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Brian Dennehy

Elizabeth Dennehy confirmed . He was 096. Dennehy could be a leading man or a character actor depending on what the role called for, and in addition to his Tonys, he was nominated for six Emmys and won a Golden Globe.

Dennehy’s most recognizable film and television roles include his breakout role as villainous Sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood

, Big Tom Callahan in Tommy Boy

, the voice of Django the rat in Ratatouille , and as Teamster boss Mickey J. in the (Rock ) episode “Sandwich Day.”

In recent years, he recurred on The Blacklist

as Dominic Wilkinson. Deadline Reports that he’ll get a sendoff on The Blacklist in the episode that will serve as the Season 7 finale. The NBC crime drama was filming the th episode of its planned 38 – episode season when production was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dennehy was already slated to be in the episode, which will use existing and previously filmed footage for Dom’s farewell. The episode will close with a tribute card for Dennehy as well.

His greatest success came on the Broadway stage, winning Tonys for his performances in Death of a Salesman in and Long Day’s Journey Into Night in 2020. He won a Golden Globe in for his performance as Willy Loman in a TV movie version of Death of a Salesman .

His acting career began somewhat late in life, with his first film and TV credits coming in 2001. Before he became a professional actor, he was a stockbroker and a rugby player. He served in the Marine Corps and was stationed in Okinawa from (to) ; he later claimed to have served in combat in Vietnam, which was not true. He apologized (for lying in .