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Occupation
  
Actor

Height
  
1.90 m

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Brian Dennehy

Years active
  
1977–present


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Born
  
July 9, 1938 (age 86) (
1938-07-09
)

Children
  
Elizabeth Dennehy, Kathleen Dennehy, Cormack Dennehy, Sarah Dennehy, Deirdre Dennehy

Spouse
  
Jennifer Arnott (m. 1988), Judith Scheff (m. 1959–1974)

Movies
  
First Blood, Tommy Boy, The Next Three Days, To Catch a Killer, Ratatouille

Similar People
  
Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Dennehy, Ted Kotcheff, Robert Falls, Jack Starrett

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Brian Manion Dennehy (born July 9, 1938) 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 the antagonistic Sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). He has had numerous roles in films such as Gorky Park, Silverado, Cocoon, F/X, Romeo + Juliet, and Knight of Cups.

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Early life

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Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Hannah (Mannion) and Edward Dennehy, a wire service editor for the Associated Press. He has two brothers, Michael and Edward. He is of Irish ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic. The family relocated to Long Island, New York, where Dennehy attended Chaminade High School in the town of Mineola.

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Dennehy enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1959, serving active duty on Okinawa until 1963. In numerous interviews, Dennehy has claimed to be a Vietnam veteran who served a 5-year tour in Vietnam and recounted harrowing tales of his combat there, but according to the book Stolen Valor, Dennehy never served in Vietnam at all and never saw active combat. The author of Stolen Valor wrote to Dennehy regarding the discrepancy, but received no reply from the actor, although Dennehy later admitted in an interview that he had lied about his service and apologized for it.

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After his Marine Corps service, Dennehy went on to attend Columbia, where he played football and majored in history, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, before moving on to Yale to study dramatic arts. He played rugby union for Old Blue RFC. Prior to his pursuit of an acting career, Dennehy worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch in their main office in downtown New York in the mid 1970s.

Film

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Dennehy is primarily known as a dramatic actor. His breakthrough role was as the overzealous sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982) opposite Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo.

His earlier films included several comedies, like Semi-Tough with Burt Reynolds (in which he portrayed a pro football player), Foul Play with Chevy Chase, and 10 with Dudley Moore (as an Acapulco bartender). He later portrayed a corrupt sheriff in the western Silverado and an alien in Cocoon, both released in 1985.

Memorable supporting parts featured Dennehy in such films as Split Image (1982), Legal Eagles (1986), F/X: Murder By Illusion (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990) and F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991).Prophet of Evil (1993)

Dennehy gradually became a valuable character actor but also achieved leading-man status in the thriller Best Seller (1987) co-starring James Woods. He also starred in the Peter Greenaway film The Belly of an Architect, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 1987 Chicago International Film Festival. Commenting upon this unusual venture, Dennehy said, "I've been in a lot of movies but this is the first film I've made."

He went on to star as Harrison in the Australian film The Man from Snowy River II in 1988.

One of his most well-known roles came in the 1995 Chris Farley-David Spade comedy Tommy Boy as Big Tom Callahan. He also was reunited with his 10 co-star Bo Derek in Tommy Boy, in which she played his wife.

Dennehy had a voice role in the animated movie Ratatouille as Django, the rat chef Remy's father. He appeared as the superior officer of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the 2008 cop drama Righteous Kill and as the father of Russell Crowe in the 2010 suspense film The Next Three Days.

Dennehy starred as Clarence Darrow in Alleged, a film based on the Scopes Monkey Trial, the famous court battle over the teaching of evolution in American public schools.

Television

Dennehy began his professional acting career in small guest roles in such 1970s and 1980s series as Kojak, Lou Grant, Dallas and Dynasty. He also appeared in an episode of Miami Vice during the 1987–88 season.

Dennehy portrayed Sergeant Ned T. "Frozen Chosen" Coleman in the television movie A Rumor of War (1980) opposite Brad Davis. He continued to appear in such high-profile television films as Skokie (1981), Split Image (1982), Day One, (1989), A Killing in a Small Town (1990) opposite Barbara Hershey. He also played the title role in HBO's Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story.

Dennehy had a lead role as fire chief/celebrity dad Leslie "Buddy" Krebs in the short-lived 1982 series Star of the Family. Despite his star power, that show was canceled after a half a season.

Dennehy was nominated for Emmy Awards six times for his television movies. He was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for his performance as John Wayne Gacy in To Catch a Killer, and he was nominated that same year in a different category, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie, for The Burden of Proof (1992). Other Emmy nominatations were for his work in A Killing in a Small Town, Murder in the Heartland (1993) and for the Showtime cable TV movie Our Fathers (2005), which was about the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. In 2000, Dennehy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for a television presentation of his performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman which he had performed on Broadway. The performance did, however, precipitate a Golden Globe Award.

