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Brian Manion Dennehy is an American actor of film, stage, and television. A winner of one Golden Globe, two Tony Awards and a recipient of six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, he gained initial recognition for his role as Sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). He has had roles in numerous films including Gorky Park (1983), Silverado (1985), Cocoon (1985), F/X (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Knight of Cups (2015). Dennehy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Willy Loman in the television film Death of a Salesman (2000).
Birth Name
Brian Manion Dennehy
Born
Saturday, 09 July 1938
Died
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Son of the South | Grandfather / J.O. Zellner | 2021 |
| Driveways | Del | 2020 |
| Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Jerome Townsend | 2020 |
| 3 Days with Dad | Bob Mills / Bob | 2019 |
| The Adventures of Buddy Thunder | Arnold | 2019 |
| The Song of Sway Lake | Hal Sway | 2018 |
| Tag | 2018 | |
| The Seagull | Sorin / Pjotr Sorin | 2018 |
| A Very Merry Toy Store | Joe Haggarty | 2017 |
| Hap and Leonard | Sheriff Valentine Otis | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Son of the South | Grandfather / J.O. Zellner | 2021 |
| Driveways | Del | 2020 |
| Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Jerome Townsend | 2020 |
| 3 Days with Dad | Bob Mills / Bob | 2019 |
| The Adventures of Buddy Thunder | Arnold | 2019 |
| The Song of Sway Lake | Hal Sway | 2018 |
| Tag | 2018 | |
| The Seagull | Sorin / Pjotr Sorin | 2018 |
| A Very Merry Toy Store | Joe Haggarty | 2017 |
| Hap and Leonard | Sheriff Valentine Otis | 2016 |
| The Ultimate Legacy | Gus / Gus Caldwell | 2016 |
| Knight of Cups | Joseph | 2015 |
| Public Morals | Joe Patton | 2015 |
| Science Goes to the Movies | Self | 2015 |
| Cocked | Wade | 2015 |
| The Blacklist | Dominic Wilkinson, Dom | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Challenger Disaster | Rogers | 2013 |
| The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
| Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | 2012 |
| Long Day Journey | 2012 | |
| The Big Year | Raymond / Raymond Harris | 2011 |
| The Next Three Days | George Brennan | 2010 |
| Alleged | Clarence Darrow | 2010 |
| The Big C | Dad | 2010 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Detective Kenny Leahy | 2010 |
| Meet Monica Velour | Pop Pop | 2010 |
| Mystery Files | Narrator | 2010 |
| Every Day | Ernie | 2010 |
| The Good Wife | Bucky Stabler | 2009 |
| Righteous Kill | Hingis / Lieutentant Hingis | 2008 |
| Cat City | Harold / Harold Vogessor | 2008 |
| War Eagle, Arkansas | Pop, Enochs Father / Pop | 2007 |
| Welcome to Paradise | Bobby Brown | 2007 |
| Trumbo | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| Masters of Science Fiction | Bedzyk | 2007 |
| Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 2007 |
| Ratatouille | Django (voice) / Django | 2007 |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
| Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency | Henry Clay / Andrew Jackson (voice) | 2007 |
| Marco Polo | Kublai Khan | 2007 |
| The Ultimate Gift | Gus | 2007 |
| Rules of Engagement | Roy | 2007 |
| 30 Rock | Mickey J | 2006 |
| Everyone's Hero | Babe Ruth / Babe Ruth (voice) | 2006 |
| 10th & Wolf | Agent Horvath | 2006 |
| Our Fathers | Father Dominic Spagnolia | 2005 |
| The Exonerated | Gary Gauger | 2005 |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Sgt. Jasper O'Shea / Sargeant Jasper O'Shea | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Category 6: Day of Destruction | Andy Goodman | 2004 |
| She Hate Me | Chairman Billy Church / Billy Church | 2004 |
| The 4400 | Mitch Baldwin | 2004 |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Tom Stone | 2003 |
| The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron | Mr. Blue | 2003 |
| Stolen Summer | Father Kelly | 2002 |
| Founding Brothers | George Washington | 2002 |
| A Season on the Brink | Bobby Knight | 2002 |
| Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero | Narrator | 2002 |
| Three Blind Mice | Matthew Hope | 2001 |
| The Agency | James Graydon | 2001 |
| Animated Tales of the World | The Captain | 2001 |
| Summer Catch | John Schiffner | 2001 |
| Night Visions | Camper Ben (segment "Quiet Please") | 2001 |
| Out of the Cold | David Bards | 2001 |
| Warden of Red Rock | Sheriff Selwyn Church | 2001 |
| The Fighting Fitzgeralds | Fitzgerald | 2001 |
| Founding Fathers | George Washington | 2000 |
| Dish Dogs | Frost | 2000 |
| Fail Safe | Gen. Bogan | 2000 |
| Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | 2000 |
| Arrest & Trial | Self - Host | 2000 |
| Silicon Towers | Tom Warner | 1999 |
| Sirens | Lt. Denby | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Sen. Rafe Framingham | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judson Tierney | 1999 |
| NetForce | Lowell Davidson | 1999 |
| Gunfighters of the West | Himself - Narrator | 1998 |
| Voyage of Terror | The President | 1998 |
| Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Eddie Brannigan | 1997 |
| Just Shoot Me! | Red Finch | 1997 |
| Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Jack Reed | 1996 |
| Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Romeo + Juliet | Ted Montague | 1996 |
| Undue Influence | Paul Madriani | 1996 |
| Nostromo | Joshua C. Holroyd | 1966 |
| Dead Man's Walk | Major Chevallier | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Big Dave McDermot | 1995 |
| Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Jack Reed / Sgt. Jack Reed | 1995 |
| Tommy Boy | Big Tom / Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan | 1995 |
| Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Jack Reed | 1994 |
| Leave of Absence | Sam | 1994 |
| Birdland | Dr. Brian McKenzie | 1994 |
| Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Sgt. Jack Reed | 1993 |
| Final Appeal | Perry Sundquist | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | Ervil LeBaron | 1993 |
| Murder in the Heartland | John McArthur | 1993 |
| Foreign Affairs | Chuck Mumpson | 1993 |
| Deadly Matrimony | Sergeant John Reed / Jack Reed | 1992 |
| Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Jackie Presser | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Gladiator | Jimmy Horn | 1992 |
| The Burden of Proof | Dixon Hartnell | 1992 |
| To Catch a Killer | John Wayne Gacy | 1992 |
| F/X2 | Leo McCarthy | 1991 |
| In Broad Daylight | Len Rowan | 1991 |
| Presumed Innocent | Raymond Horgan | 1990 |
| Rising Son | Gus Robinson | 1990 |
| A Killing in a Small Town | Ed Reivers | 1990 |
| The Last of the Finest | Frank Daly | 1990 |
| Perfect Witness | James Falcon | 1989 |
| Seven Minutes | Wagner | 1989 |
| Indio | Whitaker / Col. Sam Whitaker | 1989 |
| Day One | Gen. Leslie Groves | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self - Guest | 1989 |
| American Experience | Aaron Burr | 1988 |
| Miles from Home | Frank Roberts Sr. | 1988 |
| Cocoon: The Return | Walter | 1988 |
| Return to Snowy River | Harrison | 1988 |
| A Father's Revenge | Paul Hobart | 1988 |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987 |
| Best Seller | Dennis Meechum | 1987 |
| The Belly of an Architect | Stourley Kracklite | 1987 |
| Biography | Walter | 1987 |
| The Last Place on Earth | Frederick Cook | 1987 |
| Legal Eagles | Cavanaugh | 1986 |
| Acceptable Risks | Don Sheppard | 1986 |
| F/X | Lt. Leo McCarthy / Leo McCarthy | 1986 |
| The Check Is in the Mail... | Richard Jackson | 1986 |
| Twice in a Lifetime | Nick | 1985 |
| Tall Tales & Legends | Buffalo Bill | 1985 |
| Silverado | Cobb | 1985 |
| Cocoon | Walter | 1985 |
| Evergreen | Matthew Malone | 1985 |
| Screen Two | James Boyce | 1985 |
| The River Rat | Doc Cole | 1984 |
| Hunter | Dr. Bolin | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | Reverend Billy Bob Proverb | 1984 |
| Finders Keepers | Frizzoli / Mayor Frizzoli | 1984 |
| Gorky Park | William Kirwill | 1983 |
| Never Cry Wolf | Rosie | 1983 |
| Reading Rainbow | Himself (voice) | 1983 |
| Blood Feud | Edward Grady Partin - Hoffa Aide and Head of Teamsters Local 5, Baton Rouge | 1983 |
| First Blood | Teasle / Hope Sheriff Will Teasle | 1982 |
| Split Image | Kevin Stetson | 1982 |
| Star of the Family | Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | King Neptune / Narrator | 1982 |
| Darkroom | Roland | 1981 |
| Skokie | Police Chief Arthur Buchanan | 1981 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Michael Magruder | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Jake Dunham | 1981 |
| A Rumor of War | Sgt. Ned Coleman | 1980 |
| Little Miss Marker | Herbie | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | James Cargill | 1979 |
| 10 | Donald | 1979 |
| Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Arnie Sutter | 1979 |
| Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | O.C. Hanks | 1979 |
| Dummy | Ragoti | 1979 |
| The Jericho Mile | Dr. D | 1979 |
| Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Mr. O'Neil | 1979 |
| A Real American Hero | Buford Pusser | 1978 |
| Pearl | Sgt. Otto Chain | 1978 |
| Foul Play | Fergie | 1978 |
| F.I.S.T. | Frank Vasko | 1978 |
| Dallas | Luther Frick | 1978 |
| A Death in Canaan | Barney Parsons | 1978 |
| Ants! | Fire Chief | 1977 |
| Semi-Tough | T.J. Lambert | 1977 |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Surgeon | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Wilson | 1977 |
| The Fitzpatricks | Coach Hatfield | 1977 |
| Lucan | Fisher | 1977 |
| The Tony Randall Show | Brian Sr. | 1976 |
| Lanigan's Rabbi | Burton Tree | 1976 |
| Serpico | Jody | 1976 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self - Actor | 1976 |
| Police Woman | Burrows | 1974 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Grimmet | 1974 |
| Kojak | Peter Connor | 1973 |
| M*A*S*H | M.P. Ernie Connors | 1972 |
| Great Performances | Grimmet (story 'The Monument'), Narrator | 1971 |
| Jeopardy! | Himself - Celebrity Contestant | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2001 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
