Denis Leary Biography

Birthday: 1957-08-18
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts USA
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Wiki Biography: Denis Leary was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Nora and John Leary, Irish immigrants who had grown up together. After a childhood in the 1960s, Leary went to Emerson College in Boston, where he tried his hand at acting and writing. He was a charter member of Emerson's Comedy Workshop, and taught at the college for five years after graduating. By that point, he had written several pieces for magazines and had worked at stand-up comedy for a time. In 1990, he and his wife, Ann Lembeck, flew to London to perform in the BBC's Paramount City. That weekend, Ann's water broke. Their planned weekend trip became a stay of months, and Denis, with not a whole lot to do in London, wrote a one-man comedy act. He brought friends in from the States, and they wrote songs to perform on stage. Leary, with Chris Phillips and Adam Roth on guitar, performed "No Cure For Cancer" at the Edinburgh International Arts Festival in Scotland. Despite some protests about the title, the show won the Critic's Award and the BBC Festival Recommendation. The next year, the show was moved to America, and it was eventually taped and broadcast on Showtime (No Cure for Cancer (1992) (TV)). The show spawned a book, CD, cassette, and a videotape. It also started Leary's movie career. Since then, he has starred in several films and has had two of his own TV series.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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French & Saunders | Tommy Gavin | 1987 - | |
Tonight with Jonathan Ross | 1990 | Talk Show | |
Comics Come Home | 1995 | ||
Do Not Disturb | 1999 | Action | |
The Job | Mike McNeil | 2001 - 2002 | |
Shorties Watchin' Shorties | Himself | 2004 | Comedy |
Rescue Me | Tommy Gavin | 2004 | Drama |
Recount | Michael Whouley | 2008 | Drama |
Tono to Issho | Diego | 2010 | |
Touch (UK) | Fad King | 2011 | Drama |
DNA (UK) | Diego | 2013 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The Matchmaker | 1958 | 0 | |
The Thomas Crown Affair | Michael McCann | 1968 | 0, Biography, Comedy |
The Amazing Spiderman | Captain Stacy | 1977 | |
Lakeboat | 1980 | ||
Demolition Man | Edgar Friendly | 1993 | Sport, Comedy, 0 |
Judgment Night | Fallon | 1993 | 0, Game Show, Comedy |
Gunmen | Armor O'Malley | 1993 | 0, 0, Game Show |
The Sandlot | 1993 | Comedy, Drama, Family | |
The Ref | Gus | 1994 | 0, Comedy |
Operation Dumbo Drop | Lt. David Poole | 1995 | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
Two If by Sea | Francis 'Frank' O'Brien | 1996 | 0 |
The Neon Bible | 1996 | Drama | |
Love Walked In | Jack Hanaway | 1997 | 0 |
The Second Civil War | Vinnie Franko | 1997 | Comedy, Drama |
Underworld | Johnny Crown / Johnny Alt | 1997 | Comedy, Thriller |
Small Soldiers | Gil Mars | 1998 | Sport, 0, 0 |
Wag the Dog | 1998 | Comedy, Drama | |
The Real Blonde | 1998 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | |
Wide Awake | 1998 | Comedy, Family | |
Suicide Kings | Lono Veccio | 1998 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery |
Monument Ave. | Bobby O'Grady | 1998 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Jesus' Son | Wayne | 1999 | |
True Crime | Bob Findley | 1999 | 0, Game Show |
Do Not Disturb | Simon | 1999 | Action, Thriller, Comedy |
Double Whammy | 2001 | 0, Comedy | |
Final | Bill Tyler | 2001 | Drama, Thriller |
Sand | Teddy | 2002 | Drama |
Bad Boy | Doug 'Dawg' Munford | 2002 | Drama, Comedy, Romance |
Ice Age | Diego | 2002 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
When Stand Up Stood Out | 2003 | ||
The Secret Lives of Dentists | Slater | 2004 | Drama |
Ice Age: The Meltdown | Diego | 2006 | Animation, Action, Adventure |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Diego | 2009 | Animation, Action, Adventure |
Ice Age: Continental Drift | Diego | 2012 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Captain Stacy | 2014 | 0 |
Draft Day | Vince Penn | 2014 | 0 |