |
| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | Coach Hatfield |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Grimmet |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Burrows |
| 1973 | Kojak | Peter Connor |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | M.P. Ernie Connors |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Grimmet |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |