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Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

After majoring in history at Columbia University, brawny Brian Dennehy took a string of odd jobs to pay his way through Yale Drama School, and to afford private acting lessons. His first professional break came with the Broadway production Streamers. In films and TV from 1977, Dennehy is a most versatile actor, at home playing Western baddies (Silverado), ulcerated big-city cops (F/X), serial killers (John Wayne Gacy in the made-for-TV To Catch a Killer), by-the-book military types (General Groves in Day One, another TV movie), and vacillating politicos (Presumed Innocent). One of his most rewarding film assignments was as dying architectural genius Stourley Kracklite in Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect (1987). In addition to his many TV-movie roles (one of which, good-old-boy Chuck Munson in 1993's Foreign Affairs, won him a Cable Ace Award), Dennehy has starred in the weekly series Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1977), Star of the Family (1981), and Birdland (1994), as well as the sporadically produced Jack Reed feature-length mysteries. It was in one of the last-mentioned projects, Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994), that Dennehy made his directorial debut. Aside from his work in film and television, Dennehy has also had considerable success on the stage, particularly with his Tony-winning portrayal of Willy Loman in the 1998 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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Brian Dennehy Trivia

When was Brian Dennehy born?
Brian Dennehy date of birth: July 9, 1938

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Undue Influence?
Brian Dennehy was Paul Madriani in Undue Influence

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance?
Brian Dennehy played Jack Reed in Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron?
Brian Dennehy played Mr. Blue in The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in A Season on the Brink?
Brian Dennehy was Bobby Knight in A Season on the Brink

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in Jack Reed: A Search for Justice?
Brian Dennehy played Jack Reed in Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Day One?
Brian Dennehy was Gen. Leslie Groves in Day One

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story?
Brian Dennehy was Jackie Presser in Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in A Real American Hero?
Brian Dennehy played Buford Pusser in A Real American Hero

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Perfect Witness?
Brian Dennehy was James Falcon in Perfect Witness

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in The Belly of an Architect?
Brian Dennehy played Stourley Kracklite in The Belly of an Architect

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Marco Polo?
Brian Dennehy played Kublai Khan in Marco Polo

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Presumed Innocent?
Brian Dennehy was Raymond Horgan in Presumed Innocent

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Never Cry Wolf?
Brian Dennehy played Rosie in Never Cry Wolf

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in F/X 2?
Brian Dennehy was Leo McCarthy in F/X 2

What role did Brian Dennehy play in F/X?
Brian Dennehy played Leo McCarthy in F/X

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in Best Seller?
Brian Dennehy played Detective Lieutenant Dennis Meechum in Best Seller

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Category 6: Day of Destruction?
Brian Dennehy played Andy Goodman in Category 6: Day of Destruction

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Dish Dogs?
Brian Dennehy was Frost in Dish Dogs

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Return to Snowy River?
Brian Dennehy played Harrison in Return to Snowy River

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Gorky Park?
Brian Dennehy was William Kirwill in Gorky Park

What role did Brian Dennehy play in First Blood?
Brian Dennehy played Teasle in First Blood

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in Butch and Sundance: The Early Days?
Brian Dennehy played O.C. Hanks in Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in Ratatouille?
Brian Dennehy played Django in Ratatouille

What role did Brian Dennehy play in The Exonerated?
Brian Dennehy played Gary in The Exonerated

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Assault on Precinct 13?
Brian Dennehy was Jasper O'Shea in Assault on Precinct 13

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone?
Brian Dennehy was Tom Stone in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Tommy Boy?
Brian Dennehy was Big Tom in Tommy Boy

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Legal Eagles?
Brian Dennehy played Cavanaugh in Legal Eagles

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Cocoon?
Brian Dennehy played Walter in Cocoon

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Fail Safe?
Brian Dennehy was General Bogan in Fail Safe

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Gladiator?
Brian Dennehy played Jimmy Horn in Gladiator

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in 10?
Brian Dennehy was Don, the bartender in 10

What role did Brian Dennehy play in The Ultimate Gift?
Brian Dennehy played Gus in The Ultimate Gift

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Stolen Summer?
Brian Dennehy was Father Kelly in Stolen Summer

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Silverado?
Brian Dennehy played Cobb in Silverado

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Little Miss Marker?
Brian Dennehy played Herbie in Little Miss Marker

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in She Hate Me?
Brian Dennehy played Chairman Church in She Hate Me

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in Twice in a Lifetime?
Brian Dennehy played Nick in Twice in a Lifetime

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in Everyone's Hero?
Brian Dennehy played Babe Ruth in Everyone's Hero

Who did Brian Dennehy play in 10th & Wolf?
Brian Dennehy was Horvath in 10th & Wolf

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Summer Catch?
Brian Dennehy was Coach John Schiffner in Summer Catch

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Foul Play?
Brian Dennehy was Fergie in Foul Play

What role did Brian Dennehy play in Semi-Tough?
Brian Dennehy played T.J. Lambert in Semi-Tough

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Righteous Kill?
Brian Dennehy was Lt. Hingis in Righteous Kill

What role did Brian Dennehy portray in F.I.S.T.?
Brian Dennehy played Frank Vasko in F.I.S.T.

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Our Fathers?
Brian Dennehy was Father Spagnolia in Our Fathers

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Making the Misfits?
Brian Dennehy was Narrator in Making the Misfits

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Allies at War?
Brian Dennehy was Narrator in Allies at War

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Dead Man's Walk?
Brian Dennehy was Maj. Randall Chevallie in Dead Man's Walk

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet?
Brian Dennehy was Ted Montague in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: Annie Oakley?
Brian Dennehy was Buffalo Bill Cody in Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: Annie Oakley

Who did Brian Dennehy play in Skokie?
Brian Dennehy was Chief Arthur Buchanan in Skokie

Who did Brian Dennehy portray in A Killing in a Small Town?
Brian Dennehy was Ed Reivers in A Killing in a Small Town


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