Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Acting

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),…

Filmography

80
Son of the South ★ 6.5 Son of the South 2021 Driveways ★ 7.0 Driveways 2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ★ 6.8 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels 2020 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth ★ 6.5 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019 3 Days with Dad ★ 5.1 3 Days with Dad 2019 The Song of Sway Lake ★ 5.1 The Song of Sway Lake 2019 Tag ★ 6.7 Tag 2018 The Seagull ★ 5.4 The Seagull 2018 A Very Merry Toy Store ★ 6.3 A Very Merry Toy Store 2017 Hap and Leonard ★ 6.9 Hap and Leonard 2016 The Ultimate Legacy ★ 5.4 The Ultimate Legacy 2015 Knight of Cups ★ 5.7 Knight of Cups 2015 Public Morals ★ 6.8 Public Morals 2015 Cocked ★ 2.0 Cocked 2015 The Blacklist ★ 7.6 The Blacklist 2013 The Challenger Disaster ★ 7.3 The Challenger Disaster 2013 Twelfth Night ★ 5.4 Twelfth Night 2012 The Big Year ★ 6.0 The Big Year 2011 The Next Three Days ★ 7.1 The Next Three Days 2010 Alleged ★ 4.2 Alleged 2010 The Big C ★ 7.2 The Big C 2010 Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer 2010 Rizzoli & Isles ★ 7.9 Rizzoli & Isles 2010 Meet Monica Velour ★ 5.7 Meet Monica Velour 2010 Every Day ★ 5.1 Every Day 2010 Bunker Hill Bunker Hill 2009 The Good Wife ★ 7.6 The Good Wife 2009 Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale 2009 Love and Valor Love and Valor 2009 Righteous Kill ★ 5.9 Righteous Kill 2008 Cat City ★ 4.0 Cat City 2008 War Eagle, Arkansas ★ 8.0 War Eagle, Arkansas 2007 Welcome to Paradise ★ 6.8 Welcome to Paradise 2007 Trumbo ★ 6.7 Trumbo 2007 Masters of Science Fiction ★ 6.2 Masters of Science Fiction 2007 Ratatouille ★ 7.8 Ratatouille 2007 Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency 2007 Marco Polo ★ 6.3 Marco Polo 2007 Marco Polo ★ 6.7 Marco Polo 2007 The Ultimate Gift ★ 7.6 The Ultimate Gift 2007 Rules of Engagement ★ 7.1 Rules of Engagement 2007 30 Rock ★ 7.5 30 Rock 2006 Everyone's Hero ★ 6.1 Everyone's Hero 2006 The Exonerated ★ 7.6 The Exonerated 2006 10th & Wolf ★ 5.9 10th & Wolf 2006 Our Fathers ★ 6.5 Our Fathers 2005 Assault on Precinct 13 ★ 6.2 Assault on Precinct 13 2005 Category 6: Day of Destruction ★ 6.3 Category 6: Day of Destruction 2004 Category 6: Day of Destruction ★ 9.2 Category 6: Day of Destruction 2004 She Hate Me ★ 5.2 She Hate Me 2004 The 4400 ★ 7.2 The 4400 2004 American Valor ★ 9.0 American Valor 2003 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' ★ 4.7 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' 2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ★ 6.2 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 2003 The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron ★ 4.4 The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron 2003 Making 'The Misfits' ★ 7.0 Making 'The Misfits' 2002 Founding Brothers ★ 10.0 Founding Brothers 2002 Stolen Summer ★ 6.3 Stolen Summer 2002 A Season on the Brink ★ 5.0 A Season on the Brink 2002 Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero ★ 8.0 Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero 2002 Three Blind Mice ★ 5.2 Three Blind Mice 2001 The Agency ★ 6.9 The Agency 2001 Summer Catch ★ 5.4 Summer Catch 2001 Night Visions ★ 7.1 Night Visions 2001 Warden of Red Rock ★ 5.9 Warden of Red Rock 2001 The Fighting Fitzgeralds The Fighting Fitzgeralds 2001 Animated Tales of the World ★ 7.6 Animated Tales of the World 2001 Founding Fathers ★ 8.0 Founding Fathers 2000 Arrest & Trial ★ 7.0 Arrest & Trial 2000 Dish Dogs ★ 4.0 Dish Dogs 2000 Fail Safe ★ 6.9 Fail Safe 2000 Death of a Salesman ★ 8.3 Death of a Salesman 2000 Silicon Towers ★ 5.0 Silicon Towers 1999 Sirens ★ 8.1 Sirens 1999 The West Wing ★ 8.3 The West Wing 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ★ 7.9 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 Out of the Cold ★ 6.5 Out of the Cold 1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke ★ 5.5 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke 1999 NetForce ★ 5.0 NetForce 1999 Netforce ★ 3.5 Netforce 1999