# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-dennehy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:16:35.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-dennehy"
name: "Brian Dennehy"
slug: "brian-dennehy"
description: "Brian Manion Dennehy was an American actor. Renowned for his performances on stage and screen and once described as \"perhaps the foremost living interpreter\" of Eugene O'Neill's works, he received two Tony Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award."
tagline: "American actor (1938–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BrianDennehyJul2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-07-09"
deathDate: "2020-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump