Brian Dennehy
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.
Filmography (30)
Son of the South
Tag
The Big Year
The Next Three Days
Righteous Kill
Ratatouille
The Ultimate Gift
10th & Wolf
Everyone's Hero
Assault on Precinct 13
She Hate Me
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Summer Catch
Romeo + Juliet
Tommy Boy
Gladiator
F/X2
Presumed Innocent
Cocoon: The Return
Best Seller
F/X
Legal Eagles
Cocoon
Silverado
Gorky Park
First Blood
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F.I.S.T.
Foul Play
