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Brian Dennehy

Birth Place: Bridgeport, CT, USA

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BIO

Brian has worked extensively in film, theater, and television for three decades. He has won two Tony Award for Best Actor (Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Death of a Salesman), a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy Award nomination for Showtime’s “Death of a Salesman,” and an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his Willy Loman in London’s West End. Other notable stage work includes Love Letter on Broadway, Inherit the Wind and Translations on Broadway; Hughie at Trinity Repertory; Peter Brook’s The Cherry Orchard at Brooklyn Academy of Music; Trumbo Off-Broadway and on tour; Rat in the Skull; Says I, Says He at The Mark Taper Forum and NY’s Phoenix Theatre; The Exonerated Off-Broadway, on tour and in the Court TV film version directed by Bob Balaban. Dennehy has been associated for two decades with Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, where he has starred in numerous leading roles. Dennehy’s extensive film work includes Semi-Tough, Foul Play, Blake Edwards’ 10, First Blood, Cocoon, F/X, Presumed Innocent, Tommy Boy, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Gorky Park, Never Cry Wolf, Silverado, Twice in a Lifetime, Best Seller, The Belly of an Architect (Best Actor Chicago Film Festival), Spike Lee’s She Hate Me, Ratatouille and the soon-to-be released 10th & Wolf. On television Dennehy receiving Emmy Award nominations for his performances in “The Burden of Proof,” “Murder in the Heartland,” “To Catch a Killer” and “Killing in a Small Town.” He anchored a successful series of telefilms as Jack Reed for NBC throughout the 1990s, and directed and starred in the “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Indefensible.”


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STAGE CREDITS

White Rabbit Red Rabbit White Rabbit Red Rabbit
[Off-Broadway]
New York Premiere Production, 2016
Performer [Replacement]
The Iceman Cometh
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway, 2015
Larry Slade
Love Letters Love Letters
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Desire Under the Elms Desire Under the Elms
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Ephraim Cabot
Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2007
Matthew Harrison Brady
Long Day's Journey Into Night Long Day's Journey Into Night
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2003
James Tyrone
Death of a Salesman
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1999
Willy Loman
Translations
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1995
Hugh

Movies

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
[ 1977 ] Surgeon
Semi-Tough
[ 1977 ] T.J. Lambert
Foul Play
[ 1978 ] Fergie
10
[ 1979 ] Donald
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
[ 1979 ] O.C. Hanks
Little Miss Marker
[ 1980 ] Herbie
Split Image
[ 1982 ] Kevin Stetson
Gorky Park
[ 1983 ] Det. William Kirwill
Never Cry Wolf
[ 1983 ] Rosie
The River Rat
[ 1984 ] Doc Cole
Silverado
[ 1985 ] Cobb
Twice in a Lifetime
[ 1985 ] Nick
Cocoon
[ 1985 ] Walter
Legal Eagles
[ 1986 ] Cavanaugh
F/X
[ 1986 ] Leo McCarthy
The Check Is in the Mail...
[ 1986 ] Richard Jackson
Best Seller
[ 1987 ] Dennis Meechum
The Belly of an Architect
[ 1987 ] Stourley Kracklite
Miles from Home
[ 1988 ] Frank Roberts Sr.
Return to Snowy River
[ 1988 ] Harrison
Indio
[ 1989 ] Col. Sam Whitaker
Seven Minutes
[ 1989 ] Wagner
The Last of the Finest
[ 1990 ] Frank Daly
Presumed Innocent
[ 1990 ] Raymond Horgan
F/X2
[ 1991 ] Leo McCarthy
Gladiator
[ 1992 ] Jimmy Horn
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
[ 1995 ] Big Dave McDermot
Tommy Boy
[ 1995 ] Big Tom
Romeo + Juliet
[ 1996 ] Ted Montague
Out of the Cold
[ 1999 ] David Bards
Silicon Towers
[ 1999 ] Tom Warner
Summer Catch
[ 2001 ] John Schiffner
Stolen Summer
[ 2002 ] Father Kelly
She Hate Me
[ 2004 ] Chairman Billy Church
Assault on Precinct 13
[ 2005 ] Sgt. Jasper O'Shea
10th & Wolf
[ 2006 ] Agent Horvath
Everyone's Hero
[ 2006 ] Babe Ruth
The Ultimate Gift
[ 2006 ] Gus
Welcome to Paradise
[ 2007 ] Bobby Brown
Ratatouille
[ 2007 ] Django
War Eagle, Arkansas
[ 2007 ] Pop
Cat City
[ 2008 ] Harold Vogessor
Righteous Kill
[ 2008 ] Hingis
Alleged
[ 2010 ] Clarence Darrow
Every Day
[ 2010 ] Ernie
The Next Three Days
[ 2010 ] George Brennan
Meet Monica Velour
[ 2010 ] Pop Pop
The Big Year
[ 2011 ] Raymond
Twelfth Night
[ 2012 ] Sir Toby Belch
Knight of Cups
[ 2015 ] Joseph
The Song of Sway Lake
[ 2018 ] Hal Sway
The Seagull
[ 2018 ] Sorin
3 Days with Dad
[ 2019 ] Bob Mills
Driveways
[ 2019 ] Del
Son of the South
[ 2020 ] J.O. Zellner

TV Shows

Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Arnie Sutter
Just Shoot Me!
Red Finch
The Blacklist
Dominic Wilkinson, Dom

Awards and Nominations


winner
Olivier Awards - 2006 - Best Actor

Brian DennehyDeath Of A Salesman


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey Into Night


winner
Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey into Night


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Brian Dennehy, Death of a Salesman

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Brian Dennehy , Death of a Salesman


winner
Tony Awards - 1999 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Brian Dennehy, Death of a Salesman

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Brian Dennehy been in?

Brian Dennehy has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.

How many West End shows has Brian Dennehy been in?

Brian Dennehy has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Brian Dennehy been nominated for?

Best Actor (Olivier Awards) for Death Of A Salesman, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Long Day's Journey into Night, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Death of a Salesman and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Death of a Salesman.

What awards has Brian Dennehy won?

Brian Dennehy has won several prestigious awards, including: Best Actor at the Olivier Awards for Death of a Salesman; Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Long Day's Journey Into Night; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Long Day's Journey Into Night; Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Death of a Salesman; and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Death of a Salesman.

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