Birth Place: Bridgeport, CT, USA
Brian has worked extensively in film, theater, and television for three decades. He has won two Tony Award for Best Actor (Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Death of a Salesman), a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy Award nomination for Showtime’s “Death of a Salesman,†and an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his Willy Loman in London’s West End. Other notable stage work includes Love Letter on Broadway, Inherit the Wind and Translations on Broadway; Hughie at Trinity Repertory; Peter Brook’s The Cherry Orchard at Brooklyn Academy of Music; Trumbo Off-Broadway and on tour; Rat in the Skull; Says I, Says He at The Mark Taper Forum and NY’s Phoenix Theatre; The Exonerated Off-Broadway, on tour and in the Court TV film version directed by Bob Balaban. Dennehy has been associated for two decades with Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, where he has starred in numerous leading roles. Dennehy’s extensive film work includes Semi-Tough, Foul Play, Blake Edwards’ 10, First Blood, Cocoon, F/X, Presumed Innocent, Tommy Boy, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Gorky Park, Never Cry Wolf, Silverado, Twice in a Lifetime, Best Seller, The Belly of an Architect (Best Actor Chicago Film Festival), Spike Lee’s She Hate Me, Ratatouille and the soon-to-be released 10th & Wolf. On television Dennehy receiving Emmy Award nominations for his performances in “The Burden of Proof,†“Murder in the Heartland,†“To Catch a Killer†and “Killing in a Small Town.†He anchored a successful series of telefilms as Jack Reed for NBC throughout the 1990s, and directed and starred in the “Shadow of a Doubt†and “Indefensible.â€
Brian DennehyDeath Of A Salesman
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey into Night
Brian Dennehy, Death of a Salesman
Brian Dennehy , Death of a Salesman
Brian Dennehy, Death of a Salesman
Brian Dennehy has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Brian Dennehy has not appeared in the West End.
Brian Dennehy has been nominated for the following awards: Best Actor at the Olivier Awards for Death Of A Salesman, Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Long Day's Journey into Night, Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Death of a Salesman, Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Death of a Salesman, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Death of a Salesman.
Brian Dennehy has won several awards for his performances in various Broadway shows. He won the Best Actor award at the Olivier Awards for his role in "Death Of A Salesman." Dennehy also received the Outstanding Actor - Play award at the Drama Desk Awards for his performance in "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Additionally, he won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play award at the Tony Awards for both "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "Death of a Salesman."
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