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Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe
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- and Emmy Award
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-nominated American
United States

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 actor
Actor

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, comedian
Comedian

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, writer
Writer

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 and director
Film director

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. He is known for his often angry comedic style, and his chain smoking. Leary is currently the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
.

y was born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in the United States. A 2006 estimate put the population at 175,898, making it the estimated second-largest city in New England, after Boston, Massachusetts....
, the son of Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 immigrants. His mother, Nora, was a maid. His father, John Leary (deceased), was an auto mechanic.






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Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
- and Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
-nominated American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
, writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
. He is known for his often angry comedic style, and his chain smoking. Leary is currently the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
.

Biography


Early life

Leary was born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in the United States. A 2006 estimate put the population at 175,898, making it the estimated second-largest city in New England, after Boston, Massachusetts....
, the son of Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 immigrants. His mother, Nora, was a maid. His father, John Leary (deceased), was an auto mechanic. Since both of his parents are from Killarney
Killarney

Killarney is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Republic of Ireland. The town is located north of the MacGillicuddy Reeks, on the northeastern shore of the Lakes of Killarney which are part of Killarney National Park....
, County Kerry
County Kerry

County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, Leary holds both Irish
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 and American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 citizenship. He graduated from Saint Peter-Marian High School
Saint Peter-Marian High School

Saint Peter-Marian Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, is a private, coeducational Catholic junior high and senior high school in Worcester, Massachusetts....
, in Worcester. Through marriage, Leary is a distant cousin of talk show host Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning United States television host, television writer and comedian, best known as host of NBC Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993-2009....
 and has jokingly said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien was an United States late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC from 1993 to 2009....
 that, "All Irish people are related." His name is often misspelled as "Dennis" instead of the correct "Denis."

Emerson College

Leary is a graduate of Emerson College
Emerson College

Emerson College is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts that focuses on the communication arts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," in Boston, Emerson's main campus is located on the Southeast corner of the Boston Common , in the Boston Theatre District....
, in Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
, where he was classmates with fellow comic Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone

Mario Cantone is an United States stand-up comedy, writer and actor, with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show....
, who to this day remains his closest friend. Comedian Steven Wright
Steven Wright

Steven Alexander Wright is an Academy Award-winning United States comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of irony, witty, philosophical and sometimes confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liner joke with intentionally overly-contrived situations....
 and actress Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon

Gina L. Gershon is an United States film and television actor, known for her roles in the films Cocktail , Showgirls , Bound , and Face/Off ....
 also attended Emerson at the same time as Leary. At the school, he and Jodi Haffner Wallace co-founded the "Emerson Comedy Workshop," a troupe that continues to thrive on-campus to the present day. After graduating with the Emerson Class of 1979, he took a job at the school teaching comedy writing classes and maintained the job for five years. Leary was honored with an honorary doctorate and spoke briefly at his alma mater's undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 16, 2005 and is credited as "Dr. Denis Leary" on the cover of his latest book, Why We Suck.

Career

Leary started his career as a comedian in the notorious Boston comedy scene of the 1980s, where he hosted his own show at the underground club "Play It Again Sam's". He also wrote and appeared on a local comedy series, Lenny Clarke's Late Show, hosted by his friend Lenny Clarke
Lenny Clarke

Lenny Clarke is an American comedian, famous for his thick Boston accent. Sometime during the 1970s, as related in the Comedy Central roast of Clarke's friend Denis Leary, Clarke ran for mayor of Cambridge, MA....
 and written by Boston comedy writer Martin Olson
Martin Olson

Martin Olson is a Hollywood television producer, Television director and composer. He is also a playwright and poet known for comedic and unusual subject matter....
. Leary and Clarke both spoke about their early affiliations and influences in the Boston comedy scene in the documentary film When Standup Stood Out (2006). It was during this time that he developed his stage persona. He also appeared in skits on the MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 game show Remote Control
Remote Control (game show)

Remote Control is a TV game show that ran on MTV for five seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program. New episodes were made for first-run television syndication in 1989....
, playing such characters as Keith Richards
Keith Richards

Keith Richards is an England guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm guitar playing....
 of the Rolling Stones, the "brother" of co-host Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn

Colin Quinn is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, and as an MTV personality in the late 1980s....
, and artist Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola , more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an United Statesn Painting, Printmaking, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the Art movement known as pop art....
.

Leary first became famous through an MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 sketch
Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comedic actors, either on stage or through an audio or/and visual medium such as broadcasting....
 in which he ranted about R.E.M. Several other commercials for MTV followed, in which Leary would rant at high speeds about a variety of topics. He has released two records of his stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
: No Cure for Cancer
No Cure for Cancer

No Cure for Cancer is one of Denis Leary's standup routines from the early 1990s. It was made into a Showtime special, a book, and a compact disc, all with the same title....
 (1993) and Lock 'n Load
Lock 'N Load

Lock 'n Load is Denis Leary's second album, and was co-written with Chris Philips, features material by Adam Roth, Janeane Garofalo and Jeff Garlin, and music by Greg Dulli....
 (1997). In late 2004, he released the EP
Extended play

An extended play is a vinyl record, Compact disc, or music download which contains more music than a Single , but is too short to qualify as an LP album....
 Merry F#%$in' Christmas, which included a mix of new music, previously unreleased recordings, and some tracks from Lock 'n Load.

