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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

10

1979
as Donald

10th & Wolf

2006
as Agent Horvath

3 Days with Dad

2019
as Bob

A Death in Canaan

1978
as Barney Parsons

A Father's Revenge

1988
as Paul Hobart

A Killing in a Small Town

1990
as Ed Reivers

A Real American Hero

1978
as Buford Pusser

A Very Merry Toy Store

2017
as Joe Haggarty

Acceptable Risks

1986
as Don Sheppard

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019
as Brian Dennehy

Alleged

2010
as Clarence Darrow

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency

2008
as Andrew Jackson (voice)

Ants

1977
as Fire Chief

Arrest & Trial

2000
as Host

Assault on Precinct 13

2005
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea

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

2003
as Fred Silverman

Best Seller

1987
as Dennis Meechum

Big Shamus, Little Shamus

1979

Birdland

1994

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979
as O.C. Hanks

Canceled Lives: Letters from the inside

as Brian Dennehy

Cat City

2008
as Harold

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004
as Andy Goodman

Cocked

2015
as Wade

Cocoon

1985
as Walter

Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero

2002
as Narrator

Day One

1989
as Gen. Leslie Groves

Deadly Matrimony

1992
as John Reed

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987
as (voice)

Dish Dogs

2000
as Frost

Driveways

2019
as Del

Dummy

1979
as Ragoti

Every Day

2010
as Ernie

Everyone's Hero

2006
as Babe Ruth (voice)

F.I.S.T.

1978
as Frank Vasko

F/X

1986
as Lt. Leo McCarthy

F/X2

1991
as Leo McCarthy

Fail Safe

2000
as Gen. Bogan

Final Appeal

1993
as Perry Sundquist

Finders Keepers

1984
as Frizzoli

First Blood

1982
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

Foreign Affairs

1993

Foul Play

1978
as Fergie

Georg Elser – Einer aus Deutschland

1989
as Wagner

Gladiator

1992
as Jimmy Horn

Gorky Park

1983
as William Kirwill

Gunfighters

as Narrator

Hap and Leonard

2016
as Sheriff Valentine Otis

In Broad Daylight

1991
as Len Rowan

Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan

1997
as Eddie Brannigan

Indio

1989

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994
as Jack Reed

Jack Reed: Badge of Honour

1993
as Sgt. Jack Reed

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

1996
as Jack Reed

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

1995
as Jack Reed

Knight of Cups

2015
as Joseph

Leave of Absence

1994
as Sam

Legal Eagles

1986
as Cavanaugh

Little Miss Marker

1980
as Herbie

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977
as Surgeon

Marco Polo

2007
as Kublai Khan

Master Maggie

2019
as Brian Dennehy

Meet Monica Velour

2010
as Pop Pop

Miles from Home

1988
as Frank Roberts Sr.

Murder in the Heartland

1993
as John McArthur

NetForce

1999
as Lowell Davidson

Never Cry Wolf

1983
as Rosie

Nostromo

1997
as Joshua C. Holroyd

Our Fathers

2005
as Father Dominic Spagnolia

Out of the Cold

2001
as David Bards

Perfect Witness

1989
as James Falcon

Pigs vs. Freaks

1982
as Sergeant Cheever

Presumed Innocent

1990
as Raymond Horgan

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

1989
as Bruno Morenz

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993
as Ervil LeBaron

Public Morals (2015)

2015
as Joe Patton

Ratatouille

2007
as Django (voice)

Return to Snowy River

1988
as Harrison

Righteous Kill

2008
as Lieutentant Hingis

Rising Son

1990
as Gus Robinson

Romeo + Juliet

1996
as Ted Montague

Ruby and Oswald

1978
as George Paulsen

Semi-Tough

1977
as T.J. Lambert

She Hate Me

2004
as Chairman Billy Church

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

1979
as Mr. O'Neil

Silicon Towers

2000
as Tom Warner

Silverado

1985
as Cobb

Sirens

1999
as Lt. Denby

Skokie

1981
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan

Split Image

1982
as Kevin Stetson

Stolen Summer

2002
as Father Kelly

Summer Catch

2001
as John Schiffner

Tag

2018
as Mr. Cilliano

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992
as Jackie Presser

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

1998
as Sen. Donald Riegle

The Belly of an Architect

1987
as Stourley Kracklite

The Big Year

2011
as Raymond Harris

The Burden of Proof

1992
as Dixon Hartnell

The Challenger Disaster

2013
as Rogers

The Check Is in the Mail...

1986
as Richard Jackson

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

2003
as Mr. Blue

The Diamond Fleece

1992

The Exonerated

2006
as Gary Gauger

The Jericho Mile

1980
as Dr. D

The Last of the Finest

1990
as Frank Daly

The Lion of Africa

1988
as Sam Marsh

The Little Mermaid

1987
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)

The Next Three Days

2010
as George Brennan

The River Rat

1984
as Doc Cole

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

2003
as Tom Stone

The Seagull

2018
as Pjotr Sorin

The Seduction of Miss Leona

1980
as Bliss Dawson

The Song of Sway Lake

2017
as Hal Sway

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

1995
as Big Dave McDermot

The Ultimate Gift

2006
as Gus

The Ultimate Legacy

2016
as Gus

Three Blind Mice

2001
as Matthew Hope

To Catch a Killer

1992
as John Wayne Gacy

Tommy Boy

1995
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan

Trumbo

2007
as Himself

Twelfth Night

2012
as Sir Toby Belch

Twice in a Lifetime

1985
as Nick

Undue Influence

1996
as Paul Madriani

War Eagle, Arkansas

2007
as Pop

Welcome to Paradise

2007
as Bobby Brown

Director

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

Writer

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

Producer

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

Guest Star

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