He has starred in the popular crime drama Jack Reed TV movies. He also appeared as a recurring character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!.

Dennehy was parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) and an episode of The Simpsons.

In January 2007, he starred in the episode "Scheherazade" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a retired criminal who wants to reconnect with his daughter and admit his crimes before dying of a terminal disease thus eventually clearing a wrongfully imprisoned inmate. In April 2008, Dennehy guest-starred as a Teamster boss in an episode of 30 Rock.

Dennehy guest-starred in a 2009 episode of Rules of Engagement as the father of the main character, Jeff.

Dennehy has also narrated many television programs. He narrated Canadian-Irish docudrama Death or Canada.

Dennehy is set to star in the upcoming Amazon Studios series Cocked which will costar Jason Lee, Dreama Walker, Diora Baird, and Sam Trammell.

Most recently Dennehy starred as Elizabeth Keen's grandfather on the NBC series The Blacklist.

Theater

Dennehy has won two Tony Awards, both times for Best Lead Actor in a Play. The first win was for Death of a Salesman (for which he also won a Laurence Olivier Award for the production's London run), in 1999, and the second was for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003. Both productions were directed by Robert Falls and were originally produced at the Goodman Theatre company in Chicago.

On stage, Dennehy has made frequent performances in the Chicago theater world, and made his Broadway debut in 1995 in Brian Friel's Translations. In 1999, he was the first male performer to be voted the Sarah Siddons Award for his work in Chicago theater. He made a return to Broadway in 2007 as Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind opposite Christopher Plummer, then returned again opposite Carla Gugino in a 2009 revival of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms.

In fall 1992, he played the lead role of Hickey in Robert Falls's production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

In 2008, Dennehy appeared at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, appearing in All's Well That Ends Well as the King of France, and a double bill of plays, Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape and Eugene O'Neill's Hughie, where Dennehy reprised the role of Erie Smith.

In 2010, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

In December 2010, he returned to Ireland to play Bull McCabe in the Olympia Theatre of Dublin's stage version of John B. Keane's The Field.

In 2011, Dennehy returned to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the role of Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. He also played Max in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, which is the first Pinter work to be produced there.

In April through June 2012, he played the role of Larry Slade in the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, which he reprised in 2015 when the production, with most of the Goodman Theater production cast, was revived at the BAM Harvey Theater in New York City.

In the comic book series Ultimate Spider-Man, that series' version of the villain Norman Osborn was rendered by artist Mark Bagley to resemble actor Brian Dennehy, as per writer Brian Michael Bendis' instructions.

Dennehy is a 2006 album by the rapper Serengeti (real name David Cohn). The album's title track is performed from the point of view of "Kenny Dennis", a Chicago resident and avid sports fan in his 40s whose favorite actors are Brian Dennehy and Tom Berenger. Cohn, watching a broadcast of the Little League World Series in which the competitors were asked their favorite actors and athletes, imagined someone naming Dennehy as his favorite actor. He then used this as the starting point to develop the rest of the Kenny character, which has become a recurring alter ego for Serengeti.

Personal life

He is the father of the actress Elizabeth Dennehy.