In 1993, his sardonic
Sarcasm

Sarcasm is a form of ironic speech or writing which is bitter or cutting, being intended to taunt its target. It is first recorded in English in The Shepheardes Calender in 1579: ...
 song about the stereotypical American male, "Asshole
Asshole (song)

"Asshole" is a song by Denis Leary, released as the only single from his album No Cure for Cancer. The song became a minor hit, thanks in part to the video, which gained airplay on MTV and MuchMusic in a censored form....
", achieved much notoriety. It was voted #1 in a major Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n youth radio poll (the Triple J Hottest 100
Triple J Hottest 100

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year....
) as well as reaching #2 in the singles chart in that country. The video also became a staple of MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
's late-night programming. Due to its explicit and controversial content, however, it received limited airplay on mainstream
Mainstream

Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. It is a term most often applied in the The Arts . This includes:* something that is available to the general public;...
 American radio stations. At the 2004 Comics Come Home in Boston, Massachusetts, Denis performed a new version of the song directed at the New York Yankees, and as the song concluded, Bronson Arroyo
Bronson Arroyo

Bronson Anthony Arroyo , is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and a rock music musician. He has previously played for the Boston Red Sox from 2003 in baseball to 2005 in baseball, and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 in baseball and 2002 in baseball....
 walked on stage with the World Series trophy. The song was also used as part of the Holsten Pils series of ads in the UK which Leary was participating in, with adapted lyrics criticizing a drunk driver.

Although he says he is most at home on stage doing stand-up, Leary has appeared as an actor in over 40 movies, including The Sandlot
The Sandlot

The Sandlot is a 1993 film about young baseball players. The film was directed by David Evans and was released with the title The Sandlot Kids in Australia and the United Kingdom....
, Monument Ave.
Monument Ave.

Monument Ave., originally titled Snitch and titled Noose in Australia, is a 1998 American film directed by Ted Demme and starring Denis Leary....
, The Matchmaker
The MatchMaker (1997 film)

The MatchMaker is a 1997 in film comedy film. The film?s tagline was ?A romantic comedy for the incurably unromantic.?...
, The Ref
The Ref

The Ref is a 1994 black comedy film film director by Ted Demme....
, Suicide Kings
Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings is a 1997 American film, starring Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, and Henry Thomas....
, Dawg
Dawg

Dawg may refer to:* an eye dialect spelling of "dog"* an African American Vernacular English word used to apply to close friends* directed acyclic word graph, a computer science data structure...
, Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog is a 1997 in film film starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, about a Washington, D.C. Spin who distracts the electorate from a U.S....
, Demolition Man
Demolition Man (film)

Demolition Man is a 1993 in film Cinema of the United States dystopian action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne and Denis Leary....
, The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 in film heist film by John McTiernan, director of Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October . It is a remake of the The Thomas Crown Affair of the same name....
 and Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Dumbo Drop

Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 live-action Film. It is loosely based on true events, as related by MAJ Jim Morris which involved the U.S. Special Forces in 1968, in the tiny South Vietnamese village of Dak Nhe....
. He has had the lead role in two television series, The Job
The Job (TV series)

The Job is a single-camera television comedy about a New York City police officer named Mike McNeil -- who indulges in adultery, alcohol, cigarettes and prescription drug abuse -- and his fellow 'bumbling detective' pals....
 and Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
. In addition, Leary has provided voices for characters in animated films, such as a medium fire-breathing dragon named Flame in the The Agents series, a saber-toothed tiger named Diego in the Ice Age
Ice Age (film)

Ice Age is a feature-length computer animation film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002 in film. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J....
 film trilogy, and Francis in A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life is a 1998 computer animation film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on December, 1998 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999....
. He has produced
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
 (and still produces) numerous movies, television shows, and specials through his production company Apostle; these include Comedy Central
Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an United States cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication....
's Shorties Watchin' Shorties
Shorties Watchin' Shorties

Shorties Watchin' Shorties was a television show broadcast on Comedy Central. The show is made up of various short animated clips with audio from comedians' stand up routines , many of which have been featured on Comedy Central....
, the stand-up special Denis Leary's Merry F#$%in' Christmas, and the movie Blow
Blow (film)

Blow is a 2001 drama/biopic film about the United States cocaine smuggler George Jung, film director by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay....
. As a Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
 fan, he narrated the official 2004 World Series
2004 World Series

The 2004 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series for the 2004 Major League Baseball season. It was the 100th World Series and featured the American League champion Boston Red Sox against the National League champion St....
 film. In 2006, Leary and Lenny Clarke
Lenny Clarke

Lenny Clarke is an American comedian, famous for his thick Boston accent. Sometime during the 1970s, as related in the Comedy Central roast of Clarke's friend Denis Leary, Clarke ran for mayor of Cambridge, MA....
 appeared on television during a Red Sox telecast and, upon realizing that Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis

Kevin Edmund Youkilis , nicknamed "Youk" "Youker " and "The Greek God of Walks," is an American All Star Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox....
 is Jewish, delivered a criticism of Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Officer of the Order of Australia is an Australian-American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
's anti-semitic comments. As a hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 fan, Leary also hosted the National Hockey League
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 video NHL's Greatest Goals.

