Boston-born Denis Leary is the sneering, tousle-haired comedian who popularized the cautionary phrase "two words." (His routine went something like this: "Regarding Bill Clinton's foreign policy, two words: Jimmy...Carter.") Best known for his many MTV appearances, Leary excels in playing characters who wavered between quiet sarcasm and howling insanity. His one-man show No Cure for Cancer premiered in New York in 1991, scoring a hit with its "intellectual guerilla" comedy. Among Leary's numerous films were National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon (1993), Judgment Night (1993), and Operation Dumbo Drop (1995). His best screen showing was as the beleaguered burglar and reluctant kidnapper in The Ref (1994). He later starred in Wag the Dog (1997), Jesus' Son (1999), and Joe Mantegna's directorial debut, Lakeboat (2000). Leary also served as a producer of the 2001 film Blow. In 2001, he starred as a New York detective in a night time drama called The Job. The series was cancelled before the end of the second season, but Leary was soon back in the movies, lending his voice to the character of Diego in the animated feature Ice Age. Then in 2004, Leary took on the character that would come to define the second leg of his career, accepting the lead role of firefighter Tommy Gavin on the FX series Rescue Me. Critically acclaimed and renowned for pushing the borders of cable television, the show proved to be a huge hit, and Leary won an Emmy for his performance.
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2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
The Amazing Spider-Man
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2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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2011 | |||
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2011 | |||
Rescue Me: Season 07
Actor |
2011 | |||
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2010 | |||
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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2010 | |||
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2009 | |||
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Rescue Me: Season 05
Actor |
2009 | |||
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Canterbury's Law [TV Series]
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2008 | |||
Recount
Actor |
2008 | |||
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Rescue Me: Season 04
Actor |
2007 | |||
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Voice |
2006 | |||
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Rescue Me: Season 03
Actor |
2006 | |||
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Rescue Me: Season 02
Actor |
2005 | |||
When Stand Up Stood Out
Participant |
2005 | |||
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Rescue Me [TV Series]
Actor, Executive Producer, Screenwriter, Show Creator |
2004 | |||
Rescue Me: Guts
Screenwriter |
2004 | |||
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Rescue Me: Season 01
Actor |
2004 | |||
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Participant |
2003 | |||
Rascals Presents: Comedy Knockouts
Performance |
2003 | |||
Dawg
Actor |
2002 | |||
Ice Age
Voice |
2002 | |||
The Job: Season 02
Actor |
2002 | |||
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2002 | |||
We Were Soldiers
Actor |
2002 | |||
Blow
Producer |
2001 | |||
Double Whammy
Actor |
2001 | |||
Final
Actor |
2001 | |||
Sand
Actor |
2001 | |||
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The Job [TV Series]
Executive Producer, Show Creator |
2001 | |||
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The Job: Pilot
Screenwriter |
2001 | |||
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The Job: Season 01
Actor |
2001 | |||
Company Man
Actor |
2000 | |||
Lakeboat
Actor |
2000 | |||
Jesus' Son
Actor |
1999 | |||
Silent Witness
Actor |
1999 | |||
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The Thomas Crown Affair
Actor |
1999 | |||
True Crime
Actor |
1999 | |||
A Bug's Life
Voice |
1998 | |||
Love Walked In
Actor |
1998 | |||
Monument Ave.
Actor |
1998 | |||
Small Soldiers
Actor |
1998 | |||
Wide Awake
Actor |
1998 | |||
Denis Leary: Lock N' Load
Performance |
1997 | |||
Subway Stories
Actor |
1997 | |||
Suicide Kings
Actor |
1997 | |||
The Matchmaker
Actor |
1997 | |||
The Real Blonde
Actor |
1997 | |||
The Second Civil War
Actor |
1997 | |||
Wag the Dog
Actor |
1997 | |||
Two If by Sea
Actor, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
Underworld
Actor |
1996 | |||
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Actor, Director |
1995 | |||
Operation Dumbo Drop
Actor |
1995 | |||
The Neon Bible
Actor |
1995 | |||
Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer
Composer (Music Score), Executive Producer, Performance, Screenwriter |
1994 | |||
Gunmen
Actor |
1994 | |||
Natural Born Killers
Actor |
1994 | |||
The Ref
Actor |
1994 | |||
Demolition Man
Actor |
1993 | |||
Judgment Night
Actor |
1993 | |||
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1993 | |||
The Sandlot
Actor |
1993 | |||
Who's the Man?
Actor |
1993 | |||
Strictly Business
Actor |
1991 | |||
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