Brian Dennehy: movies and TV shows
Brian Dennehy has 230 credits in the archive: 156 films and 74 TV series, from 1944 to 2021. Highest rated: Dummy (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2021 · busiest year: 1996 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Son of the South | Grandfather | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Jerome Townsend | TV | 6.8 | 81 |
| 2020 | Driveways | Del | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 2019 | The Song of Sway Lake | Hal Sway | Film | 5.1 | 80 |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 2019 | 3 Days with Dad | Bob | Film | 5.1 | 80 |
| 2018 | Tag | Mr. Cilliano | Film | 6.7 | 79 |
| 2018 | The Seagull | Pjotr Sorin | Film | 5.4 | 79 |
| 2017 | A Very Merry Toy Store | Joe Haggarty | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard | Sheriff Valentine Otis | TV | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2015 | Public Morals | Joe Patton | TV | 6.8 | 76 |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Joseph | Film | 5.7 | 76 |
| 2015 | The Ultimate Legacy | Gus | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 2015 | Cocked | Wade | TV | 2.0 | 76 |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Dominic Wilkinson | TV | 7.6 | 74 |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | TV | 7.6 | 74 | |
| 2013 | The Challenger Disaster | Rogers | Film | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2012 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | Film | 5.4 | 73 |
| 2011 | The Big Year | Raymond Harris | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy | TV | 7.9 | 71 |
| 2010 | The Big C | Dad | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2010 | The Next Three Days | George Brennan | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2010 | Every Day | Ernie | Film | 5.2 | 71 |
| 2010 | Meet Monica Velour | Pop Pop | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 2010 | Alleged | Clarence Darrow | Film | 4.2 | 71 |
| 2010 | Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer | Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother | Film | — | 71 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Bucky Stabler | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2009 | Love and Valor | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 2009 | Bunker Hill | Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey | Film | — | 70 |
| 2009 | Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale | Narrator | Film | — | 70 |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Hingis | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2008 | Cat City | Harold | Film | 4.1 | 69 |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Django (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2007 | Rules of Engagement | Roy | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Bedzyk | TV | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Gift | Gus | Film | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2007 | Marco Polo | Kublai Khan | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2007 | Welcome to Paradise | Bobby Brown | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2007 | Marco Polo | Kublai Khan | TV | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Pop, Enochs Father | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2007 | Trumbo | Self | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2007 | Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency | Andrew Jackson (voice) | Film | — | 68 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Mickey J | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf | Agent Horvath | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2006 | Everyone's Hero | Babe Ruth (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2006 | The Exonerated | Gary Gauger | Film | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Sargeant Jasper O'Shea | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Father Dominic Spagnolia | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2004 | The 4400 | Mitch Baldwin | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Billy Church | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2004 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Andy Goodman | TV | 9.2 | 65 |
| 2004 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Andy Goodman | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2003 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Tom Stone | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2003 | American Valor | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 2003 | The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron | Mr. Blue | Film | 4.4 | 64 |
| 2003 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' | Fred Silverman | Film | 4.7 | 64 |
| 2002 | Founding Brothers | TV | 10.0 | 63 | |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | Father Kelly | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 2002 | A Season on the Brink | Bobby Knight | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 2002 | Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2002 | Making 'The Misfits' | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2001 | The Agency | James Graydon | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please") | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2001 | Night Visions | TV | 7.1 | 62 | |
| 2001 | Animated Tales of the World | Captain (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2001 | Summer Catch | John Schiffner | Film | 5.4 | 62 |
| 2001 | Warden of Red Rock | Sheriff Selwyn Church | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2001 | Warden of Red Rock | Film | 5.9 | 62 | |
| 2001 | The Fighting Fitzgeralds | Mr. Fitzgerald | TV | — | 62 |
| 2001 | Three Blind Mice | Matthew Hope | Film | 5.2 | 62 |
| 2001 | Three Blind Mice | Film | 5.2 | 62 | |
| 2000 | Arrest & Trial | Self - Host | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Gen. Bogan | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | George Washington (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2000 | Dish Dogs | Frost | Film | 4.0 | 61 |
| 2000 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | Film | 8.3 | 61 |
| 2000 | Death of a Salesman | Film | 8.3 | 61 | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judson Tierney | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Rafe Framingham | TV | 8.3 | 60 |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Louis Bromfield | TV | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1999 | NetForce | Lowell Davidson | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1999 | Sirens | Lt. Denby | Film | 8.1 | 60 |
| 1999 | Netforce | Lowell Davidson | TV | 3.5 | 60 |
| 1999 | Silicon Towers | Tom Warner | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | David Bards | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1998 | Voyage of Terror | The President | Film | 4.3 | 59 |
| 1998 | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Sen. Donald Riegle | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Red Finch | TV | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1997 | Nostromo | Joshua C. Holroyd | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1997 | Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Eddie Brannigan | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1997 | Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Film | 5.6 | 58 | |
| 1997 | Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Film | 5.6 | 58 | |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Ted Montague | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Undue Influence | Paul Madriani | TV | — | 57 |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Major Chevallier | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Gerald Bradley | TV | — | 57 |
| 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Gerald Bradley | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Jack Reed | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Film | 5.3 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Film | 5.3 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Film | 5.3 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Doubt | Charley Sloan | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Doubt | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Doubt | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us | Jack Reed | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us | Film | 5.7 | 57 | |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us | Film | 5.7 | 57 | |