In 2003, Comedy Central
Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an United States cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication....
 honored Denis Leary in the Comedy Central Roast
Comedy Central Roast

The Comedy Central Roasts are a series of celebrity roast specials which air on the Comedy Central cable network....
 of Denis Leary
. Friend Jeff Garlin
Jeff Garlin

Jeff Garlin is an United States of America comic actor best known for his role as Jeff Greene, Larry David manager on the Home Box Office show Curb Your Enthusiasm....
 acted as roastmaster. Roasters included Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone

Mario Cantone is an United States stand-up comedy, writer and actor, with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show....
, Adam Ferrara
Adam Ferrara

Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian who played Detective Tommy Manetti on the television series The Job , and currently has a recurring role as Chief "Needles" Nelson on the critically-acclaimed FX series Rescue Me ....
, Dane Cook
Dane Cook

Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He released three comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed, Retaliation , and Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden....
, Jim Breuer
Jim Breuer

Jim Breuer is an United States comedian and actor, largely known for his appearance between 1995 and 1998 on Saturday Night Live.Breuer grew up in Valley Stream, New York in Nassau County, New York, just east of the border with New York City....
, Nick DiPaolo
Nick DiPaolo

Nick Di Paolo is an Italian-American stand-up comedian, writer and radio host formerly on WXRK in New York City until May 24, 2007, when the station changed formats....
, Don Gavin, Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken

'Christopher Walken' is an Academy Award winning United States actor of theater and film, on which he has spent more than 50 years. A prolific actor, he has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, notably including A View to a Kill, At Close Range, The Deer Hunter, King of New York, Batman Returns and Pulp Fictio...
, Lenny Clarke
Lenny Clarke

Lenny Clarke is an American comedian, famous for his thick Boston accent. Sometime during the 1970s, as related in the Comedy Central roast of Clarke's friend Denis Leary, Clarke ran for mayor of Cambridge, MA....
, Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon

Gina L. Gershon is an United States film and television actor, known for her roles in the films Cocktail , Showgirls , Bound , and Face/Off ....
, Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning United States television host, television writer and comedian, best known as host of NBC Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993-2009....
, Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart

Jonathan "Jon" Stewart is an United States comedian, television host, and political satire. He is best known as host of The Daily Show, a news satire airing on Comedy Central....
, Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried , is an United States Stand-up comedy and actor whose most salient feature is a distinctively loud, rasping, grating voice. He has played numerous roles in film and television, perhaps most notably voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's Aladdin , as well as co-starring in the Problem Child movies....
, Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn

Colin Quinn is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, and as an MTV personality in the late 1980s....
 and Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox is a Canadian American actor. His roles include Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy trilogy ; Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties , for which he won four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and Mike Flaherty from Spin City , for which he won an Emmy, three Golden Globes, and two Screen Actors Guild Awar...
.

Leary is now the star and co-creator of FX's Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
. He plays Tommy Gavin
Tommy Gavin

Thomas Michael "Tommy" Gavin is the main character of the FX television series Rescue Me . He is portrayed by Denis Leary. Leary was nominated for a Golden Globe and for two Emmys for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Tommy....
, a New York City firefighter dealing with alcoholism
Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions to describe the detrimental effects of alcohol intake.In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages despite health problems and negative social consequences....
, family dysfunction, and other issues in post-9/11 New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. Leary received Emmy nominations in 2006 and 2007 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance. For this TV series, he turned down roles in two films: The Departed
The Departed

The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
 (Mark Wahlberg got the role after Leary turned down the role) and Bobby
Bobby (film)

Bobby is the name of two films:*Bobby , a drama about Robert F. Kennedy assassination of United States Senate Robert F. Kennedy.*Bobby , a Bollywood film about the love between two Bombay teenagers of different classes....
, which his close friend Emilio Estevez directed.

Leary recently did the TV voiceover for MLB 2K8 ads, where he used his trademark rant style in baseball terms, and ads for the 2009 Ford F-150 pickup truck. He was also a producer of the FOX show Canterbury's Law
Canterbury's Law

Canterbury's Law was an United States legal drama, which ran from March 10, 2008 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on FOX. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and Mike Figgis, who also directed the television pilot....
 and wrote and directed its pilot episode. Canterbury's Law aired in the spring of 2008 but was canceled after eight episodes.

On September 9th, 2008, Leary was the host of the sixth annual Fashion Rocks
Fashion Rocks

Fashion Rocks is an annual international charity fundraiser event which features fashions by the world's top designers being presented to live performances by popular music acts....
 event, which aired on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
. During one part of the show, Leary came onstage dressed in a long gold halter dress and wearing diamond earrings and a bracelet; he carried a purse and a pair of high heels. In another segment, he let out a controversial rant about Britney Spears
Britney Spears

'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
, the birth of Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin

Enrique Mart?n Morales , better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rico pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin American music boy band Menudo , then as a solo artist since 1991....
's twins, and David Duchovny
David Duchovny

David William Duchovny is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning United States actor, best known for his roles as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and as Hank Moody on Californication ....
 going to rehab for sex addiction.

