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 incl...
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.
Movies (Cast)
Ratatouille
First Blood
10th & Wolf
Presumed Innocent
Driveways
Fail Safe
Indio
Every Day
Cocoon
Legal Eagles
Summer Catch
Silverado
F/X
The Seagull
The Ultimate Gift
Silicon Towers
Righteous Kill
Semi-Tough
Day One
Split Image
Our Fathers
Finders Keepers
The Next Three Days
Twelfth Night
A Father's Revenge
Romeo + Juliet
Assault on Precinct 13
Stolen Summer
Tag
Alleged
Everyone's Hero
Dish Dogs
Foreign Affairs
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Foul Play
10
Knight of Cups
Gorky Park
Undue Influence
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
F.I.S.T.
The Ultimate Legacy
Acceptable Risks
A Killing in a Small Town
Cocoon: The Return
Death of a Salesman
Cat City
Never Cry Wolf
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
To Catch a Killer
The Song of Sway Lake
The Big Year
Perfect Witness
Son of the South
The Check is in the Mail...
Meet Monica Velour
Dummy
The Man From Snowy River II
I Take These Men
Miles from Home
The Belly of an Architect
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Twice in a Lifetime
Gladiator
The Jericho Mile
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
3 Days with Dad
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Warden of Red Rock
The Last of the Finest
A Very Merry Toy Store
A Season in Purgatory
The Challenger Disaster
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Final Appeal
Marco Polo
Three Blind Mice
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
She Hate Me
Sirens
Ruby and Oswald
NetForce
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Skokie
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
The Little Mermaid
Leave of Absence
A Season on the Brink
Rising Son
Voyage of Terror
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'