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), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Ratatouille (2007). A prominent figure in the theater world (especially in Chicago), Dennehy won two Tony Awards for Best Lead Actor, for Death of a Salesman (1999) and Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). He starred in numerous television films and miniseries, garnering six Emmy Award nominations, and had memorable supporting and guest roles in many series including Just Shoot Me, The Good Wife, and The Blacklist.
137 movies · 70 shows
Son of the South
2021·6.5
Driveways
2020·7.0
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019·6.5
3 Days with Dad
2019·5.0
The Song of Sway Lake
2019·5.2
Tag
2018·6.7
The Seagull
2018·5.4
A Very Merry Toy Store
2017·6.3
The Ultimate Legacy
2015·5.4
Knight of Cups
2015·5.7
The Challenger Disaster
2013·7.3
Twelfth Night
2012·5.4
The Big Year
2011·6.0
The Next Three Days
2010·7.1
Alleged
2010·4.2
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
2010·0.0
Meet Monica Velour
2010·5.8
Every Day
2010·5.2
Bunker Hill
2009·0.0
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
2009·0.0
Love and Valor
2009·0.0
Righteous Kill
2008·5.9
Cat City
2008·4.1
War Eagle, Arkansas
2007·8.0
Welcome to Paradise
2007·6.8
Trumbo
2007·6.7
Ratatouille
2007·7.8
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
2007·0.0
Marco Polo
2007·6.3
The Ultimate Gift
2007·7.7
Everyone's Hero
2006·6.1
The Exonerated
2006·7.3
10th & Wolf
2006·5.9
Our Fathers
2005·6.5
Assault on Precinct 13
2005·6.2
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004·6.3
She Hate Me
2004·5.2
American Valor
2003·9.0
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
2003·4.7
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003·6.2
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
2003·4.4
Making 'The Misfits'
2002·7.0
Stolen Summer
2002·6.3
A Season on the Brink
2002·5.0
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002·8.0
Three Blind Mice
2001·5.2
Summer Catch
2001·5.4
Warden of Red Rock
2001·5.9
Dish Dogs
2000·4.0
Fail Safe
2000·6.9
Death of a Salesman
2000·8.3
Silicon Towers
1999·5.0
Sirens
1999·8.1
Out of the Cold
1999·6.5
NetForce
1999·5.0
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998·4.8
Voyage of Terror
1998·4.3
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
1997·5.6
Shadow of a Doubt
1996·6.5
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996·5.3
Romeo + Juliet
1996·6.8
A Season in Purgatory
1996·7.0
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
1996·5.7
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995·6.2
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995·5.5
Tommy Boy
1995·6.8
Midnight Movie
1994·3.7
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994·5.8
Leave of Absence
1994·4.5
Final Appeal
1993·6.0
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993·5.9
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993·5.6
Foreign Affairs
1993·7.0
Deadly Matrimony
1992·5.6
The Diamond Fleece
1992·7.0
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992·5.8
To Catch a Killer
1992·6.8
Gladiator
1992·7.6
F/X2
1991·6.3
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991·7.0
In Broad Daylight
1991·6.1
Presumed Innocent
1990·6.8
Rising Son
1990·6.2
A Killing in a Small Town
1990·5.1
The Last of the Finest
1990·5.9
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
1990·7.0
Perfect Witness
1989·7.2
Seven Minutes
1989·7.2
Indio
1989·5.8
Day One
1989·6.2
Miles from Home
1988·5.4
Cocoon: The Return
1988·6.5
The Man From Snowy River II
1988·6.8
A Father's Revenge
1988·7.0
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987·7.1
Best Seller
1987·6.0
The Belly of an Architect
1987·6.8
The Lion of Africa
1987·6.0
The Little Mermaid
1987·6.8
Legal Eagles
1986·6.1
The Check is in the Mail...
1986·6.3
Acceptable Risks
1986·5.0
F/X
1986·6.6
Annie Oakley
1985·8.0
Twice in a Lifetime
1985·5.8
Silverado
1985·6.9
Cocoon
1985·6.6
The River Rat
1984·6.1
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984·4.5
Finders Keepers
1984·5.4
Gorky Park
1983·6.3
Never Cry Wolf
1983·7.0
Blood Feud
1983·0.0
I Take These Men
1983·5.0
First Blood
1982·7.5
Split Image
1982·6.0
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982·0.0
The Making of 'First Blood'
1982·6.0
Skokie
1981·6.0
Fly Away Home
1981·6.0
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981·0.0
The Jericho Mile
1980·6.0
The Seduction of Miss Leona
1980·4.0
Little Miss Marker
1980·6.6
10
1979·5.8
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979·5.0
Dummy
1979·8.8
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
1979·7.0
A Real American Hero
1978·4.5
Foul Play
1978·6.3
F.I.S.T.
1978·6.5
A Death in Canaan
1978·5.3
Ruby and Oswald
1978·8.0
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977·4.6
Semi-Tough
1977·5.4
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977·6.3
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977·5.5