In December 2008, Leary appeared in a video on funnyordie.com critiquing a list of some of his 'best' films, titled "Denis Leary Remembers Denis Leary Movies". In 2008, Leary was a guest star on The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
. In this episode titled "Lost Verizon", the second episode of season 20, Leary was exaggerated as a "very epic" superstar.

On March 21, 2009 Leary will begin the "Rescue Me Comedy Tour" in Atlantic City, NJ. The 11 date tour, featuring Rescue Me co-stars Lenny Clarke and Adam Ferrara, will be Leary's first stand-up comedy tour in 12 years.

Personal life

Denis Leary has been married to writer Ann Lembeck Leary since 1989. They met when he was her instructor for an English class at Emerson College
Emerson College

Emerson College is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts that focuses on the communication arts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," in Boston, Emerson's main campus is located on the Southeast corner of the Boston Common , in the Boston Theatre District....
. They have two children, son John Joseph "Jack" (born 1990) and daughter Devin (born 1992). Ann Leary published a memoir, An Innocent, a Broad, about the premature birth
Premature birth

In humans, preterm birth refers to the birth of a baby of less than 37 weeks gestational age. Premature birth, commonly used as a synonym for preterm birth, refers to the birth of a premature infant....
 of their son on an overseas visit to England
England

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. She has also written a novel, Outtakes From a Marriage, which was published in 2008.

Leary is an ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 fan and has his own backyard hockey rink at his home in New York with piping installed under the ice surface to help the ice stay frozen. His favorite National Hockey League
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 team is the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
. He is also a diehard Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
 fan, as well as a fan of the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the NFC North of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL....
.

Leary is a moderate Democrat. He has said, "I'm more interested in my issues than I am in the guy" and "I was a life-long Democrat, but now at my age, I`ve come to realize that the Democrats suck, and the Republicans suck, and basically the entire system sucks. But you have to go within the system to find what you want." Leary supported Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 in the 2008 presidential election.

Leary defines his religious beliefs as "I`m a lapsed catholic
Lapsed Catholic

In Roman Catholic Church, a lapsed Catholic is a Catholic who has ceased practicing. Such a person is said to have lapsed from the faith.According to Catholic belief, if one is baptised as a Catholic he or she remains a Catholic forever....
 in the best sense of the word... My parents, you know, prayed all the time, took us to mass. And my father would sometimes swear in Gaelic
Gaelic

Gaelic as an adjective means "pertaining to the Gaels", including language and culture. As a noun, it may refer to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the individual languages....
. It doesn`t get more religious than that. But, no, after a while, they taught us wrong. I didn`t raise my kids with the fear of God. I raised my kids with the sense of, you know, to me, Jesus was this great guy".

His third cousin through marriage, Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning United States television host, television writer and comedian, best known as host of NBC Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993-2009....
, is also a successful comedian and actor.

Despite jokes he's made, Leary watches The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States Television syndication talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
 frequently and loves the program.

Leary Firefighters Foundation

On December 3, 1999, six firefighter
Firefighter

Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car accidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations....
s from Leary's hometown of Worcester were killed in a massive warehouse fire. Among the dead were Leary's cousin Jerry Lucey and his close childhood friend Lt. Tommy Spencer. In response, the comedian founded the Leary Firefighters Foundation
Leary Firefighters Foundation

The Leary Firefighters Foundation provides funding and equipment to fire departments throughout the United States.On December 3, 1999, six firefighters in Worcester, Massachusetts were killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire, a massive fire set by squatters....
. Since its creation in the year 2000, the foundation has distributed over $2.5 million (USD
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
) to fire departments in the Worcester, Boston, and New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 areas for equipment, training materials, new vehicles, and new facilities. Leary won $125,000 for the foundation on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)

In the United States, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is a television reality television/game show which offers a maximum prize of United States dollar1,000,000 for correctly answering 15 successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
. Leary has close ties with 107.3 WAAF-FM, which in 2000 released the station album "Survive This!" Part of the proceeds from this album were donated to the Leary Firefighters Foundation.

A separate fund run by Leary's foundation, the Fund for New York's Bravest, has distributed over $2 million (USD) to the families of the 343 firemen killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks in addition to providing funding for necessities such as a new mobile command center, first responder training, and a high-rise simulator for the FDNY's
New York City Fire Department

The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department City of New York has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five borough from fire fighting, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards....
 training campus. This new fund was established because the families of the Worcester fire did not want to include New York families into the fund. As a result, Leary created a separate fund for New York.

As the foundation's president, Leary has been active in all of the fundraising, usually presenting large checks and donated equipment personally. The close relationship he has developed with the FDNY as well as with individual firefighters across the New York/New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
 area has resulted in Leary's most recent television show, Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
, a Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 on FX
FX Networks

FX is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group. The network's most popular original shows are The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me and Damages , as well as the comedy It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia....
. In the pilot episode
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
 of the show, he is seen wearing a Leary Firefighter Foundation 9-11 Memorial T-shirt.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Leary donated over a dozen boats to the New Orleans fire department to aid in rescue efforts in future disasters. The foundation also rebuilt entire NOLA firehouses.

