Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
9 luglio 1938
Died
15 aprile 2020
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Also known as
Brian Mannion Dennehy · 布萊思·丹尼希
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.
Conosciuto per
7.8
Film
Ratatouille
Django (voice)
2007
7.5
Film
First Blood
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
1982
6.8
Film
Romeo + Juliet
Ted Montague
1996
7.1
Film
The Next Three Days
George Brennan
2010
8.3
Series
Arrest and Trial
Self - Host
1963–2000
6.2
Film
Assault on Precinct 13
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
2005
7.0
Series
Arrest & Trial
Self - Host
2000–2001
5.8
Film
Meet Monica Velour
Pop Pop
2010
5.4
Film
Summer Catch
John Schiffner
2001
6.2
Film
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Big Dave McDermot
1995
5.9
Film
Righteous Kill
Hingis
2008
6.3
Film
Foul Play
Fergie
1978
5.9
Film
Warden of Red Rock
Sheriff Selwyn Church
2001
6.3
Film
Gorky Park
William Kirwill
1983
6.1
Film
Everyone's Hero
Babe Ruth (voice)
2006
7.6
Film
The Ultimate Gift
Gus
2007
5.2
Film
She Hate Me
Billy Church
2004
6.9
Film
Silverado
Cobb
1985
6.0
Series
Pearl
Sgt. Otto Chain
1978
8.0
Film
War Eagle, Arkansas
Pop, Enochs Father
2007
5.9
Film
10th & Wolf
Agent Horvath
2006
6.0
Film
The Big Year
Raymond Harris
2011
6.0
Film
Legal Eagles
Cavanaugh
1986
6.8
Film
Tommy Boy
Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
1995
5.5
Series
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Louis Bromfield
1999
5.2
Film
Three Blind Mice
Matthew Hope
2001
5.8
Film
10
Donald
1979
6.8
Film
Presumed Innocent
Raymond Horgan
1990
5.7
Film
Knight of Cups
Joseph
2015
6.6
Film
F/X
Lt. Leo McCarthy
1986
6.6
Film
Cocoon
Walter
1985
7.6
Film
Gladiator
Jimmy Horn
1992
5.7
Series
Evergreen
Matthew Malone
1985
6.0
Series
Birdland
Dr. Brian McKenzie
1994
8.0
Series
A Rumor of War
Sgt. Ned Coleman
1980
3.5
Series
Netforce
Lowell Davidson
1999
7.0
Series
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Arnie Sutter
1979
2.0
Series
Cocked
Wade
2015
5.4
Film
The Seagull
Pjotr Sorin
2018
7.5
Series
Murder in the Heartland
John McArthur
1993
6.7
Series
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
2007
8.0
Series
Founding Fathers
George Washington (voice)
2000
3.9
Series
The Burden of Proof
Dixon Hartnell
1992
6.7
Series
Nostromo
Joshua C. Holroyd
1997
8.0
Series
Blood Feud
Edward Grady Partin
1983
7.3
Series
To Catch a Killer
John Wayne Gacy
1992
7.0
Film
Driveways
Del
2020
6.5
Film
Son of the South
Grandfather
2021
9.2
Series
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Andy Goodman
2004
6.5
Series
Star of the Family
Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
1982
5.1
Film
3 Days with Dad
Bob
2019
6.5
Film
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
10.0
Series
Founding Brothers
2002
5.1
Film
The Song of Sway Lake
Hal Sway
2019
6.3
Film
A Very Merry Toy Store
Joe Haggarty
2017
Acting credits 55 titles
Son of the South
as Grandfather
6.5
2021
Driveways
as Del
7.0
2020
3 Days with Dad
as Bob
5.1
2019
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
5.1
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
6.5
2019
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
5.4
2018
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
6.3
2017
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
5.7
2015
Cocked
as Wade
2.0
2015
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
6.0
2011
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
5.8
2010
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
7.1
2010
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
5.9
2008
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
8.0
2007
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
6.7
2007
Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
7.8
2007
The Ultimate Gift
as Gus
7.6
2007
10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
5.9
2006
Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
6.1
2006
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
6.2
2005
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
9.2
2004
She Hate Me
as Billy Church
5.2
2004
Founding Brothers
10.0
2002
Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope
5.2
2001
Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
5.4
2001
Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
5.9
2001
Arrest & Trial
as Self - Host
7.0
2000–2001
Founding Fathers
as George Washington (voice)
8.0
2000
Netforce
as Lowell Davidson
3.5
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Louis Bromfield
5.5
1999
Nostromo
as Joshua C. Holroyd
6.7
1997
Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
6.8
1996
Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
6.8
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
6.2
1995
Birdland
as Dr. Brian McKenzie
6.0
1994
Murder in the Heartland
as John McArthur
7.5
1993
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
7.3
1992
The Burden of Proof
as Dixon Hartnell
3.9
1992
Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
7.6
1992
Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
6.8
1990
F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
6.6
1986
Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
6.0
1986
Cocoon
as Walter
6.6
1985
Silverado
as Cobb
6.9
1985
Evergreen
as Matthew Malone
5.7
1985
Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
6.3
1983
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
8.0
1983
Star of the Family
as Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
6.5
1982
First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
7.5
1982
A Rumor of War
as Sgt. Ned Coleman
8.0
1980
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
as Arnie Sutter
7.0
1979
10
as Donald
5.8
1979
Pearl
as Sgt. Otto Chain
6.0
1978
Foul Play
as Fergie
6.3
1978
Arrest and Trial
as Self - Host
8.3
1963–2000