Filmography

Actor
-
The Adventures of Buddy Thunder (pre-production) as
Arnold
-
Long Day Journey (post-production)
2020
Son of the South as
J.O. Zellner
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series) as
Jerome Townsend
- Sing, Sing, Sing (2020) - Jerome Townsend
2016
The Blacklist (TV Series) as
Dominic Wilkinson / Dom
- The Kazanjian Brothers (No. 156/157) (2020) - Dominic Wilkinson
- Katarina Rostova (No. 3) (2019) - Dominic Wilkinson
- Louis T. Steinhil (No. 27): Conclusion (2019) - Dominic Wilkinson
- The Brockton College Killer (No. 92) (2019) - Dominic Wilkinson
- Rassvet (2019) - Dominic Wilkinson
- Sutton Ross (No. 17) (2018) - Dominic Wilkinson
- The Invisible Hand (No. 63) (2018) - Dominic Wilkinson
- Mr. Kaplan (No. 4) (2017) - Dom
- The Artax Network (No. 41) (2016) - Dom
2019
3 Days with Dad as
Bob Mills
2019
Master Maggie (Short) as
Brian Dennehy
2019
Driveways as
Del
2018
Tag as
Randy's Father (uncredited)
2018
The Seagull as
Sorin
2018
The Song of Sway Lake as
Hal Sway
2017
A Very Merry Toy Store (TV Movie) as
Joe Haggarty
2017
Hap and Leonard (TV Series) as
Sheriff Valentine Otis
- No Mo' Mojo (2017) - Sheriff Valentine Otis
- Pie a la Mojo (2017) - Sheriff Valentine Otis
- Bad Mojo (2017) - Sheriff Valentine Otis
- Holy Mojo (2017) - Sheriff Valentine Otis
- Ticking Mojo (2017) - Sheriff Valentine Otis
- Mucho Mojo (2017) - Sheriff Valentine Otis
2016
The Ultimate Legacy (TV Movie) as
Gus Caldwell
2015
Public Morals (TV Series) as
Joe Patton
- A Thought and a Soul (2015) - Joe Patton
- Starts with a Snowflake (2015) - Joe Patton
- No Crazies on the Street (2015) - Joe Patton
- Collection Day (2015) - Joe Patton
- A Good Shooting (2015) - Joe Patton
- A Token of Our Appreciation (2015) - Joe Patton
- O'Bannon's Wake (2015) - Joe Patton
- Family Is Family (2015) - Joe Patton
2015
Knight of Cups as
Joseph
2015
Cocked (TV Movie) as
Wade
2013
The Big C (TV Series) as
Dad
- The Finale (2013) - Dad
2013
The Challenger Disaster (TV Movie) as
Rogers
2012
The Good Wife (TV Series) as
Bucky Stabler
- A Defense of Marriage (2012) - Bucky Stabler
- The Art of War (2012) - Bucky Stabler
2012
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (Video Game) as
Django (voice)
2012
Twelfth Night as
Sir Toby Belch
2011
The Big Year as
Raymond
2011
Mystery Files (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Hitler (2011) - Narrator
2010
Alleged as
Clarence Darrow
2010
The Next Three Days as
George Brennan
2010
Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) as
Detective Kenny Leahy
- Boston Strangler Redux (2010) - Detective Kenny Leahy
2010
Meet Monica Velour as
Pop Pop
2010
Every Day as
Ernie
2010
Nolan Knows Best (TV Movie) as
Phil Nolan
2010
Carrie Underwood: Temporary Home (Music Video) as
Grandfather
2009
Bunker Hill (TV Movie) as
Martin Kelsey
2009
Rules of Engagement (TV Series) as
Roy
- Dad's Visit (2009) - Roy
2008
Righteous Kill as
Hingis
2008
Cat City as
Harold Vogessor
2008
30 Rock (TV Series) as
Mickey J
- Sandwich Day (2008) - Mickey J
2007
War Eagle, Arkansas as
Pop
2007
Welcome to Paradise as
Bobby Brown
2007
Masters of Science Fiction (TV Series) as
Bedzyk
- The Discarded (2007) - Bedzyk
2007
Ratatouille (Video Game) as
Django (voice)
2007
Ratatouille as
Django (voice)
2007
Marco Polo (TV Movie) as
Kublai Khan
2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
Judson Tierney
- Scheherazade (2007) - Judson Tierney
2006
The Ultimate Gift as
Gus
2006
Everyone's Hero as
Babe Ruth (voice)
2006
The 4400 (TV Series) as
Mitch Baldwin
- Blink (2006) - Mitch Baldwin
2006
10th & Wolf as
Agent Horvath
2005
Our Fathers (TV Movie) as
Father Dominic Spagnolia
2005
The West Wing (TV Series) as
Sen. Rafe Framingham
- Ninety Miles Away (2005) - Sen. Rafe Framingham
2005
The Exonerated (TV Movie) as
Gary Gauger
2005
Assault on Precinct 13 as
Sgt. Jasper O'Shea
2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction (TV Movie) as
Andy Goodman
2004
She Hate Me as
Chairman Billy Church
2003
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (TV Movie) as
Fred Silverman
1998
Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) as
Red Finch
- The Comedy Stylings of Rivers & Red (2003) - Red Finch
- Nina Sees Red: Part 2 (1999) - Red Finch
- Nina Sees Red: Part 1 (1999) - Red Finch
- Pass the Salt (1998) - Red Finch (uncredited)
2003
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (TV Movie) as
Tom Stone
2003
The Agency (TV Series) as
James Graydon
- Debbie Does Djakarta (2003) - James Graydon
2003
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (TV Movie) as
Mr. Blue
1981
Great Performances (TV Series) as
Narrator / Grimmet (story 'The Monument')
- Making 'The Misfits' (2002) - Narrator
- The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (1981) - Grimmet (story 'The Monument')
2002
A Season on the Brink (TV Movie) as
Bobby Knight
2002
Animated Tales of the World (TV Series) as
The Captain
- John Henry, the Steel Driving Man (2002) - The Captain (voice)
2002
Stolen Summer as
Father Kelly
2001
Three Blind Mice (TV Movie) as
Matthew Hope
2001
Summer Catch as
John Schiffner
2001
Night Visions (TV Series) as
Camper Ben (segment "Quiet Please")
- A View Through the Window/Quiet Please (2001) - Camper Ben (segment "Quiet Please")
2001
The Fighting Fitzgeralds (TV Series) as
Fitzgerald
- Blood, Sweat & Fitz (2001) - Fitzgerald
- The Cook, the Fitz, His Sister and Her Luggage (2001) - Fitzgerald
- One Angry Man (2001) - Fitzgerald
- The Loud Man (2001) - Fitzgerald
- The Easter Rebellion (2001) - Fitzgerald
- I'm Okay, You're Crazy (2001) - Fitzgerald
- The Heartbeat (2001) - Fitzgerald
- When Irish Eyes Are Smilin' (2001) - Fitzgerald
- The Fire Fight (2001) - Fitzgerald
- Pilot (2001) - Fitzgerald
2001
Warden of Red Rock (TV Movie) as
Sheriff Selwyn Church
2000
Dish Dogs (Video) as
Frost
2000
Fail Safe (TV Movie) as
Gen. Bogan
2000
American Experience (TV Series documentary) as
Aaron Burr
- The Duel (2000) - Aaron Burr (voice)
2000
Death of a Salesman (TV Movie) as
Willy Loman
1999
Silicon Towers as
Tom Warner
1999
Sirens (TV Movie) as
Lt. Denby
1999
Out of the Cold as
David Bards
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (TV Mini Series) as
Louis Bromfield
1999
NetForce (TV Movie) as
Lowell Davidson
1998
Voyage of Terror (TV Movie) as
The President
1998
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (TV Movie) as
Sen. Donald Riegle
1997
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (TV Movie) as
Eddie Brannigan
1996
Nostromo (TV Mini Series) as
Joshua C. Holroyd
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - Joshua C. Holroyd
- Episode #1.4 (1996) - Joshua C. Holroyd
- Episode #1.3 (1996) - Joshua C. Holroyd
- Episode #1.2 (1996) - Joshua C. Holroyd
1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (TV Movie) as
Jack Reed
1996
Romeo + Juliet as
Ted Montague
1996
Undue Influence (TV Movie) as
Paul Madriani
1996
Dead Man's Walk (TV Mini Series) as
Major Chevallier
- Episode #1.1 (1996) - Major Chevallier
1996
A Season in Purgatory (TV Mini Series) as
Gerald Bradley
1996
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (TV Movie) as
Jack Reed
1995
Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie) as
Charley Sloan
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (TV Movie) as
Sgt. Jack Reed
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta as
Big Dave McDermot
1995
Tommy Boy as
Big Tom
1994
Screen Two (TV Series) as
James Boyce
- Midnight Movie (1994) - James Boyce
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (TV Movie) as
Jack Reed
1994
Leave of Absence (TV Movie) as
Sam
1994
Birdland (TV Series) as
Dr. Brian McKenzie
- Lower Than the Angels (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
- Sons and Mudders (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
- Grand Delusion (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
- O.C.D.P.D. Blues (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
- Plan B (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
- Crazy for You (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
- Pilot (1994) - Dr. Brian McKenzie
1993
Murder in the Heartland (TV Mini Series) as
John McArthur
- Episode #1.2 (1993) - John McArthur
- Episode #1.1 (1993) - John McArthur
1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (TV Movie) as
Sgt. Jack Reed
1993
Final Appeal (TV Movie) as
Perry Sundquist
1993
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (TV Movie) as
Ervil LeBaron
1993
Foreign Affairs (TV Movie) as
Chuck Mumpson
1992
Deadly Matrimony (TV Movie) as
Sergeant John Reed
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (TV Movie) as
Jackie Presser
1992
The Diamond Fleece (TV Movie) as
Inspector Outlaw
1992
Gladiator as
Jimmy Horn
1992
The Burden of Proof (TV Mini Series) as
Dixon Hartnell
- Part II (1992) - Dixon Hartnell
- Part I (1992) - Dixon Hartnell
1992
To Catch a Killer (TV Mini Series) as
John Wayne Gacy
- Part II (1992) - John Wayne Gacy
- Part I (1992) - John Wayne Gacy
1991
F/X2 as
Leo McCarthy
1991
In Broad Daylight (TV Movie) as
Len Rowan
1990
Presumed Innocent as
Raymond Horgan
1990
Rising Son (TV Movie) as
Gus Robinson
1990
A Killing in a Small Town (TV Movie) as
Ed Reivers
1990
The Last of the Finest as
Frank Daly
1989
Pride and Extreme Prejudice (TV Movie) as
Bruno Morenz
1989
Perfect Witness (TV Movie) as
James Falcon
1989
Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland as
Wagner
1989
Indio as
Col. Sam Whitaker
1989
Day One (TV Movie) as
Gen. Leslie Groves
1988
Cocoon: The Return as
Walter (uncredited)
