Denis Leary

Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American actor, comedian, producer, singer and writer. He is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me. His career as a comedian has been controversial because he allegedly stole not only material but his entire act from the dead comedian Bill Hicks.^[1][2]

Denis Leary
Denis Leary, June 2010
Born	Denis Colin Leary (1957-08-18) August 18, 1957 (age 68) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American, Irish
Occupation(s)	Actor, Comedian, Writer, Producer, Singer
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Ann Lembeck (m. 1989)
Children	2

Awards

Year	Result	Award	Category	Film/Show
2009	Nominated	Golden Globe Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Recount (2008)
2008	Nominated	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Recount (2008)
2007	Nominated	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Rescue Me
2007	Nominated	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	Rescue Me
2007	Nominated	Prism Awards	Performance in a Drama Series, Multi-Episode Storyline	Rescue Me
2006	Nominated	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Rescue Me
2006	Nominated	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	Rescue Me
2006	Nominated	Prism Awards	Performance in a Drama Series, Multi-Episode Storyline	Rescue Me
2005	Nominated	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Rescue Me
2005	Nominated	Golden Globe Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	Rescue Me
2005	Nominated	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	Rescue Me
2003	Nominated	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Ice Age
2003	Nominated	DVD Exclusive Awards	Best Actor	Double Whammy (2001)
2002	Nominated	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Comedy	The Job
2000	Won	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama/Romance	The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
1996	Won	CableACE Awards	Best Directing: Comedy	National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins (1995)
1992	Won	Edinburgh International Arts Festival	Critic's Award	No Cure for Cancer (1992)
1992	Won	BBC Festival	Recommendation Award	No Cure for Cancer (1992)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Long Walk to Forever	Newt	Short film
1988
1989
1990
1991	Strictly Business	Jake	Cameo
1992
1993	The Sandlot	Bill
	Who's the Man?	Sergeant Cooper
	Demolition Man	Edgar Friendly
	Loaded Weapon 1	Mike McCracken	Cameo; performing "You Really Got Me"
	Judgment Night	Fallon
1994	The Ref	Gus
	Gunmen	Armor O'Malley
	Natural Born Killers	Prison Inmate	Director's cut; Cameo
1995	National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins	Jake	Television film, also directed segment "Lust"
	Operation Dumbo Drop	CW3 David Poole
	The Neon Bible	Frank
1996	Underworld	Johnny Crown/Johnny Alt
	Two If by Sea	Francis "Frank" O'Brien	Also writer
1997	The Second Civil War	Vinnie Franko	Television film
	Love Walked In	Jack Hanaway	Also producer
	Subway Stories	Guy in wheel chair	Television film, segment "The Red Shoes"
	Wag the Dog	Fad King
	Suicide Kings	Lono Veccio
	The Real Blonde	Doug
	The Matchmaker	Nick
1998	Monument Ave.	Bobby O'Grady a.k.a. Snitch,	Also uncredited writer
	Wide Awake	Mr. Beal
	Small Soldiers	Gil Mars
	A Bug's Life	Francis	Voice
1999	True Crime	Bob Findley
	Jesus' Son	Wayne
	Do Not Disturb	Simon
	The Thomas Crown Affair	Det. Michael McCann
2000	Sand	Teddy
	Lakeboat	The Fireman
	Company Man	Officer Fry
2001	Double Whammy	Det. Raymond Pluto	Also uncredited producer
	Final	Bill	performing "Little Sister"
	Blow		Producer
2002	Dawg	Douglas "Dawg" Munford	a.k.a. Bad Boy
	Ice Age	Diego	Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie
	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Slater
2003	When Stand Up Stood Out	Himself	Documentary
	The Curse of the Bambino	Himself	Documentary
	Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino	Himself	Documentary (sequel)
2004
2005
2006	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	Diego	Voice
2007	Death Sentence	James Wan	Feature Film
2008	Recount	Michael Whouley	Television film
2009	Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Diego	Voice
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	George Stacy
	Ice Age 4: Continental Drift	Diego	Voice
2014	Draft Day	Coach Penn
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	George Stacy
2015	Freaks of Nature	Rick Wilson
2016	Ice Age 5: Collision Course	Diego	Voice
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022	Ice Age 6: Adventures Of The Buck Wild: The Ice Age 6: Adventures Of Buck Wild	Diego	Voice
2023
2024
2025