Denis Leary

Denis Leary

writer, actor, producer

Denis Leary was born on Aug 18, 1957 in USA. Denis Leary's big-screen debut came with Strictly Business directed by Kevin Hooks in 1991, strarring Jake. Denis Leary is known for Law & Order: Organized Crime directed by Fred Berner, Christopher Meloni stars as Detective Elliot Stabler and Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell. Denis Leary has got 3 awards and 19 nominations so far. The most recent award Denis Leary achieved is Humanitas Prize. The upcoming new tvshow Denis Leary plays is Law & Order: Organized Crime - Season 3 which will be released on Apr 01, 2021.

Denis Leary was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Nora (Sullivan) and John Leary, Irish immigrants who had grown up together. His mother was a maid and his father was an auto mechanic. 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 Leary, 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 (Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer (1993)). 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.

  • Birthday

    Aug 18, 1957
  • Place of Birth

    Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also known

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Awards

3 wins & 19 nominations

Humanitas Prize
2012
60 Minute Category
Winner - Humanitas Prize
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2000
Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama/Romance
Winner - Blockbuster Entertainment Award
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