# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-franz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:32:40.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-franz"
name: "Dennis Franz"
slug: "dennis-franz"
description: "Dennis Franz Schlachta, known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He also portrayed two different characters on the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–1988)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis_Franz_(23845357384).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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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