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Biography

Dennis Franz was born Dennis Franz Schlacta in Maywood, a suburb of Chicago. His father was a German immigrant and both he and Franz's…more

Born

10/28/1944, Maywood, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Dennis Franz Schlacta

Gender

Male

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Star (8)

Role
- NYPD Blue
  Det. (later Sgt.) Andy Sipowicz
  - S 12: Ep 19 NYPD Blue: A Final Tribute
    3/1/05
  - S 12: Ep 20 Moving Day
    3/1/05
  - S 12: Ep 19 Bale to the Chief
    2/22/05
  - S 12: Ep 18 Lenny Scissorhands
    2/15/05
  - S 12: Ep 17 Sergeant Sipowicz' Lonely Hearts Club Band
    2/8/05
  - + 258 More Credits
- NYPD 24/7
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 7 Hour Seven
    8/3/04
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hour Six
    7/27/04
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hour Five
    7/20/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hour Four
    7/13/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hour Three
    7/6/04
  - + 2 More Credits
- Mighty Ducks
  Captain Klegghorn
  - S 1: Ep 26 To Catch a Duck
    1/10/97
  - S 1: Ep 25 Duck Hard
    1/3/97
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Return of Astroth
    12/27/96
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Most Dangerous Huck Hunt
    12/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Iced Duck Cometh
    12/13/96
  - + 21 More Credits
- Nasty Boys
  Lieutenant Stan Krieger
  - S 1: Ep 13 Kill Or Be Killed (Part 2)
    7/20/90
  - S 1: Ep 12 Kill Or Be Killed (Part 1)
    7/20/90
  - S 1: Ep 11 Desert Run
    5/17/90
  - S 1: Ep 10 Crossover
    5/10/90
  - S 1: Ep 9 Home Again
    4/26/90
  - + 10 More Credits
- Beverly Hills Buntz
  Norman Buntz
  - S 1: Ep 9 Carl
    4/22/88
  - S 1: Ep 8 Buntz of the Desert
    4/15/88
  - S 1: Ep 7 El Norte by Norte-West
    4/8/88
  - S 1: Ep 6 Brief Encounter
    4/1/88
  - S 1: Ep 5 Umbrella in the Water
    3/25/88
  - + 8 More Credits
- Hill Street Blues
  Lt. Norman Buntz (1985-1987)
  - S 7: Ep 22 It Ain't Over Till It's Over
    5/12/87
  - S 7: Ep 21 A Pound of Flesh
    5/5/87
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Runner Falls on His Kisser
    4/7/87
  - S 7: Ep 19 Days of Swine and Roses
    3/31/87
  - S 7: Ep 18 Dogsbreath Afternoon
    3/17/87
  - + 61 More Credits
- Bay City Blues
  Angelo Carbone
  - S 1: Ep 4 I Never Swung for My Father
    11/15/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 Zircons are Forever
    11/8/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 Beautiful Peoples
    11/1/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/25/83
  - S 1: Ep 8 Play It Again, Milt
  - + 3 More Credits
- Chicago Story
  Off. Joe Gilland
  - S 1: Ep 13 Half a Chance
    6/11/82
  - S 1: Ep 12 Who Needs the Truth?
    6/4/82
  - S 1: Ep 11 Subterranean Blues
    5/28/82
  - S 1: Ep 10 Dutton's Law
    5/7/82
  - S 1: Ep 9 Bad Blood
    4/30/82
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 167 Show #0606
    6/11/96
  - S 2: Ep 205 Show #0424
    7/28/95
  - S 1: Ep 208 Show #0208
    8/4/94
  - S 1: Ep 79 Show #0079
    12/23/93
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 3: Ep 31 Show #0470
    10/23/95
- Hill Street Blues
  Det. Sal Benedetto
  - S 3: Ep 22 A Hill of Beans
    5/12/83
  - S 3: Ep 21 Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?
    5/5/83
  - S 3: Ep 20 Spotlight on Rico
    4/28/83
  - S 3: Ep 15 Moon Over Uranus: the Sequel
    2/3/83
  - S 3: Ep 14 Moon Over Uranus
    1/27/83
Guest Star (38)

