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Brian Dennehy

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Biography

Recent Role:
Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy on Rizzoli & Isles
Gender:
Male
Born:
7-9-1938
Birthplace:
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Brian Dennehy (born July 09, 1938) Golden Globe, and Tony Award winning, Emmy nominated television, stage, and screen actor.
He was born in Bridgeport, in Connecticut, and attended Columbia University on a football scholarship where he majored in history, He then studied dramatic arts and Yale University.
Since then he has won two Tony Awards for Broadway plays, and has been nominated for a n astonishing 6 Primetime Emmy's.

PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINATIONS:

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie:









… More A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
The Burden of Proof (1992)
Murder in the Heartland (1993)
Our Fathers (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or A Movie:

To Catch a Killer (1992)
Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman (2000)

TONY AWARD WINS:

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:

Death of a Salesman (1999)
Long Day's Journey into Night (2003

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    I needed to make a review of this guy because he is even more talented than I knew (producer, writer, director, actor). He was in some memorable roles-First Blood, F/X, Cocoon, and others. What sticks in my mind is how large the guy is. He could (may have) play a psycho killer somewhere.

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