Brian Dennehy
Actor · Executive Producer · Director · Writer
Born Jul 9, 1938 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Active 1971–2020
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).
Filmography
Ratatouille (2007) — Django (voice)Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Judson TierneyFirst Blood (1982) — Hope Sheriff Will TeasleThe Blacklist (2013) — Dominic WilkinsonRomeo + Juliet (1996) — Ted MontagueThe Next Three Days (2010) — George BrennanTag (2018) — Mr. CillianoThe West Wing (1999) — Rafe FraminghamM*A*S*H (1972) — M.P. Ernie Connors30 Rock (2006) — Mickey JThe Good Wife (2009) — Bucky StablerRizzoli & Isles (2010) — Ret. Det. Kenny LeahyThe Ultimate Gift (2007) — GusCocoon (1985) — WalterTommy Boy (1995) — Thomas 'Big Tom' CallahanThe 4400 (2004) — Mitch BaldwinSilverado (1985) — CobbMiami Vice (1984) — Reverend Billy Bob ProverbGladiator (1992) — Jimmy HornPresumed Innocent (1990) — Raymond HorganCocoon: The Return (1988) — Walter (uncredited)Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) — Sargeant Jasper O'SheaRighteous Kill (2008) — HingisF/X (1986) — Lt. Leo McCarthy