Denis Leary
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957-08-18
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Adult Coloring Book
- Open Net
- Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas
- Firehouse
- Why we don't suck
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Film & TV
Acting · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and film producer. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking. He is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me, which ended its seventh and final season on September 7, 2011. Leary has starred in many motion pictures, most recently as Captain George Stacy in Marc…
Known for
- Ice Age: Boiling Point — Diego (voice)2027
- The Pete Davidson Show — Self - Guest2026
- Oh. What. Fun. — Nick2025
- Going Dutch — Colonel Patrick Quinn2025
- No Good Deed — Mikey Morgan2024
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — George Stacy (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy — Self2021
- Law & Order: Organized Crime — Frank Donnelly2021
- The Moodys — Sean Moody Sr.2019
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 157,493
- Total plays
- 1,141,423
Tags
comedystand-uphumorfunnyrock
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. <a href="https://www.last.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
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- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,334x
- The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.
· 1995 · cited 14,452x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing
· 2010 · cited 9,768x
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Key facts
- Born
- Denis Colin Leary , ( 1957-08-18 ) August 18, 1957 (age 68) , Worcester, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States , Ireland
- Alma mater
- Emerson College
- Occupations
- Stand-up comedian actor
- Labels
- Comedy Central A&M
- Spouse
- Ann Lembeck ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Relatives
- Conan O'Brien (third cousin once removed)
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Medium
- Stand-up film television
- Genres
- Observational comedy black comedy insult comedy musical comedy
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 18 August 1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Denis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Worcester
- Occupation
- film director
- Employer
- Emerson College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Ice Age
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Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor . He first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV (including the comedic song "Asshole") and through the stand-up specials No Cure for Cancer (1993) and Lock 'n Load (1997). Leary began taking roles in film and television starting in the 1990s, including substantial roles in the films Judgment Night (1993), Demolition Man (1993), The Ref (1994), Two If By Sea (1996), Suicide Kings (1997), Wag the Dog (1997), Monument Ave. (1998) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
In the 2000s, Leary developed and starred in the television show The Job (2001–2002) and was the star and co-creator of Rescue Me (2004–2011), for which he received three Primetime Emmy nominations, one for writing and two for acting. He received another Emmy nomination for his portrayal as Michael Whouley in the political drama television film Recount (2008). Leary has continued to take starring roles in films, including Captain George Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man and Cleveland Browns head coach Vince Penn in Draft Day. He has done voice work, including Francis in A Bug's Life and Diego in the Ice Age franchise.
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