Actor
Brian Dennehy
July 9, 1938 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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).
Notable work
7.8Ratatouille (2007)
as Django (voice)
7.5First Blood (1982)
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
6.8Romeo + Juliet (1996)
as Ted Montague
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Judson Tierney
7.6The Blacklist (2013)
as Dominic Wilkinson
6.7Tag (2018)
as Mr. Cilliano
7.1The Next Three Days (2010)
as George Brennan
6.6Cocoon (1985)
as Walter
5.9Righteous Kill (2008)
as Hingis
6.2Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
6.8Tommy Boy (1995)
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
6.5Cocoon: The Return (1988)
as Walter (uncredited)
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