Brian 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."
AddWelcome to ParadiseWhen 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
AddCocoonA 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
AddThe Belly of an ArchitectJealousy rears its ugly head in this searing drama about a workaholic architect, Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy), who's traveling to Rome for a job. On this trip, however, he's brought his wife (Chloe Webb), who's grown distant and whom he begins to suspect is in love with another man. But that's... Read More
AddShadow of a DoubtCharley Sloan (Brian Dennehy), a recovering alcoholic and crestfallen attorney, reluctantly takes on a high-profile case to defend his old flame's stepdaughter of murdering her millionaire father. Pressure mounts as an ambitious prosecutor tries to discredit Sloan's competence, and the aging lawyer... Read More
AddBest SellerDennis Meechum (Brian Dennehy) is a cop who can write -- lurid crime novels, that is. But when his own wife succumbs to cancer, Meechum suffers a chronic case of writer's block. Enter former hit man -- and fame-seeker -- Cleve (James Woods), whose former employer kidnapped Meechum's daughter.... Read More
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