Autism remarks controversy


In his new book Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid, Leary made a statement that has angered many people with autism and their families.

"There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks... to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't (care) what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you — your kid is not autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both."


In response to the controversy Leary has stated that the quote is taken out of context and that in that paragraph he had been talking about the trend of overdiagnosis of Autism which he attributed to American parents seeking an excuse for behavioural problems and underperformance. Later, he apologized to parents with autistic children that he had offended.

Accusations of plagiarism

For many years, Leary had been friends with fellow comedian Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks

William Melvin Hicks was an American stand up comedy in the 1980s and early 1990s. He challenged mainstream beliefs, aiming to "enlighten people to think for themselves." Hicks used a ribald approach to express his material, describing himself as "Noam Chomsky with dick jokes." His jokes included general discussions about society, religion...
. However, when Hicks heard Leary's No Cure for Cancer, he felt Leary had stolen his act and material. Hicks famously told an interviewer: "I have a scoop for you. I stole his (Leary's) act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did".

The friendship ended abruptly as a result. At least three stand-up comedians have gone on the record stating they believe Leary stole not just some of Hicks' material but also his persona
Persona

A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a Character played by an actor. This is an Italy word that derives from the Latin for "mask" or "character", derived from the Etruscan language word "phersu", with the same meaning....
 and attitude. One similar routine was about the band Judas Priest
Judas Priest

Judas Priest is an England Heavy metal music band formed in 1969 in Birmingham. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K....
, during which Hicks specifically says "I don’t think we lost a cancer cure."

As a result of this, it is claimed that after Bill Hicks' death from pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is a cancer of the pancreas. Each year in the United States, about 37,680 individuals are diagnosed with this condition and 34,290 die from the disease each year....
, an industry joke began to circulate about Leary's transformation and subsequent success (roughly; "Question: Why is Denis Leary a star while Bill Hicks is unknown? Answer: Because there's No Cure for Cancer.")

During a 2003 roast
Roast (comedy)

A roast, in North American English, is an event in which an individual is subject to publicly bearing comedic insults, praise, outlandish true and untrue stories and heartwarming tributes....
 of Denis Leary, comedian Lenny Clarke
Lenny Clarke

Lenny Clarke is an American comedian, famous for his thick Boston accent. Sometime during the 1970s, as related in the Comedy Central roast of Clarke's friend Denis Leary, Clarke ran for mayor of Cambridge, MA....
, a friend of Leary's, said there was a carton of cigarettes backstage from Bill Hicks with the message, "Wish I had gotten these to you sooner." This joke was cut from the final broadcast.

The controversy surrounding plagiarism is also mentioned in American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story, by Cynthia True:

Leary was in Montreal to host the "Nasty Show", at Club Soda, and Colleen was coordinating the talent so she was standing backstage when she heard Leary doing material that sounded incredibly similar to old Hicks riffs, including his perennial Jim Fixx
Jim Fixx

James F. Fixx was the author of the 1977 in literature best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. Best known as Jim Fixx, he is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging....
 joke: ("Keith Richards
Keith Richards

Keith Richards is an England guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm guitar playing....
 outlived Jim Fixx, the runner and health nut dude. The plot thickens."). When Leary came offstage, Colleen, more stunned than angry, said, "Hey, you know that's Bill Hicks' material! Do you know that's his material?" Leary stood there, stared at her without saying a word and briskly left the dressing room.


Reportedly, upon hearing a tape of Leary's album No Cure for Cancer
No Cure for Cancer

No Cure for Cancer is one of Denis Leary's standup routines from the early 1990s. It was made into a Showtime special, a book, and a compact disc, all with the same title....
, "Bill was furious. All these years, aside from the occasional jibe, he had pretty much shrugged off Leary's lifting. Comedians borrowed, stole stuff and even bought bits from one another. Milton Berle
Milton Berle

Milton Berle, born Milton Berlinger was an Emmy-winning United States comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , he was the first major star of television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr....
 and Robin Williams
Robin Williams

Robin McLaurim Williams is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and Grammy Award-winning United Statesn comedian and actor.Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980....
 were famous for it. This was different. Leary had, practically line for line, taken huge chunks of Bill's act and recorded it."

In the August 2006 Playboy
Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, with a presence in nearly every medium....
, an interviewer told Leary, "Much has been written about you and comedian Bill Hicks.... People have accused you of appropriating his persona and material." Leary replied:

On Sept 9, 2008, Louis CK appeared on Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony

Opie and Anthony are the hosts of The Opie & Anthony Show, a talk radio program airing in The United States and Canada on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio....
 and related a story from when he was much younger alleging Leary had plagiarized a bit from him. At the time, CK's closing bit was one about how great it would be to "just be an asshole." During a show when both CK and Leary performed, CK says Leary continued the bit, with due credit. However, after that, he said he saw Leary perform his entire bit without credit, and it has been suggested that this bit evolved into the song Asshole
Asshole (song)

"Asshole" is a song by Denis Leary, released as the only single from his album No Cure for Cancer. The song became a minor hit, thanks in part to the video, which gained airplay on MTV and MuchMusic in a censored form....
. Despite this, CK, who has been cited as the victim of plagiarism on other occasions
Dane Cook

Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He released three comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed, Retaliation , and Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden....
 as well, said he prefers to just write new material and move on rather than harbor a grudge. To this Leary stated:"If Louis CK wants to copyright the word Asshole, he should make it his middle name."

