Acteur

Brian Dennehy

Geboren 9 juli 1938 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA · Overleden 15 april 2020

Brian Manion Dennehy (9 juli 1938 – 15 april 2020) was een Amerikaanse acteur van film, toneel en televisie. Zijn doorbraakrol in films was die van de overijverige sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). Typisch een karakteracteur, toonde Dennehy veelzijdigheid in uiteenlopende en vaak complexe rollen, variërend van schurkachtig (zoals een corrupte sheriff in de western Silverado uit 1985) tot deugdzaam (zoals een welwillende buitenaardse leider in Cocoon, ook uitgebracht in 1985). Andere opmerkelijke films met Dennehy zijn onder meer Gorky Park (1983), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Legal Eagles (1986), F/X (1986), Tommy Boy (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996) en Ratatouille (2007). Dennehy was een prominente figuur in de theaterwereld (vooral in Chicago) en won twee Tony Awards voor Beste Hoofdrolspeler, voor Death of a Salesman (1999) en Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). Hij speelde in talrijke televisiefilms en miniseries, kreeg zes Emmy Award-nominaties en had gedenkwaardige bijrollen en gastrollen in vele series, waaronder Just Shoot Me, The Good Wife en The Blacklist.

Films en series

  1. 2021Son of the South1u 44mGrandfather
  2. 2020Driveways1u 23mDel
  3. 20193 Days with Dad1u 34mBob
  4. 2019The Song of Sway Lake1u 34mHal Sway
  5. 2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth1u 50mSelf
  6. 2018The Seagull1u 38mPjotr Sorin
  7. 2017A Very Merry Toy Store1u 30mJoe Haggarty
  8. 2015The Ultimate Legacy1u 30mGus
  9. 2015Knight of Cups1u 58mJoseph
  10. 2015Cocked1 seizoenWade
  11. 2013The Challenger Disaster1u 30mRogers
  12. 2012Twelfth Night2u 33mSir Toby Belch
  13. 2011The Big Year1u 42mRaymond Harris
  14. 2010Alleged1u 31mClarence Darrow
  15. 2010Meet Monica Velour1u 38mPop Pop
  16. 2010The Next Three Days2u 13mGeorge Brennan
  17. 2010Every Day1u 33mErnie
  18. 2010Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer14mSteve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
  19. 2009Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale1u 36mNarrator
  20. 2009Love and Valor1u 23mNarrator (voice)
  21. 2009Bunker Hill46mMartin 'Mutt' Kelsey
  22. 2008Cat City1u 31mHarold
  23. 2008Righteous Kill1u 41mHingis
  24. 2007War Eagle, Arkansas1u 33mPop, Enochs Father
  25. 2007Welcome to Paradise1u 45mBobby Brown
  26. 2007The Ultimate Gift1u 54mGus
  27. 2007Marco Polo1 seizoenKublai Khan
  28. 2007Ratatouille1u 51mDjango (voice)
  29. 2007Marco Polo2u 46mKublai Khan
  30. 2007Trumbo1u 36mSelf
  31. 2007Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency2uAndrew Jackson (voice)
  32. 2006The Exonerated1u 35mGary Gauger
  33. 200610th & Wolf1u 47mAgent Horvath
  34. 2006Everyone's Hero1u 27mBabe Ruth (voice)
  35. 2005Our Fathers2u 10mFather Dominic Spagnolia
  36. 2005Assault on Precinct 131u 49mSargeant Jasper O'Shea
  37. 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction1 seizoenAndy Goodman
  38. 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction2u 55mAndy Goodman
  39. 2004She Hate Me2u 19mBilly Church
  40. 2003American Valor1u 30mNarrator
  41. 2003The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone1u 48mTom Stone
  42. 2003Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'2uFred Silverman
  43. 2003The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron1u 40mMr. Blue
  44. 2002Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero41mNarrator
  45. 2002Making 'The Misfits'54mNarrator
  46. 2002Founding Brothers1 seizoen
  47. 2002A Season on the Brink1u 27mBobby Knight
  48. 2002Stolen Summer1u 31mFather Kelly
  49. 2001Three Blind Mice1u 40mMatthew Hope
  50. 2001The Fighting Fitzgeralds1 seizoenMr. Fitzgerald
  51. 2001Summer Catch1u 44mJohn Schiffner
  52. 2001Warden of Red Rock1u 25mSheriff Selwyn Church
  53. 2000Arrest & Trial2 seizoenenSelf - Host
  54. 2000Death of a Salesman2u 55mWilly Loman
  55. 2000Dish Dogs1u 32mFrost
  56. 2000Fail Safe1u 26mGen. Bogan
  57. 2000Founding Fathers1 seizoenGeorge Washington (voice)
  58. 1999Out of the Cold1u 51mDavid Bards
  59. 1999NetForce2u 34mLowell Davidson
  60. 1999Netforce1 seizoenLowell Davidson
  61. 1999Sirens1u 42mLt. Denby
  62. 1999Silicon Towers1u 27mTom Warner
  63. 1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke1 seizoenLouis Bromfield
  64. 1998Thanks of a Grateful Nation3u 24mSen. Donald Riegle
  65. 1998Voyage of Terror1u 29mThe President
  66. 1997Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan1u 31mEddie Brannigan