1988
Miles from Home as
Frank Roberts Sr.
1988
Return to Snowy River as
Harrison
1988
A Father's Revenge (TV Movie) as
Paul Hobart
1987
Miami Vice (TV Series) as
Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
- Amen- Send Money (1987) - Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
1987
Best Seller as
Dennis Meechum
1987
The Lion of Africa (TV Movie) as
Sam Marsh
1987
The Belly of an Architect as
Stourley Kracklite
1987
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) as
King Neptune / Narrator
- The Little Mermaid (1987) - King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
1986
Legal Eagles as
Cavanaugh
1986
The Check Is in the Mail... as
Richard Jackson
1986
Acceptable Risks (TV Movie) as
Don Sheppard
1986
F/X as
Leo McCarthy
1985
Evergreen (TV Mini Series) as
Matthew Malone
- Episode #1.3 (1985) - Matthew Malone
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Matthew Malone
- Episode #1.1 (1985) - Matthew Malone
1985
The Last Place on Earth (TV Mini Series) as
Frederick Cook
- Rejoice (1985) - Frederick Cook
- Poles Apart (1985) - Frederick Cook
1985
Tall Tales & Legends (TV Series) as
Buffalo Bill
- Annie Oakley (1985) - Buffalo Bill
1985
Silverado as
Cobb
1985
Cocoon as
Walter
1985
Twice in a Lifetime as
Nick
1984
The Ferret (TV Movie)
1984
Hunter (TV Series) as
Dr. Bolin
- Hunter (1984) - Dr. Bolin
1984
The River Rat as
Doc Cole
1984
Finders Keepers as
Mayor Frizzoli (credit only)
1984
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) as
Michael Magruder
- The Bounty Hunter (1984) - Michael Magruder
1983
Gorky Park as
Det. William Kirwill
1983
Never Cry Wolf as
Rosie
1983
Blood Feud (TV Movie) as
Edward Grady Partin - Hoffa Aide and Head of Teamsters Local 5, Baton Rouge
1983
I Take These Men (TV Movie) as
Phil Zakarian
1982
Star of the Family (TV Series) as
Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Arcade Wars (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Phil (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- The Boy Next Door (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- I Got It Good and That Ain't Good (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Spring Is in the Air (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Quiet Kind of Hero (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Marking Time (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Save My Life, Please (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- The Critic (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
- Pilot (1982) - Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
1982
First Blood as
Teasle
1982
Split Image as
Kevin Stetson
1982
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
Grimmet
- Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man who Married a French Wife/The Monument/The Girls in their Summer Dresses (1982) - Grimmet
1982
Pigs vs. Freaks (TV Movie) as
Sergeant Cheever
1981
Darkroom (TV Series) as
Roland
- Make-Up (1981) - Roland
1981
Dynasty (TV Series) as
Jake Dunham
- The Verdict (1981) - Jake Dunham
- Enter Alexis (1981) - Jake Dunham
- The Testimony (1981) - Jake Dunham
- Blake Goes to Jail (1981) - Jake Dunham
- The Beating (1981) - Jake Dunham
1981
Skokie (TV Movie) as
Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
1981
Fly Away Home (TV Movie) as
Tim
1979
Big Shamus, Little Shamus (TV Series) as
Arnie Sutter
- The Assassin (1981) - Arnie Sutter
- The Cover (1981) - Arnie Sutter
- The Bar Mitzvah (1981) - Arnie Sutter
- The Fanatics (1979) - Arnie Sutter
- Pilot (1979) - Arnie Sutter
- The Rubens (1979) - Arnie Sutter
- The Ledge (1979) - Arnie Sutter
- The Loser (1979) - Arnie Sutter
- The Abduction (1979) - Arnie Sutter
- The Canary (1979) - Arnie Sutter
1980
Knots Landing (TV Series) as
James Cargill
- Chance of a Lifetime (1980) - James Cargill
1980
A Rumor of War (TV Mini Series) as
Sgt. Ned Coleman
- Episode #1.2 (1980) - Sgt. Ned Coleman
- Episode #1.1 (1980) - Sgt. Ned Coleman
1980
The Seduction of Miss Leona (TV Movie) as
Bliss Dawson
1980
Little Miss Marker as
Herbie
1979
10 as
Donald
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as
O.C. Hanks
1979
Dummy (TV Movie) as
Ragoti
1979
The Jericho Mile (TV Movie) as
Dr. D
1979
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (TV Movie) as
Mr. O'Neil
1978
A Real American Hero (TV Movie) as
Buford Pusser
1978
Pearl (TV Mini Series) as
Sgt. Otto Chain
- Part 3 (1978) - Sgt. Otto Chain
- Part 2 (1978) - Sgt. Otto Chain
- Part 1 (1978) - Sgt. Otto Chain
1978
Foul Play as
Fergie
1978
Dallas (TV Series) as
Luther Frick
- Winds of Vengeance (1978) - Luther Frick
1978
F.I.S.T. as
Frank Vasko
1978
A Death in Canaan (TV Movie) as
Barney Parsons
1978
Ruby and Oswald (TV Movie) as
George Paulsen
1978
The Tony Randall Show (TV Series) as
