Brian Dennehy

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Brian Dennehy: Biography

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Birth Place: Bridgeport, CT
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/09/1938, Cancer
Profession: Actor; producer; director; screenwriter

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Brian Dennehy: TV Guide News

Episode Recap: "The Discarded" | Masters of Science Fiction | 8/26/2007
Tonight's episode is the fourth and last of the six that were produced that ABC intends to run. (All six will be seen in Canada, at least, on the cable channel Space, starting in November). And it was the episode a number of viewers were most eager to see, I suspect, since it was based on a short story by Harlan Ellison, who has established himself as a major figure in both fantastic fiction (among other sorts of prose) and in screenwriting, as well as being responsible for some notable comics scripting and work in other media. Apparently Ellison gave executive producer Keith Addis strong support when they resisted the attempts by ABC to call the series "Masters of Sci-Fi," which would be comparable to calling its Showtime sibling series Masters of Horror something like "Masters of Spookiness" (ABC chose to slip "scifi" into the URL for the series' pages on abc.go.com, anyway... perhaps the smallest of many hostilities the network has shown toward this project). And the story was... read more
ABC's Science Fiction Series Finally Materializes | Today's News: Our Take | 7/2/2007
ABC's Masters of Science Fiction anthology series, announced what seems like light-years ago, will finally hit the airwaves during the dog days of August. The lineup — slashed from six installments to four — is as follows:August 4: "A Clean Escape," based on Nebula Award-winning author John Kessel's short story about a postapocalyptic psychiatrist (Judy Davis) determined to solve a man's (Sam Waterston) apparent memory lapse.August 11: "The Awakening," based on a short story by Howard Fast, starring Terry O'Quinn, Elisabeth Rohm and William B. Davis, and concerning Baghdad-based soldiers' discovery of a "mysterious casualty."August 18: "Jerry Was a Man," based on the Robert Heinlein story about an affluent couple (Anne Heche and Malcolm McDowell) who acquire an anthropoid.August 25: "The Discarded," based on the short story by seven-time Hugo Award winner, three-time Nebula Award winner, and Science Fiction Grand Master Laureate Harlan Ellison, directed by Jonathan... read more
Ask Matt | 6/26/2006
I just watched the wonderful Live from Lincoln Center presentation of The Light in the Piazza. I was w read more
The Watercooler | 3/17/2005
Smallville First off, let me say that even though I didn't mention it, I did in fact know that last week's episode was read more
The Watercooler | 11/15/2004
SUNDAY American Music Awards Red Carpet Coverage My colleagues at the TV Guide Channel are paid to be nice to the ce read more

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Brian Dennehy: Photos

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Law And Order Special Victims Unit, SVU, Mariska Hargitay, Brian Dennehy courtesy Will Hart/NBC Photo

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Brian Dennehy: TV Listings

Brian Dennehy: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Righteous Kill (Actor)	2008	Movie
Trumbo (Actor)	2008	Movie
Marco Polo (Actor - Kublai Khan)	2007	TV Show Series
Ratatouille (Actor - Django)	2007	Movie
The Ultimate Gift (Actor - Gus)	2007	Movie