| 1995 | Tommy Boy | Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Jack Reed | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Film | 5.5 | 56 | |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Film | 5.5 | 56 | |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Film | 5.5 | 56 | |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Big Dave McDermot | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1994 | Birdland | Dr. Brian McKenzie | TV | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Jack Reed | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Film | 5.8 | 55 | |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Film | 5.8 | 55 | |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Film | 5.8 | 55 | |
| 1994 | Leave of Absence | Sam | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 1994 | Midnight Movie | James Boyce | Film | 3.7 | 55 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1993 | Murder in the Heartland | John McArthur | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | Chuck Mumpson | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Jack Reed | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Film | 5.9 | 54 | |
| 1993 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | Ervil LeBaron | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1993 | Final Appeal | Perry Sundquist | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1992 | Gladiator | Jimmy Horn | Film | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1992 | Deadly Matrimony | Jack Reed | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1992 | The Diamond Fleece | Inspector Outlaw | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1992 | The Burden of Proof | Dixon Hartnell | TV | 3.9 | 53 |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer | John Wayne Gacy | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer | John Wayne Gacy | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Jackie Presser | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1991 | F/X2 | Leo McCarthy | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight | Len Rowan | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1991 | Zebras: Patterns in the Grass | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Raymond Horgan | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1990 | The Last of the Finest | Frank Daly | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1990 | Rising Son | Gus Robinson | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1990 | A Killing in a Small Town | Ed Reivers | Film | 5.1 | 51 |
| 1990 | Pride and Extreme Prejudice | Bruno Morenz | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1989 | Seven Minutes | Wagner | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | James Falcon | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1989 | Indio | Whitaker | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1989 | Day One | Gen. Leslie Groves | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Aaron Burr (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Walter (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1988 | The Man From Snowy River II | Harrison | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1988 | Miles from Home | Frank Roberts Sr. | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1988 | A Father's Revenge | Paul Hobart | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1987 | Best Seller | Dennis Meechum | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1987 | The Belly of an Architect | Stourley Kracklite | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1987 | The Lion of Africa | Sam Marsh | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1987 | The Little Mermaid | King Neptune (Narrator) (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1986 | F/X | Lt. Leo McCarthy | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1986 | Legal Eagles | Cavanaugh | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1986 | Acceptable Risks | Don Sheppard | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1986 | The Check is in the Mail... | Richard Jackson | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | James Boyce | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Buffalo Bill | TV | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Walter | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1985 | Silverado | Cobb | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Matthew Malone | TV | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Frederick Cook | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime | Nick | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1985 | Annie Oakley | Buffalo Bill | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Reverend Billy Bob Proverb | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Dr. Bolin | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1984 | The River Rat | Doc Cole | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Frizzoli | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1984 | The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Sergeant Cheever | Film | 4.5 | 45 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | William Kirwill | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Rosie | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | Edward Grady Partin | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1983 | I Take These Men | Phil Zakarian | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | Edward Grady Partin | Film | — | 44 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Michael Magruder | TV | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1982 | First Blood | Hope Sheriff Will Teasle | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | King Neptune / Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 43 |
| 1982 | Split Image | Kevin Stetson | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1982 | Star of the Family | Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs | TV | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories | Grimmet | Film | — | 43 |
| 1981 | Dynasty | Jake Dunham | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1981 | Darkroom | Roland | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1981 | Skokie | Police Chief Arthur Buchanan | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | Grimmet | Film | — | 42 |
| 1981 | Fly Away Home | Tim Arnold | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Sgt. Ned Coleman | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker | Herbie | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1980 | The Jericho Mile | Dr. D | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1980 | The Seduction of Miss Leona | Bliss Dawson | Film | 4.0 | 41 |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | James Cargill | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1979 | 10 | Donald | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1979 | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Arnie Sutter | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | O.C. Hanks | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1979 | Dummy | Ragoti | Film | 8.8 | 40 |
| 1979 | Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | John O'Neil | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Luther Frick | TV | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Fergie | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1978 | A Real American Hero | Buford Pusser | Film | 4.5 | 39 |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Frank Vasko | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1978 | Pearl | Sgt. Otto Chain | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1978 | A Death in Canaan | Barney Parsons | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald | George Paulsen | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Wilson | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1977 | Lucan | Fisher | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | Coach Hatfield | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Surgeon | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | Longshoreman | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough | T.J. Lambert | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1977 | It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Fire Chief | Film | 4.6 | 38 |
| 1977 | Lanigan's Rabbi | Burton Tree | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show | Brian Sr. | TV | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1976 | Serpico | Jody | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Grimmet | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Burrows | TV | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Peter Connor | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | M.P. Ernie Connors | TV | 7.9 | 33 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Grimmet | TV | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner | TV | — | 17 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 17 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 17 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 5 |
| The Making of 'First Blood' | Film | 6.0 | — |