Brian Dennehy

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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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2021
Son of the South
Movie Grandfather
2020
Driveways
Movie Del
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV show Jerome Townsend
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie Self
2019
3 Days with Dad
Movie Bob
2019
The Song of Sway Lake
Movie Hal Sway
2018
Tag
Movie Mr. Cilliano
2018
The Seagull
Movie Pjotr Sorin
2017
A Very Merry Toy Store
Movie Joe Haggarty
2016
Hap and Leonard
TV show Sheriff Valentine Otis
2015
The Ultimate Legacy
Movie Gus
2015
Knight of Cups
Movie Joseph
2015
Public Morals
TV show Joe Patton
2015
Cocked
TV show Wade
2013
The Blacklist
TV show Dominic Wilkinson
2013
The Challenger Disaster
Movie Rogers

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2012
Twelfth Night
Movie Sir Toby Belch
2011
The Big Year
Movie Raymond Harris
2010
The Next Three Days
Movie George Brennan
2010
Alleged
Movie Clarence Darrow
2010
The Big C
TV show Dad
2010
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
Movie Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
TV show Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
2010
Meet Monica Velour
Movie Pop Pop
2010
Every Day
Movie Ernie
2009
Bunker Hill
Movie Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
2009
The Good Wife
TV show Bucky Stabler
2009
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
Movie Narrator
2009
Love and Valor
Movie Narrator (voice)
2008
Righteous Kill
Movie Hingis
2008
Cat City
Movie Harold
2007
War Eagle, Arkansas
Movie Pop, Enochs Father
2007
Welcome to Paradise
Movie Bobby Brown
2007
Trumbo
Movie Self
2007
Masters of Science Fiction
TV show Bedzyk
2007
Ratatouille
Movie Django (voice)
2007
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Movie Andrew Jackson (voice)
2007
Marco Polo
Movie Kublai Khan
2007
Marco Polo
TV show Kublai Khan
2007
The Ultimate Gift
Movie Gus