Brian Dennehy
Dennehy in Death of a Salesman.
Born	July 9, 1938 (1938-07-09) (age 69) Bridgeport, Connecticut
Awards Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play 1999 Death of a Salesman 2003 Long Day's Journey Into Night

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Biography

Early life

Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Hannah and Edward Dennehy, a wire service correspondent;^[1] he has two brothers, Michael and Edward.^[2] The family relocated to Long Island, New York, where Dennehy attended Chaminade High School in the town of Mineola. He went on to attend Columbia on a football scholarship to major in history, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, before moving on to Yale to study dramatic arts. Nickname: Location in Connecticut Coordinates: , NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region Greater Bridgeport Incorporated (town) 1821 Incorporated (city) 1836 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor John M. Fabrizi Area  - City 19. ... A news agency is an organization journalists established to supply news reports to organizations in the news trade: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic high school for young men in Mineola, New York. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest all-male, college, Greek-letter social fraternities. ... YALE (Yet Another Learning Environment) is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. ...

Film

Dennehy is primarily known as a dramatic actor. His breakthrough role was as the overzealous Sheriff Will Teasle in the First Blood (1982) opposite Sylvester Stallone as Rambo. His other roles include: a corrupt sheriff in the western Silverado, and an alien in Cocoon, both released in 1985. He later played memorable supporting parts in such films as Legal Eagles (1986) and Presumed Innocent (1990). For the David Morrell novel, see First Blood (book). ... Sylvester Stallone (born Michael Enzio Sylvester Stallone on July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ... Rambo is a saga of popular action films starring Sylvester Stallone, based on the characters created by David Morrell in his novel First Blood. ... Silverado is an American Western feature film, first released on July 10, 1985. ... Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction film about a group of elderly humans who were rejuvenated by aliens. ... Legal Eagles is a 1986 crime dramedy film written and directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah. ... This article is about the 1990 film. ...

During the 1980s, Dennehy gradually became a valuable character actor in films and subsequently gained leading man status in the thriller Best Seller (1987) co-starring James Woods. He gained his arthouse spurs when he starred in the Peter Greenaway film The Belly of an Architect, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 1987 Chicago International Film Festival. Commenting upon this unusual venture, Dennehy said, "I've been in a lot of movies but this is the first film I've made." Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of top-sellers. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway (b. ... The Belly of an Architect is a 1987 movie directed by Peter Greenaway. ... The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival that is presented by Cinema/Chicago. ...

Perhaps one of his most well known roles was in the 1995 Chris Farley-David Spade comedy Tommy Boy as Big Tom Callahan. Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. ... David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a castmember on Saturday Night Live. ... Tommy Boy is a 1995 comedy movie starring Chris Farley and David Spade. ...

Two of his earliest roles were in 10 with Bo Derek and Dudley Moore and Foul Play with Chevy Chase. For the Iranian film, see Ten (film) 10 is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bo Derek, Dudley Moore and Julie Andrews. ... Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California, USA) is a Golden Globe-nominated American film actress and model. ... Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (April 19, 1935 – March 27, 2002), was an Academy-Award nominated British comedian, actor and musician. ...

Television

Dennehy began his professional acting career is small guest roles in such 1970s and 1980s series as Kojak, Lou Grant, Dallas and Dynasty. He also appeared in an episode of "Miami Vice" during the 1987-88 season. Dennehy portrayed Sergeant Ned T. "Frozen Chosen" Coleman in the television movie A Rumor of War (1980) opposite Brad Davis. He continued to appear such high profile television movies as Skokie (1981), Day One (1989), A Killing in a Small Town (1990) opposite Barbara Hershey, In Broad Daylight (1991) and Scott Turow's The Burden of Proof. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Linda Kelsey and Edward Asner as Billie Newman and Lou Grant in MTMs Lou Grant Lou Grant was a popular and critically acclaimed television drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ... A Rumor of War is a 1980 television miniseries, based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War. ... Brad Davis can refer to: Brad Davis, the actor, who died of AIDS in 1991. ... Barbara Hershey is an American actress, known for her many film roles. ... A movie adaptation of Turows bestselling book Presumed Innocent was made in 1990. ...

He also had a lead role as fire chief/celebrity dad Leslie "Buddy" Krebs in the short-lived 1982 series Star Of The Family. Despite his notoriety, that show was cancelled after only two seasons. Star of the Family was a short-lived television situation comedy starring veteran actor Brian Dennehy as fire chief Leslie Buddy Krebs and Kathy Maisnik as his singer daughter Jennie Lee Krebs. ...

