# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-lehane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:09.194Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-lehane"
name: "Dennis Lehane"
slug: "dennis-lehane"
description: "Dennis Lehane is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War (1994). Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same name: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story \"Animal Rescue\" was also adapted into the 2014 film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini."
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1965-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump