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Brian Dennehy

Brian Manion Dennehy was an American actor of stage, television, and film. He won two Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Golden Globe, and received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Dennehy had roles in over 180 films and in many television and stage productions.

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Filmography

Romeo + Juliet

1996
as Ted Montague

Ratatouille

2007
as Django (voice)

First Blood

1982
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

The Next Three Days

2010
as George Brennan

Tag

2018
as Mr. Cilliano

Cocoon

1985
as Walter

Righteous Kill

2008
as Lieutentant Hingis

Hap and Leonard

2016
as Sheriff Valentine Otis

Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan

1997
as Eddie Brannigan

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

1998
as Sen. Donald Riegle

3 Days with Dad

2019
as Bob

She Hate Me

2004
as Chairman Billy Church

Finders Keepers

1984
as Frizzoli

Arrest & Trial

2000
as Host

10

1979
as Donald

Dummy

1979
as Ragoti

Acceptable Risks

1986
as Don Sheppard

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency

2008
as Andrew Jackson (voice)

A Season on the Brink

2002
as Bob Knight

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

2003
as Tom Stone

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987
as (voice)

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994
as Jack Reed

Gunfighters

as Narrator

Silverado

1985
as Cobb

Day One

1989
as Gen. Leslie Groves

Canceled Lives: Letters from the inside

as Brian Dennehy

Tommy Boy

1995
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977
as Surgeon

Fail Safe

2000
as Gen. Bogan

Georg Elser – Einer aus Deutschland

1989
as Wagner

War Eagle, Arkansas

2007
as Pop

The Diamond Fleece

1992

The Seduction of Miss Leona

1980
as Bliss Dawson

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993
as Ervil LeBaron

Perfect Witness

1989
as James Falcon

Driveways

2019
as Del

Our Fathers

2005
as Father Dominic Spagnolia

Rising Son

1990
as Gus Robinson

Nostromo

1997
as Joshua C. Holroyd

10th & Wolf

2006
as Agent Horvath

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

1995
as Jack Reed

The Exonerated

2006
as Gary Gauger

Final Appeal

1993
as Perry Sundquist

Out of the Cold

2001
as David Bards

Every Day

2010
as Ernie

Silicon Towers

2000
as Tom Warner

Cat City

2008
as Harold

Presumed Innocent

1990
as Raymond Horgan

A Real American Hero

1978
as Buford Pusser

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

1979
as Mr. O'Neil

Summer Catch

2001
as John Schiffner

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004
as Andy Goodman

A Father's Revenge

1988
as Paul Hobart

Indio

1989

The Ultimate Legacy

2016
as Gus

Foreign Affairs

1993

NetForce

1999
as Lowell Davidson

The Belly of an Architect

1987
as Stourley Kracklite

F/X

1986
as Lt. Leo McCarthy

A Killing in a Small Town

1990
as Ed Reivers

The Song of Sway Lake

2017
as Hal Sway

Little Miss Marker

1980
as Herbie

To Catch a Killer

1992
as John Wayne Gacy

Master Maggie

2019
as Brian Dennehy

The River Rat

1984
as Doc Cole

Pigs vs. Freaks

1982
as Sergeant Cheever

The Jericho Mile

1980
as Dr. D

Welcome to Paradise

2007
as Bobby Brown

The Ultimate Gift

2006
as Gus

Alleged

2010
as Clarence Darrow

Semi-Tough

1977
as T.J. Lambert

The Check Is in the Mail...

1986
as Richard Jackson

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979
as O.C. Hanks

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

1995
as Big Dave McDermot

Twice in a Lifetime

1985
as Nick

Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero

2002
as Narrator

The Challenger Disaster

2013
as Rogers

Never Cry Wolf

1983
as Rosie

Birdland

1994

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

1989
as Bruno Morenz

Best Seller

1987
as Dennis Meechum

The Big Year

2011
as Raymond Harris

Trumbo

2007
as Himself

Deadly Matrimony

1992
as John Reed

Sirens

1999
as Lt. Denby

Cocked

2015
as Wade

Ants

1977
as Fire Chief

The Little Mermaid

1987
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)

Dish Dogs

2000
as Frost

Big Shamus, Little Shamus

1979

Three Blind Mice

2001
as Matthew Hope

The Burden of Proof

1992
as Dixon Hartnell

Murder in the Heartland

1993
as John McArthur

F/X2

1991
as Leo McCarthy

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'

2003
as Fred Silverman

In Broad Daylight

1991
as Len Rowan

F.I.S.T.

1978
as Frank Vasko

Meet Monica Velour

2010
as Pop Pop

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019
as Brian Dennehy

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

1996
as Jack Reed

Skokie

1981
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan

Stolen Summer

2002
as Father Kelly

Marco Polo

2007
as Kublai Khan

The Last of the Finest

1990
as Frank Daly

Everyone's Hero

2006
as Babe Ruth (voice)

A Death in Canaan

1978
as Barney Parsons

Return to Snowy River

1988
as Harrison

Knight of Cups

2015
as Joseph

Public Morals (2015)

2015
as Joe Patton

Twelfth Night

2012
as Sir Toby Belch

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992
as Jackie Presser

Undue Influence

1996
as Paul Madriani

Foul Play

1978
as Fergie

Leave of Absence

1994
as Sam

Legal Eagles

1986
as Cavanaugh

A Very Merry Toy Store

2017
as Joe Haggarty

The Lion of Africa

1988
as Sam Marsh

Split Image

1982
as Kevin Stetson

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

2003
as Mr. Blue

The Seagull

2018
as Pjotr Sorin

Assault on Precinct 13

2005
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea

Miles from Home

1988
as Frank Roberts Sr.

Jack Reed: Badge of Honour

1993
as Sgt. Jack Reed

Gladiator

1992
as Jimmy Horn

Gorky Park

1983
as William Kirwill

Ruby and Oswald

1978
as George Paulsen

Director

Movie Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan 1997
Movie Jack Reed: A Search for Justice 1994
Movie Jack Reed: One of Our Own 1995
Episode Night Visions
Renovation 		2001
Movie Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance 1996

Writer

Movie Jack Reed: A Search for Justice 1994
Movie Jack Reed: One of Our Own 1995

Producer

Movie Jack Reed: Badge of Honour 1993
Movie Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan 1997

Guest Star

Episode The Blacklist
Rassvet 		2019
Episode The Good Wife
A Defense of Marriage 		2012
Episode The 4400
Blink 		2006
Episode The Blacklist
Louis T. Steinhil: Conclusion 		2019
Episode Miami Vice
Amen...Send Money 		1987
Episode Today
September 4, 2014 		2014
Episode Dallas
Winds of Vengeance 		1978
Episode The Big C
The Finale 		2013
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Scheherazade 		2007
Episode Jeopardy!
1999-B Celebrity Jeopardy! Game 2 		1999
Episode The Fitzpatricks
Superman 		1977
Episode Just Shoot Me!
Nina Sees Red (1) 		1999
Episode The West Wing
Ninety Miles Away 		2005
Episode 30 Rock
Sandwich Day 		2008
Episode The Blacklist
Katarina Rostova 		2019
Episode Just Shoot Me!
Nina Sees Red (2) 		1999
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Brian Dennehy, Jeff Altman, Vanessa Williams 		1992
Episode Cagney & Lacey
The Bounty Hunter 		1984
Episode Knots Landing
Chance of a Lifetime 		1980
Episode Dead Man's Walk
Part 1 		1996
Episode Just Shoot Me!
The Comedy Stylings of Rivers & Red 		2003
Episode Lou Grant
Nazi 		1977
Episode The Blacklist
The Kazanjian Brothers 		2020
Episode Masters of Science Fiction
The Discarded 		2007
Episode Today
September 12, 2014 		2014
Episode The Blacklist
The Brockton College Killer 		2019
Episode Serpico
Sanctuary 		1977
Episode Just Shoot Me!
Pass the Salt 		1998
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Chris Farley 		1999
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Brian Dennehy, Park Overall, Lou Gramm 		1990
Episode The Agency
Debbie Does Djakarta 		2003
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Valerie Harper, Brian Dennehy, Florence Henderson 		1987
Episode Hunter
Pilot 		1984
Episode M*A*S*H
Souvenirs 		1977
Episode Tall Tales and Legends
Annie Oakley 		1987