Role
- NYPD Blue
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 19 NYPD Blue: A Final Tribute
    3/1/05
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 162 Show #2883
    2/24/05
  - S 9: Ep 15 Show #1973
    1/8/01
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 107 Dennis Franz/Mo'Nique
    2/15/05
  - S 1: Ep 138 Dennis Franz/Elisha Cuthbert
    4/19/04
- Inside Dish with Rachael Ray
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Dennis Franz
    11/5/04
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 11
    9/27/04
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 145 9/27/04
    9/27/04
- ALF's Hit Talk Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Drew Carey, Dennis Franz
    7/7/04
- TV Revolution
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Body Count
    5/26/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sex in the Box
    5/24/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 18 2/3/04
    2/3/04
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip
  - S 1: Ep 27 Tuesday, October 14, 2003
    10/14/03
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 50 Dennis Franz, Amanda Bynes, and Pete Yorn
    10/6/03
  - S 3: Ep 174 Dennis Franz, Jake Johannsen, and Pat McGee Band
    3/6/01
  - S 3: Ep 148 Dennis Franz, Jake Johannsen, and Pat McGee Band
    1/29/01
  - S 2: Ep 130 Dennis Franz and Brad Garrett
    1/10/00
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 2: Ep 21 9/29/03
    9/29/03
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 15 9/22/03
    9/22/03
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/03
  - S 52: Ep 1 The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/10/00
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/12/99
  - S 50: Ep 1 The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/13/98
  - S 49: Ep 1 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/14/97
  - + 3 More Credits
- The View
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 114 February 20, 2002
    2/20/03
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 101 Show #532
    2/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 240 Show #240
    8/13/97
  - S 1: Ep 3 Show #3
    6/12/96
- The Magic Hour
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 June 11, 1998
    6/11/98
- Mighty Ducks
  Captain Klegghorn
- The Gaby Roslin Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    5/4/96
- The Simpsons
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 0 Springfield's Most Wanted
    9/17/95
  - S 6: Ep 9 Homer Badman
    11/27/94
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
  Himself, Nominee
  - S 1: Ep 1 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
    2/25/95
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 168 May 9, 1994
    5/9/94
- Civil Wars
  Murray Seidelman
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    11/20/91
- Christine Cromwell
  Detective Grainger
  - S 1: Ep 2 Easy Come, Easy Go
    12/9/89
- Matlock
  Jack Brennert
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Mayor (2)
    2/7/89
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Mayor (1)
    1/31/89
- Street Hawk
  Frank Menlo
  - S 1: Ep 12 Female of the Species (a.k.a. The Assassin)
    5/9/85
- The A-Team
  Brooks
  - S 3: Ep 23 Beverly Hills Assault
    4/9/85
- Hunter
  Sergeant Jackie Molinas
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Snow Queen (Part 2)
    3/30/85
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Snow Queen (Part 1)
    3/23/85
- MacGruder and Loud
  Roche
  - S 1: Ep 5 On The Wire
    2/12/85
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Joe Hayes
  - S 2: Ep 12 There Goes the Neighborhood
    1/7/85
- Simon & Simon
  Frank Mahoney
  - S 4: Ep 14 Almost Foolproof
    1/3/85
- T.J. Hooker
  Andros Margolis
  - S 4: Ep 4 Hardcore Connection
    11/3/84
- E/R
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Sister
    9/18/84
- Riptide
  Earl Bertane
  - S 1: Ep 12 Double Your Pleasure
    4/3/84
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Tony Boutros
  - S 1: Ep 21 Did You See the One That Got Away
    3/18/84
- The A-Team
  Sam Friendly
  - S 2: Ep 19 Chopping Spree
    2/14/84
- Buddy Faro
  Himself
  - — I Have A Dream

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Eric Stonestreet really wants to be NYPD Blue's Sipowicz

By David Knox, Nov 17, 2010

He's got an Emmy for his comedy work, and a lengthy list of guest roles as a dramatic actor. read more

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- Dennis was nominated for 6 SAG Awards for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" from 1995-2000 for NYPD Blue. They won in 1995. He was also nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series" from 1995-2002. He won in 1995 and 1997.
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- Dennis Franz has two birds named Mario and Maria.
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- Dennis Franz loves to listen to 50's rock and country-western music.
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- Dennis Franz: I consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to.
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- Dennis Franz: I respect people and expect that kind of respect back.
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- Dennis Franz: Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle.
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