Brian Sr.
- Bobby and Brian (1978) - Brian Sr.
1977
Ants! (TV Movie) as
Fire Chief
1977
Semi-Tough as
T.J. Lambert
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar as
Surgeon
1977
Lou Grant (TV Series) as
Wilson
- Nazi (1977) - Wilson
1977
The Fitzpatricks (TV Series) as
Coach Hatfield
- Superman (1977) - Coach Hatfield
1977
Lucan (TV Series) as
Fisher
- Listen to the Heart Beat (1977) - Fisher
1977
Bumpers (TV Movie) as
Ernie Stapp
1977
Handle with Care (TV Movie) as
Col. Marvin Richardson
1977
M*A*S*H (TV Series) as
M.P. Ernie Connors
- Souvenirs (1977) - M.P. Ernie Connors
1977
Police Woman (TV Series) as
Burrows
- Shadow of Doubt (1977) - Burrows
1977
Lanigan's Rabbi (TV Series) as
Burton Tree
- Corpse of the Year (1977) - Burton Tree
1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (TV Movie) as
Longshoreman
1977
Serpico (TV Series) as
Jody
- Sanctuary (1977) - Jody
1977
Kojak (TV Series) as
Peter Connor
- The Godson (1977) - Peter Connor
Producer
2001
Three Blind Mice (TV Movie) (executive producer)
2001
Warden of Red Rock (TV Movie) (executive producer)
2001
The Fighting Fitzgeralds (TV Series) (co-executive producer)
2000
Death of a Salesman (TV Movie) (executive producer)
1997
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (TV Movie) (executive producer)
1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (TV Movie) (co-executive producer)
1995
Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie) (executive producer)
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (TV Movie) (co-executive producer)
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (TV Movie) (co-executive producer)
1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (TV Movie) (co-executive producer)
Director
2001
Night Visions (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Dead Air/Renovation (2001) - (segment "Renovation")
1997
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (TV Movie)
1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (TV Movie)
1996
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (TV Movie)
1995
Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie)
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (TV Movie)
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (TV Movie)
Writer
1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (TV Movie) (written by)
1996
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (TV Movie) (written by)
1995
Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie) (teleplay)
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (TV Movie) (written by)
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (TV Movie) (written by)
Soundtrack
1995
Tommy Boy (performer: "What'd I Say")
Thanks
2021
The Oscars (TV Special) (in memoriam)
2021
27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) (in memory of)
2020
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) (in memoriam)
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- Sing, Sing, Sing (2020) - (in memory of)
2020
The Blacklist (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- The Kazanjian Brothers (No. 156/157) (2020) - (in memory of)
2018
Tag (the filmmakers would like to thank)
2010
Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula's Lawyer (Short) (special thanks)
2009
Caesar & Otto in the House of Dracula (Short) (thanks)
2007
Son of Rambow (thanks - as Brian Dennehey)
2002
Drawing First Blood (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
Self
-
The Apprenticeship of Ted Kotcheff (Documentary) (pre-production) as
Self
-
The League (post-production) as
Self
2023
The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago (Documentary) (post-production) as
Self
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (Documentary) as
Self
2018
Meet the Real Tag Brothers (Video short) as
Self
2018
Science Goes to the Movies (TV Series) as
Self
- "Cocoon, ""Death of a Salesman, " and Immortality (2018) - Self
2014
From Broadway to Syracuse: The Journey of Arthur Storch (Documentary short) as
Self
2014
Theater Talk (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- The Return of "Love Letters" with playwright A.R. Gurney & actor Brian Dennehy (2014) - Self - Guest
2014
The Broadway.com Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.36 (2014) - Self
2014
Today (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 12 September 2014 (2014) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 September 2014 (2014) - Self - Guest
2008
The Hour (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #8.16 (2011) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 9 June 2008 (2008) - Self - Guest
2011
The Men of the Next Three Days (Video short) as
Self
2009
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale (Documentary) as