He was nominated for Emmy Awards six times for his television movies including one for his performance as serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the miniseries To Catch A Killer (1992), for which he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie. He was also nominated that same year in a different category, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie, for The Burden of Proof (1992). He was also nominated for an Emmy Awards for his work in A Killing in a Small Town, Murder in the Heartland (1993) and, most recently, for the Showtime cable TV movie Our Fathers (2005), which was about the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. An Emmy Award. ... John Wayne Gacy Jr. ... An Emmy Award. ... Murder in the Heartland (1993) The television miniseries aired on ABC in 1993. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic...

In 2000, Dennehy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for a television presentation of his performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman which he had performed on Broadway. Although he did not win the Emmy (he has yet to win an Emmy), he did receive a Golden Globe award for the presentation. Arthur Bob Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. ... Cover to the Penguin Group edition. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

He has starred in the popular crime drama Jack Reed TV movies. His also guest starred as a re-occurring character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Dennehy parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 1999

Dennehy was parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999). He interrupts the song "What Would Brian Boitano Do?", asking if someone called his name. When he's rudely and bluntly told to leave, he says bye and leaves. In the episode "Jaws Wired Shut" of the Fox animated series The Simpsons while waiting for a film to start in a theater, the screen revealed a silhouette of an actor and the anagram "MOT HANKS". Lisa, believing it to be "obviously" Tom Hanks, is surprised when it is in fact Otm Shank, whom Apu explains is "India's answer to Brian Dennehy". Image File history File links Animated version of Brian Dennehy appearing on South Park. ... South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 motion picture based on the cartoon television series of South Park. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 motion picture based on the cartoon television series of South Park. ... What Would Brian Boitano Do? is a song from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut written by DVDA (Trey Parker and Matt Stones band) in which figure skater Brian Boitano is treated as a role model for all situations which become increasingly ludicrous in the lyrics, in parody... Jaws Wired Shut is the ninth episode of the thirteenth season of The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. ... APU may refer to: Anglia Polytechnic University, now known as Anglia Ruskin University. ...

In January of 2007, he starred as a retired criminal who wants to reconnect with his daughter and admit his crimes thus eventually clearing a wrongfully imprisoned inmate on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC...

Theater

Dennehy has won two Tony Awards, both times for Best Lead Actor in a Play. The first win was for Death of a Salesman (for which he also won a Laurence Olivier Award for the production's London run), in 1999, and the second was for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003. Both productions were directed by Robert Falls and were originally produced at the Goodman Theatre company in Chicago. What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Cover to the Penguin Group edition. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel- and four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ... Long Days Journey Into Night is a dramatic play in four acts by Eugene ONeill, widely considered to be his masterwork. ... The Goodman Theatre The Goodman Theatre is a theater in Chicagos Loop, and part of Chicago theatre. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

On stage, Dennehy has made frequent performances in the Chicago theatre world, and made his Broadway debut in 1995 in Brian Friel's Translations. In 1999, he was the first male performer to be voted the Sarah Siddons Award for his work in Chicago theatre. He made a return to Broadway in 2007 as Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind opposite Christopher Plummer. The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Brian Friel (born January 9, 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. ... The Sarah Siddons Society is an American non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago theatre patrons with the goal of promoting excellence in the theatre. ... This article is about the landmark theater. ... The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which opened on Broadway in January 1955, and a 1960 Hollywood film based on the play. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Personal life

In 1989, Dennehy became a veteran with disputed status when he told the New York Times that he received shrapnel wounds in the Vietnam War. In 1993, he told Playboy that he served five years in Vietnam. However, his only overseas tour was to Okinawa. He apologized for his false claims in 1999. Veterans with disputed status are people whose status as, or claims of being a military veteran has been questioned, disputed or debunked. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... It has been suggested that Fragmentation (weaponry) be merged into this article or section. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Playboy is an American mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... This article is about the year. ...

At one point, Dennehy resided at West Gilgo Beach, Long Island NY and is currently a resident of Woodstock, Connecticut. He is the father of actresses Elizabeth Dennehy and Kathleen Dennehy. West Gilgo Beach is a small private gated community located in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... “NY” redirects here. ... Woodstock is a town located in Windham County, Connecticut. ... Elizabeth Dennehy (born November 1, 1960) is an American actress. ...

Dennehy has undergone the Lap Band weight loss procedure, being an early entry on the growing list of celebrity lap band recipients. Adjustable gastric banding is a form of restrictive weight loss surgery (bariatrics) designed for obesity patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or greater - or between 35 – 40 with those who have co-morbidities that are known to improve with weight loss. ...

References

External links

• Brian Dennehy at the Internet Movie Database
• Photograph of Dennehy as "Doctor D." in Michael Mann's "The Jericho Mile" (1979)
• Star File: Brian Dennehy at Broadway.com
• Leading Men Working in the Theatre interview video at American Theatre Wing, May 2007