{"id":254556,"date":"2020-04-16T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/tommy-boy-dynasty-actor-brian-dennehy-dead-at-81"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:33:48","slug":"tommy-boy-dynasty-actor-brian-dennehy-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/tommy-boy-dynasty-actor-brian-dennehy-dead-at-81","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Tommy Boy&#039; &#039;Dynasty&#039; Actor Brian Dennehy Dead at eighty one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"48.1586314152\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div id=\"cb-7a50e32cefc13e40db08c2756e369b73\" readability=\"7.92\">\n<p>That led to his big breakout movie role the following year \u2014 playing Sheriff Teasle in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sylvester-stallone\/\"><strong>Sylvester Stallone<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Rambo action flick, \u201cFirst Blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-51a5a81eb7282e10a236e431d72a0dfc\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>He\u2019d go on to star in several films in the \u201980s and \u201990s, including \u201cSilverado,\u201d \u201cCocoon,\u201d \u201cThe Belly of an Architect,\u201d \u201cBest Seller,\u201d \u201cPresumed Innocent\u201d and \u201cRomeo + Juliet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-7d34a146126eae5b8957cdc9babbb6d3\" readability=\"9.14893617021\">\n<p>Brian\u2019s most notable comedy role came in 1995, when he played Big Tom Callahan in the classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chris-farley\/\"><strong>Chris Farley<\/strong><\/a>-led laugh-fest, \u201cTommy Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-95557157b8506b21ac1cd429af6b924f\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>In more recent years, he voiced the character Django in \u201cRatatouille\u201d and appeared on the hit show, \u201cThe Blacklist.\u201d All in all, he has nearly 200 film and television credits to his name \u2026 and he won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in 2001 for the TV movie, \u201cDeath of a Salesman.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-7575f947141c4780e5a2a59014db6f5f\" readability=\"11\">\n<p>Dennehy was also an accomplished theater actor, winning 2 Tony Awards for Best Actor \u2026 his first for \u201cDeath of a Salesman\u201d a couple years before his TV role, and the second for \u201cLong Day\u2019s Journey Into Night\u201d in 2003.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-cacf046f53a7160c410e419e3189316a\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>In fact, the last time we saw him in 2013, he was in L.A. doing a play \u2026 and he had some good jokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-aa259e34671e275c073d385a8855726d\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>Brian\u2019s survived by his wife and 5 children. 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