Narrator
2009
Love and Valor: The Intimate Civil War Letters (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2009
Righteous Kill - The Investigation: An In-Depth Look at 'Righteous Kill' (Video documentary short) as
Self
2008
Death or Canada (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator
2008
8: Ivy League Football and America (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2008
The Immortal Beaver (TV Movie documentary) as
Rosie
2008
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency (TV Movie documentary) as
Henry Clay (voice)
2007
TCM Guest Programmer (TV Series) as
Self - Special Guest
- Brian Dennehy (2007) - Self - Special Guest
2007
Trumbo (Documentary) as
Self
2007
The 61st Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1999
Working in the Theatre (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Actor / Self
- Leading Men (2007) - Self - Actor
- Performance (1999) - Self
2005
'Tommy Boy': Behind the Laughter (Video documentary short) as
Self
2005
HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short) as
Self
- Assault on Precinct 13: Caught in the Crosshairs (2005) - Self
2004
Joyce to the World (Video documentary) as
Self
2004
Uncle Sam Wants You (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2003
American Valor (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2003
Columbia: A Celebration (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2003
Connecticut: Seasons of Light - Cradle of American Impressionism (Documentary) as
Self
2003
The 57th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2002
Founding Brothers (TV Movie documentary) as
George Washington (voice)
2002
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
2000
Arrest & Trial (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Host
- Girl's Murder Caught on Tape (2002) - Self - Host
- Deadly Dad (2001) - Self - Host
- White Collar Criminal (2001) - Self - Host
- Valentine Murders (2001) - Self - Host
- Uncle Hilty (2001) - Self - Host
- The Make-Up Murder (2001) - Self - Host
- Tequila Sunrise (2001) - Self - Host
- Smile Now, Cry Later (2001) - Self - Host
- Nightmare Nurse (2001) - Self - Host
- Lethal Husband (2001) - Self - Host
- Holy Day Murders (2001) - Self - Host
- Trick or Treat Murders (2001) - Self - Host
- Fugitives on a Rampage (2001) - Self - Host
- Killer Movie (2001) - Self - Host
- The Genital Slicer (2001) - Self - Host
- Teenage Prostitut (2001) - Self - Host
- Snake Heads (2001) - Self - Host
- Rape (2001) - Self - Host
- French Connection (2001) - Self - Host
- Cop Killer (2001) - Self - Host
- Texas Prison Break (2001) - Self - Host
- Pimp 'til I Die (2001) - Self - Host
- Husband Draws Deadly Bath (2001) - Self - Host
- Risky High-rise Robber (2001) - Self - Host
- Wrong Prescription (2001) - Self - Host
- Delivery Man (2001) - Self - Host
- Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday (2001) - Self - Host
- Iceman: Mob Killer (2001) - Self - Host
- Tequilla Sunset (2000) - Self - Host
- Armando Garcia (2000) - Self - Host
- Spiderman (2000) - Self - Host
- Miami Blues (2000) - Self - Host
- Las Vegas Black Widow (2000) - Self - Host
- Burning Love (2000) - Self - Host
- Unsafe in San Diego (2000) - Self - Host
- Texas Seven (2000) - Self - Host
- Sleepwalker (2000) - Self - Host
- She Said, They Said (2000) - Self - Host
- Rubik's Cube (2000) - Self - Host
- Porteous' Print (2000) - Self - Host
- Pillow Pyro (2000) - Self - Host
- King Tut (2000) - Self - Host
- Gas Gangsters (2000) - Self - Host
- DEA Doctors (2000) - Self - Host
- Best Friend (2000) - Self - Host
- Baby Snatcher (2000) - Self - Host
- Any Which Way You Can (2000) - Self - Host
- Angel of Death (2000) - Self - Host
- Dr. Death (2000) - Self - Host
- You're Getting Very Sleepy (2000) - Self - Host
- The Code (2000) - Self - Host
- A Long Kept Secret (2000) - Self - Host
- Woodland Hills Murder (2000) - Self - Host
- Die Hard Dad (2000) - Self - Host
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree (2000) - Self - Host
- Love on the Rocks (2000) - Self - Host
- Girls Murder Caught on Tape (2000) - Self - Host
- Family Dishonor (2000) - Self - Host
- Operation HoT Wheels (2000) - Self - Host
- Nightstalker (2000) - Self - Host
- Lords of Chaos (2000) - Self - Host
- Unusual Voice (2000) - Self - Host
- Baby Nap (2000) - Self - Host
- Vampire Cult Killers (2000) - Self - Host
- The Baby Killers (2000) - Self - Host
- University Rapist (2000) - Self - Host
- Buried in the Backyard (2000) - Self - Host
- Leisurely Leasure (2000) - Self - Host
- Daddy's Little Girl (2000) - Self - Host
- Stripin'Down Chippendales (2000) - Self - Host
- For the Love of a Baywatch Babe (2000) - Self - Host
- Coasters Killer (2000) - Self - Host
- West Hills Bandit (2000) - Self - Host
