Brian Dennehy
Brian DennehyBrian Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on July 9, 1938. A Marines veteran, he studied history at Columbia University in New York (thanks to a football scholarship) and drama at Yale.

After a successful start in theater (to which he still devotes much of his career), Dennehy made his film debut in 1977 in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, followed by Semi-Tough. His villainous role in 1982's First Blood (the first in a long line of mean lawmen) made him a familiar face to '80s film fans, as did his portrayals as an alien visitor in Cocoon and corrupt sheriff in Silverado (both 1985). He won Best Actor at the 1987 Chicago Film Festival for The Belly of an Architect, plus Tony and Golden Globe awards for Broadway and TV incarnations, respectively, of "Death of a Salesman."

Also a producer and director, his later work has included She Hate Me (2004) and on TV, "Just Shoot Me" and "The West Wing."

Featured Movies
  • CocoonCocoon

    A group of shut-ins at a rest home get a new lease on life when they're offered the gift of eternal youth by visiting aliens led by Brian Dennehy. Steve Guttenberg plays a charter boat captain who helps Dennehy and Don Ameche (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) marshal their fellow seniors (Hume... Read More

  • Steve Martini: Undue InfluenceSteve Martini: Undue Influence

    Adapted from Steve Martini's best-selling book, this courtroom thriller opens with Paul Madriani (Brian Dennehy) mourning his deceased wife, caring for his daughter and negotiating a brutal custody dispute. But his life gets turned upside down yet again. His sister-in-law (Patricia Richardson) has... Read More

  • AllegedAlleged

    Charles, a young reporter, gets a shot at the big time when famed editor H.L. Mencken takes him under his wing during the Scopes Monkey Trial. But the trial puts Charles squarely between his mentor's agnosticism and his fiancée's morality. Read More

  • Welcome to ParadiseWelcome to Paradise

    When big-city preacher Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) moves to the small town of Paradise with her son Hayden (Bobby Edner), she finds the local community unreceptive to her message of love and forgiveness. Determined to get through to her stubborn congregation, Debbie uses unique methods to shake... Read More

  • Perfect WitnessPerfect Witness

    An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) reports the crime. Overzealous attorneys (Brian Dennehy and Stockard Channing) put pressure on Paxton to testify in court, but Paxton is in a... Read More

All Brian Dennehy Movies
American Experience: The Duel (2011)
NR
The Next Three Days (2010)
PG-13
Meet Monica Velour (2010)
R
Every Day (2010)
R
Alleged (2010)
NR
Righteous Kill (2008)
R
Cat City (2008)
R
Trumbo (2007)
PG-13
Ratatouille (2007)
G
Welcome to Paradise (2007)
PG
War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
PG-13
Marco Polo (2007)
NR
Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
NR
Joyce to the World (2007)
NR
The Ultimate Gift (2006)
PG
Everyone's Hero (2006)
G
10th & Wolf (2006)
R
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
R
Our Fathers (2005)
R
The Exonerated (2005)
NR
She Hate Me (2004)
R
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
NR
Gunfighters (2004)
NR
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
R
The Crooked E (2003)
NR
American Valor (2003)
NR
Stolen Summer (2002)
PG
A Season on the Brink (2002)
R
Summer Catch (2001)
PG-13
Three Blind Mice (2001)
PG-13
Fail Safe (2000)
NR
Founding Fathers (2000)
NR
Sensational Cities: New York (2000)
NR
Dish Dogs (1999)
Dish Dogz
R
NetForce (1999)
NR
Silicon Towers (1999)
R
Out of the Cold (1999)
R
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
PG-13
Steve Martini: Undue Influence (1996)
NR
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk
NR
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996)
NR
Tommy Boy (1995)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
Shadow of a Doubt (1995)
NR
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)
NR
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994)
NR
Gladiator (1992)
R
To Catch a Killer (1992)
NR
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
R
F/X 2 (1991)
PG-13
Evidence of Love (1990)
A Killing in a Small Town
R
Presumed Innocent (1990)
R
Perfect Witness (1989)
R
Day One (1989)
NR
Return to Snowy River (1988)
PG
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
PG
A Father's Revenge (1988)
Das Rattennest
R
Miles from Home (1988)
Farm of the Year
R
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
R
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
PG-13
Best Seller (1987)
R
F/X (1986)
Fx
R
Legal Eagles (1986)
PG
Silverado (1985)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
Cocoon (1985)
PG-13
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
R
Tall Tales & Legends: Annie Oakley (1985)
TV-Y7
Gorky Park (1983)
R
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
PG
I Take These Men (1982)
Surprise, Surprise!
TV-PG
Rambo: First Blood (1982)
(Bonus materials available separately)
R
Skokie (1981)
PG-13
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses... (1981)
NR
Little Miss Marker (1980)
PG
10 (1979)
R
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
PG
Foul Play (1978)
PG
A Real American Hero (1978)
G
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
R
Semi-Tough (1977)
R
Ants (1977)
NR

 
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