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
Recount (film)

Recount is an 60th Primetime Emmy Awards winning 2008 television movie about the United States presidential election, 2000 in the United States....
 (2008)
2008 Nominated Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Recount
Recount (film)

Recount is an 60th Primetime Emmy Awards winning 2008 television movie about the United States presidential election, 2000 in the United States....
 (2008)
2007 Nominated Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2007 Nominated Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Actor in a Series, Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2007 Nominated Prism Awards Performance in a Drama Series, Multi-Episode Storyline Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2006 Nominated Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2006 Nominated Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Television Series, Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2006 Nominated Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Actor in a Series, Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2006 Nominated Prism Awards Performance in a Drama Series, Multi-Episode Storyline Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Nominated Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Nominated Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Nominated Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Actor in a Series, Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Won Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Ensemble - Television Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Nominated Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Television Series, Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Nominated Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Drama Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2005 Nominated Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding New Program of the Year Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
2003 Nominated Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Ice Age
Ice Age (film)

Ice Age is a feature-length computer animation film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002 in film. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J....
2003 Nominated DVD Exclusive Awards
DVD Exclusive Awards

The DVD Exclusive Awards is an award that honors direct to video productions. The awards were first held in 2001. They are awarded by online periodical Video Business and The Digital Entertainment Group....
Best Actor Double Whammy (2001)
2002 Nominated Television Critics Association Awards Individual Achievement in Comedy The Job
The Job (TV series)

The Job is a single-camera television comedy about a New York City police officer named Mike McNeil -- who indulges in adultery, alcohol, cigarettes and prescription drug abuse -- and his fellow 'bumbling detective' pals....
2002 Nominated Television Critics Association Awards Best New Show The Job
The Job (TV series)

The Job is a single-camera television comedy about a New York City police officer named Mike McNeil -- who indulges in adultery, alcohol, cigarettes and prescription drug abuse -- and his fellow 'bumbling detective' pals....
2000 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama/Romance The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 in film heist film by John McTiernan, director of Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October . It is a remake of the The Thomas Crown Affair of the same name....
 (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
No Cure for Cancer

No Cure for Cancer is one of Denis Leary's standup routines from the early 1990s. It was made into a Showtime special, a book, and a compact disc, all with the same title....
 (1992)
1992 Won BBC Festival Recommendation Award No Cure for Cancer
No Cure for Cancer

No Cure for Cancer is one of Denis Leary's standup routines from the early 1990s. It was made into a Showtime special, a book, and a compact disc, all with the same title....
 (1992)


Filmography


Films

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Long Walk to Forever
Long Walk to Forever (short film)

Long Walk to Forever is 1987 short film starring Denis Leary and Dana Nathan. It written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and John A. Gallagher and directed by John A....
 
Newt short film
1991 Strictly Business
Strictly Business

Strictly Business is a comedy starring Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, and Halle Berry. The film was directed by Kevin Hooks who has directed many other films and television series....
 
Jake cameo
Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television....
1993 The Sandlot
The Sandlot

The Sandlot is a 1993 film about young baseball players. The film was directed by David Evans and was released with the title The Sandlot Kids in Australia and the United Kingdom....
 
Bill  
Who's the Man?
Who's the Man?

Who's the Man? is a 1993 in film comedy film, Film director by Ted Demme. The film stars Yo! MTV Raps hosts Doctor Dr? and Ed Lover as its two main protagonists....
 
Sergeant Cooper  
Demolition Man
Demolition Man (film)

Demolition Man is a 1993 in film Cinema of the United States dystopian action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne and Denis Leary....
 
Edgar Friendly  
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon, Inc.'s Loaded Weapon 1 is a 1993 in film comedy film, directed by Gene Quintano and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson and William Shatner....
 
Mike McCracken cameo
Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television....
, performing You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me

"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released as the group's third single , in August 1964, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the following month, staying there for two weeks....
Judgment Night
Judgment Night (film)

Judgment Night is a 1993 action film thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Emilio Est?vez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven and Stephen Dorff as a group of friends on the run from a group of criminals after they witness a murder....
 
Fallon  
1994 The Ref
The Ref

The Ref is a 1994 black comedy film film director by Ted Demme....
 
Gus  
Gunmen
Gunmen (1994 film)

Gunmen is a 1994 in film comedy/action film directed by Deran Sarafian. It starring Mario Van Peebles, Christopher Lambert, Denis Leary, Kadeem Hardison, Patrick Stewart....
 
Armor O'Malley  
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers is a 1994 in film satire crime film directed by Oliver Stone about two mass murderers and the Mass media coverage given to them....
 