  67. 1997Nostromo1 seizoenJoshua C. Holroyd
  68. 1996Undue Influence1 seizoenPaul Madriani
  69. 1996Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us1u 36mJack Reed
  70. 1996Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance1u 31mJack Reed
  71. 1996Shadow of a Doubt1u 32mCharley Sloan
  72. 1996Romeo + Juliet2uTed Montague
  73. 1996A Season in Purgatory2u 30mGerald Bradley
  74. 1996A Season in Purgatory1 seizoenGerald Bradley
  75. 1995Jack Reed: One of Our Own1u 35mJack Reed
  76. 1995Tommy Boy1u 38mThomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
  77. 1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta1u 49mBig Dave McDermot
  78. 1994Birdland1 seizoenDr. Brian McKenzie
  79. 1994Jack Reed: A Search for Justice1u 31mJack Reed
  80. 1994Leave of Absence1u 35mSam
  81. 1994Midnight Movie1u 36mJames Boyce
  82. 1993Final Appeal1u 31mPerry Sundquist
  83. 1993Jack Reed: Badge of Honor1u 36mJack Reed
  84. 1993Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story1u 40mErvil LeBaron
  85. 1993Murder in the Heartland1 seizoenJohn McArthur
  86. 1993Foreign Affairs1u 40mChuck Mumpson
  87. 1992Deadly Matrimony2u 52mJack Reed
  88. 1992To Catch a KillerJohn Wayne Gacy
  89. 1992To Catch a Killer1 seizoenJohn Wayne Gacy
  90. 1992The Burden of Proof1 seizoenDixon Hartnell
  91. 1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story1u 30mJackie Presser
  92. 1992The Diamond FleeceInspector Outlaw
  93. 1992Gladiator1u 41mJimmy Horn
  94. 1991Zebras: Patterns in the Grass50mNarrator (voice)
  95. 1991In Broad Daylight1u 30mLen Rowan
  96. 1991F/X21u 48mLeo McCarthy
  97. 1990The Last of the Finest1u 46mFrank Daly
  98. 1990Rising Son1u 32mGus Robinson
  99. 1990Pride and Extreme Prejudice1u 32mBruno Morenz
  100. 1990Presumed Innocent2u 7mRaymond Horgan
  101. 1990A Killing in a Small Town1u 40mEd Reivers
  102. 1989Indio1u 29mWhitaker
  103. 1989Day One2u 21mGen. Leslie Groves
  104. 1989Perfect Witness1u 43mJames Falcon
  105. 1989Seven Minutes1u 32mWagner
  106. 1988A Father's Revenge1u 33mPaul Hobart
  107. 1988The Man From Snowy River II1u 50mHarrison
  108. 1988Miles from Home1u 48mFrank Roberts Sr.
  109. 1987The Lion of Africa1u 55mSam Marsh
  110. 1987The Belly of an Architect1u 58mStourley Kracklite
  111. 1987Best Seller1u 35mDennis Meechum
  112. 1987The Little Mermaid47mKing Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
  113. 1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1u 24m(voice)
  114. 1986The Check is in the Mail...1u 23mRichard Jackson
  115. 1986Acceptable Risks1u 32mDon Sheppard
  116. 1986F/X1u 49mLt. Leo McCarthy
  117. 1986Annie Oakley52mBuffalo Bill
  118. 1986Legal Eagles1u 56mCavanaugh
  119. 1985Cocoon1u 57mWalter
  120. 1985Silverado2u 13mCobb
  121. 1985Evergreen1 seizoenMatthew Malone
  122. 1985Twice in a Lifetime1u 51mNick
  123. 1984The River Rat1u 34mDoc Cole
  124. 1984The Pigs vs. The Freaks2uSergeant Cheever
  125. 1984Finders Keepers1u 36mFrizzoli
  126. 1983Gorky Park2u 8mWilliam Kirwill
  127. 1983Blood Feud3u 30mEdward Grady Partin
  128. 1983Blood Feud1 seizoenEdward Grady Partin
  129. 1983Never Cry Wolf1u 45mRosie
  130. 1983I Take These Men1u 40mPhil Zakarian
  131. 1982Star of the Family1 seizoenLeslie 'Buddy' Krebs
  132. 1982First Blood1u 33mHope Sheriff Will Teasle
  133. 1982Split Image1u 51mKevin Stetson
  134. 1982The Making of 'First Blood'23mSelf
  135. 1982The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other StoriesGrimmet
  136. 1981Fly Away Home1u 40mTim Arnold
  137. 1981Skokie2u 5mPolice Chief Arthur Buchanan
  138. 1981The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories1u 30mGrimmet
  139. 1980The Seduction of Miss Leona1u 40mBliss Dawson
  140. 1980The Jericho Mile1u 37mDr. D
  141. 1980A Rumor of War1 seizoenSgt. Ned Coleman
  142. 1980Little Miss Marker1u 43mHerbie
  143. 1979Big Shamus, Little Shamus1 seizoenArnie Sutter
  144. 1979Dummy1u 36mRagoti
  145. 1979Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story1u 40mJohn O'Neil
  146. 1979Butch and Sundance: The Early Days1u 51mO.C. Hanks
  147. 1979102u 2mDonald
  148. 1978A Real American Hero1u 30mBuford Pusser
  149. 1978Pearl1 seizoenSgt. Otto Chain
  150. 1978A Death in Canaan2u 5mBarney Parsons
  151. 1978Foul Play1u 56mFergie
  152. 1978Ruby and Oswald1u 48mGeorge Paulsen
  153. 1978F.I.S.T.2u 25mFrank Vasko
  154. 1977Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye1u 40mLongshoreman
  155. 1977It Happened at Lakewood Manor1u 35mFire Chief
  156. 1977Semi-Tough1u 48mT.J. Lambert
  157. 1963Arrest and Trial1 seizoenSelf - Host