- Burning of Cross (2000) - Self - Host
- T.J. Hooker (2000) - Self - Host
- Supermarket Rapist (2000) - Self - Host
- Biting Postal Employee (2000) - Self - Host
- Broken Pearls (2000) - Self - Host
- Frozen Dinner (2000) - Self - Host
- German Tourist Tragedy (2000) - Self - Host
- Volatile Marriage (2000) - Self - Host
- The Grim Reaper (2000) - Self - Host
- Macayla Rose (2000) - Self - Host
- Greedy Grandsons (2000) - Self - Host
- The Deadly Love (2000) - Self - Host
- The Rock & Roll Rapist (2000) - Self - Host
- Vegas Dancer Stalker (2000) - Self - Host
- Evil Soul (2000) - Self - Host
- The Biggest Catch - Self - Host
- Frat Rats - Self - Host
- Drug Doctors - Self - Host
- Deadly Affair - Self - Host
- Bank Robbers in Love - Self - Host
- A Very Evil Man - Self - Host
2001
Project Greenlight (TV Series documentary) as
Self
2001
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2001
The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2001
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2000
Founding Fathers (TV Mini Series documentary) as
George Washington
- You Say You Want a Revolution (2000) - George Washington (voice)
- Taking Liberties (2000) - George Washington (voice)
- A Healthy Constitution (2000) - George Washington (voice)
- Rebels with a Cause - George Washington (voice)
1999
Jeopardy! (TV Series short) as
Self - Celebrity Contestant
- 1999-B Celebrity Jeopardy! Game 2 (1999) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
Self - Guest / Self
- Jon Stewart/Paula Cole (1999) - Self (uncredited)
- Brian Dennehy/James McDaniel/Brian Regan (1999) - Self - Guest
- Brian Dennehy/David Arquette/Ivan Neville (1995) - Self - Guest
- Brian Dennehy/Veronica Webb/Cracker (1994) - Self - Guest
1999
The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 19 June 1999 (1999) - Self - Guest
1999
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 17 March 1999 (1999) - Self - Guest
1999
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Chris Farley (1999) - Self
1998
Gunfighters of the West (TV Series) as
Self - Narrator
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1998) - Self - Narrator
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV Series documentary) as
Quote Reader
- Forward Into the Past (1996) - Quote Reader (voice)
1995
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) as
Self
- John Goodman/Tragically Hip (1995) - Self (uncredited)
1994
The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audiece Member
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #3.3 (1994) - Self - Guest
- Episode #1.68 (1992) - Self - Guest
1993
Canceled Lives: Letters from the Inside (Video documentary) as
Self (voice)
1993
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee & Presenter
1992
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1986
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Jay Leno (guest host), Brian Dennehy, Jeff Altman, Vanessa Williams (1992) - Self - Guest
- Episode #28.300 (1990) - Self - Guest
- Episode #26.139 (1987) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 10 January 1986 (1986) - Self - Guest
1991
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
1991
Reading Rainbow (TV Series) as
Self
- Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express (1991) - Self (voice)
1990
America This Morning (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 August 1990 (1990) - Self
1989
The Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.30 (1989) - Self - Guest
1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (TV Movie documentary)(voice)
1987
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.5 (1987) - Self - Guest
1983
The Making of 'Gorky Park' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1983
The Making of 'Never Cry Wolf' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1982
The Making of 'First Blood' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2023
Génération Barracuda (TV Movie documentary) as
Teasle
2023
Minty Comedic Arts (TV Series) as
Self
- 10 Things You Didn't Know About Cocoon (2023) - Self
2021
The Oscars (TV Special) as
Self - Memorial Tribute
2020
CBS News Sunday Morning (TV Series) as
Self
- 12-27-2020 (2020) - Self
2020
TCM Remembers 2020 (TV Special) as
Self / actor
2020
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #7.201 (2020) - Self
2015
Charlie Rose (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 24 August 2015 (2015) - Self - Guest
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1999
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Walter
- Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act (1999) - Walter (uncredited)

References

Brian Dennehy Wikipedia


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