Prison Inmate
Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers is a 1994 in film satire crime film directed by Oliver Stone about two mass murderers and the Mass media coverage given to them....
 
director's cut
Director's cut

A director's cut is a specially film editing version of a film, and less often television program, music video, Television advertisement or video games, that is supposed to represent the film director's own approved edit....
, cameo
Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television....
1995 National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins Jake TV-movie, also directed segment "Lust"
Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Dumbo Drop

Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 live-action Film. It is loosely based on true events, as related by MAJ Jim Morris which involved the U.S. Special Forces in 1968, in the tiny South Vietnamese village of Dak Nhe....
 
Lt. David Poole  
The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible (film)

The Neon Bible is a 1995 in film drama film written and directed by Terence Davies, based on The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole. The film is about a boy named David coming of age in Georgia in the 1940s....
 
Frank  
1996 Underworld
Underworld (1996 film)

Underworld is a 1997 in film comedy film/thriller film. It was directed by Roger Christian and stars Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna and Annabella Sciorra....
 
Johnny Crown/Johnny Alt  
Two If by Sea
Two If by Sea

Two If by Sea is a 1996 in film romantic comedy feature starring Sandra Bullock, Denis Leary, Stephen Dillane and Yaphet Kotto. It was directed by Bill Bennett and written by Ann Lembeck, Mike Armstrong and Denis Leary....
 
Francis "Frank" O'Brien also writer
1997 The Second Civil War
The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War is a drama film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997.Directed by Joe Dante, this was a satire about anti-immigrant sentiment in the melting pot that is the United States....
 
Vinnie Franko TV-movie
Love Walked In
Love Walked In (1997 film)

Love Walked In is a 1997 in film film noir drama/thriller film directed by Juan Jos? Campanella. The film is based on the novel Ni el Tiro del Final by Argentine novelist and political columnist Jos? Pablo Feinmann....
 
Jack Hanaway also producer
Subway Stories
Subway Stories

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground was a film made in 1997 and produced by Home Box Office for television. It began as a contest among New Yorkers who submitted stories of their experiences within the New York City Subway....
 
Guy in wheel chair TV movie, segment "The Red Shoes"
Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog is a 1997 in film film starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, about a Washington, D.C. Spin who distracts the electorate from a U.S....
 
Fad King  
Suicide Kings
Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings is a 1997 American film, starring Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, and Henry Thomas....
 
Lono Veccio  
The Real Blonde
The Real Blonde

The Real Blonde is a 1997 in film film film director and screenwriter by Tom DiCillo. It stars Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, and Maxwell Caulfield....
 
Doug
The Real Blonde

The Real Blonde is a 1997 in film film film director and screenwriter by Tom DiCillo. It stars Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, and Maxwell Caulfield....
 
 
The MatchMaker
The MatchMaker (1997 film)

The MatchMaker is a 1997 in film comedy film. The film?s tagline was ?A romantic comedy for the incurably unromantic.?...
 
Nick  
1998 Monument Ave.
Monument Ave.

Monument Ave., originally titled Snitch and titled Noose in Australia, is a 1998 American film directed by Ted Demme and starring Denis Leary....
 
Bobby O'Grady a.k.a Snitch, also uncredited writer
Wide Awake Mr. Beal  
Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers is a 1998 in film action film/science fiction film featuring Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst and the voice talents of Tommy Lee Jones and Frank Langella....
 
Gil Mars  
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life is a 1998 computer animation film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on December, 1998 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999....
 
Francis
A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life is a 1998 computer animation film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on December, 1998 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999....
 
voice
1999 True Crime
True Crime (1999 film)

True Crime is a 1999 in film mystery film drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1997 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent....
 
Bob Findley  
Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son is a 1999 in film film adapted from a collection of short stories of the same name by Denis Johnson. It starred Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Denis Leary, Will Patton, John Ventimiglia, and Jack Black ....
 
Wayne  
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb (1999 film)

Do Not Disturb is 1999 in film thriller film directed, written, produced and composed by Dick Maas. Maas produced it with Laurens Geels. Film starring William Hurt, Jennifer Tilly and Denis Leary....
 
Simon  
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 in film heist film by John McTiernan, director of Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October . It is a remake of the The Thomas Crown Affair of the same name....
 
Det. Michael McCann  
2000 Sand
Sand (film)

Sand is 2000 in film thriller film, directed and written by Matt Palmieri. It starring Michael Vartan, Norman Reedus and Kari W?hrer. Also some hollywood stars have roles in this film including Jon Lovitz, Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Denis Leary and Julie Delpy....
 
Teddy  
Lakeboat
Lakeboat

Lakeboat is a semiautobiographical play by David Mamet, first produced in 1980.As he would later do with Glengarry Glen Ross, Mamet drew upon experiences from a past vocation to create high drama....
 
The Fireman  
Company Man
Company Man (film)

Company Man is a 2000 in film Anglo-American comedy film directed by and written by Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath. Film stars Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Ryan Phillippe, Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia with Woody Allen and Denis Leary as "Officer Fry"....
 
