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Brian Dennehy
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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.
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Self
Tag
2018 · Mr. Cilliano
Righteous Kill
2008 · Hingis
Ratatouille
2007 · Django (voice)
10th & Wolf
2006 · Agent Horvath
Assault on Precinct 13
2005 · Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003 · Tom Stone
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Ted Montague
Tommy Boy
1995 · Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993 · Jack Reed
F/X
1986 · Lt. Leo McCarthy
Cocoon
1985 · Walter
First Blood
1982 · Hope Sheriff Will Teasle