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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 Fast Facts:
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960 to '65.
Worked as a meat-truck driver, salesman, motel clerk and bartender before acting.
Attended Columbia University on a football scholarship.
Worked as a Wall Street stockbroker for a short time; one of his coworkers was Martha Stewart.
Big-screen breakthrough came with the role of Sheriff Will Teasle in 1982's
First Blood
.
Produced, wrote, directed and starred in a series of TV movies about police officer Jack Reed, beginning with 1992's
Deadly Matrimony
.
Played the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's
Death of a Salesman
for more than 600 performances.
Narrated the 2009 docudrama
Death or Canada
, which chronicles the Irish immigration to Toronto during the potato famine; was inspired to do the project by his grandfather, who immigrated to the United States from Ireland as a boy.
Is an accomplished sailor.
Brian Dennehy Relationships:
Edward J. Dennehy - Father
Kathleen Dennehy - Daughter
Cormac Dennehy - Son
Elizabeth Dennehy - Daughter
Judith Scheff - Ex-wife
Deirdre Dennehy - Daughter
Edward J. Dennehy, Jr - Brother
Hannah Dennehy - Mother
Jennifer Arnott - Wife
Michael Dennehy - Brother
Sarah Dennehy - Daughter
Brian Dennehy Awards:
2001 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Winner
2000 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1992 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
2005 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1990 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1992 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1993 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1999 Tony: Actor (Play) - Winner
2003 Tony: Actor (Play) - Winner
College:
Columbia University, New York, NY (BA in History, 1960)
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