Officer Fry  
2001 Double Whammy Det. Raymond Pluto also uncredited producer
Final
Final (2001 film)

Final is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Campbell Scott. It stars Denis Leary, Hope Davis, J. C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Hornyak, and Maureen Anderman....
 
Bill performing Little Sister
Little Sister

'Little Sister' may refer to:* A younger sisterIn 'literature':* The Little Sister, a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler* ...
2002 Dawg
Dawg (film)

Dawg is 2002 in film romance comedy film directed by Victoria Hochberg. It stars Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley, in their second film together....
 
Douglas "Dawg" Munford a.k.a Bad Boy
Ice Age
Ice Age (film)

Ice Age is a feature-length computer animation film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002 in film. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J....
 
Diego
List of characters in the Ice Age films

This is a list of the characters in the Ice Age films mentioned by a name either presented in the films or in official material....
 
voice
The Secret Lives of Dentists
The Secret Lives of Dentists

The Secret Lives of Dentists is a 2003 in film drama film directed by Alan Rudolph and written by Craig Lucas, and is based on the novella The Age of Grief by Jane Smiley....
 
Slater  
2003 When Stand Up Stood Out
When Stand Up Stood Out

When Stand Up Stood Out is a documentary film film by former Boston comedian Fran Solomita which chronicles the explosive popularity of the Boston Stand-up comedy scene in the 80s and early 90s....
 
Himself documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
The Curse of the Bambino Himself documentary
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino Himself documentary (sequel)
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply as Ice Age 2, is the 2006 in film sequel to the computer animation 2002 in film Ice Age ....
 
Diego
List of characters in the Ice Age films

This is a list of the characters in the Ice Age films mentioned by a name either presented in the films or in official material....
 
voice
2008 Recount
Recount (film)

Recount is an 60th Primetime Emmy Awards winning 2008 television movie about the United States presidential election, 2000 in the United States....
 
Michael Whouley
Michael Whouley

Michael Whouley is an United States Democratic Party political consultant who specializes in get out the vote operations. Whouley is President of the Dewey Square Group, a consulting firm that works for both political and corporate clients as lobbyists and campaign strategists....
 
TV-movie
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs also known as Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs or simply Ice Age 3 or Ice Age 3-D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an upcoming 2009 3D computer animated film to be the third installment of the Ice Age film series....
 
Diego
List of characters in the Ice Age films

This is a list of the characters in the Ice Age films mentioned by a name either presented in the films or in official material....
 
voice


Gross (films)

Year Title US Gross
1993 The Sandlot
The Sandlot

The Sandlot is a 1993 film about young baseball players. The film was directed by David Evans and was released with the title The Sandlot Kids in Australia and the United Kingdom....
 
US$32.1 million
Demolition Man
Demolition Man

Demolition Man may refer to:*Demolition Man , a 1993 film from Warner Brothers starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock....
 
US$134.0 million
Judgment Night
Judgment Night (film)

Judgment Night is a 1993 action film thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Emilio Est?vez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven and Stephen Dorff as a group of friends on the run from a group of criminals after they witness a murder....
 
US$12.1 million
1994 Gunmen
Gunmen (1994 film)

Gunmen is a 1994 in film comedy/action film directed by Deran Sarafian. It starring Mario Van Peebles, Christopher Lambert, Denis Leary, Kadeem Hardison, Patrick Stewart....
 
US$3.4 million
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers is a 1994 in film satire crime film directed by Oliver Stone about two mass murderers and the Mass media coverage given to them....
 
US$11.1 million
1995 The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible (film)

The Neon Bible is a 1995 in film drama film written and directed by Terence Davies, based on The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole. The film is about a boy named David coming of age in Georgia in the 1940s....
 
US$780,072
1997 The MatchMaker
The MatchMaker (1997 film)

The MatchMaker is a 1997 in film comedy film. The film?s tagline was ?A romantic comedy for the incurably unromantic.?...
 
US$3.3 million
1998 Wide Awake US$58,212
Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers is a 1998 in film action film/science fiction film featuring Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst and the voice talents of Tommy Lee Jones and Frank Langella....
 
US$71.7 million
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life is a 1998 computer animation film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on December, 1998 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999....
 
US$162.7 million
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 in film heist film by John McTiernan, director of Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October . It is a remake of the The Thomas Crown Affair of the same name....
 
US$69.3 million
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply as Ice Age 2, is the 2006 in film sequel to the computer animation 2002 in film Ice Age ....
 
US$195.3 million


TV shows


Discography

  • 1997: Lock 'n Load
    Lock 'N Load

    Lock 'n Load is Denis Leary's second album, and was co-written with Chris Philips, features material by Adam Roth, Janeane Garofalo and Jeff Garlin, and music by Greg Dulli....
  • 2004: Merry F#%$in' Christmas
    Merry F %$in' Christmas

    Merry F#%$in' Christmas is a 2004 in music comedy album released by actor/comedian Denis Leary. It runs for 20 minutes and includes unreleased sessions recorded for his previous 1997 album Lock 'n Load and two tracks previously released on that album ....


Bibliography


  • 2008: Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid, Viking ISBN 978-0-670-03160-3


External links


  • - Official Site.
  • at Allmusic