1. Denis Colin Leary was born on August 18,1957 and is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
40 Facts About Denis Leary
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Denis 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.
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Denis Leary has done voice work, including Francis in A Bug's Life and Diego in the Ice Age franchise.
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Denis Colin Leary was born on August 18,1957, in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Catholic immigrant parents from Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.
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Denis Leary's mother, Nora, was a maid, and his father, John Leary, was an auto mechanic.
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Denis Leary is a citizen of both the United States and Ireland.
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Denis Leary is a third cousin of talk show host and fellow comedian Conan O'Brien.
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Denis Leary attended Saint Peter's High School in Worcester and graduated from Emerson College in Boston.
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Denis Leary began working as a comedian at the Boston underground club Play It Again Sam's.
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Denis Leary wrote and appeared on a local comedy series, Lenny Clarke's Late Show, hosted by his friend Lenny Clarke and written by Martin Olson.
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Denis Leary appeared in sketches on the MTV game show Remote Control, playing characters such as Keith Richards, co-host Colin Quinn's brother and artist Andy Warhol.
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Denis Leary released two records of his comedy: No Cure for Cancer and Lock 'n Load.
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In 1995, Denis Leary was asked by Boston Bruins legend Cam Neely to help orchestrate a Boston-based comedy benefit show for Neely's cancer charity; this became Comics Come Home, which Denis Leary has hosted annually ever since.
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Denis Leary has appeared in many films, including The Sandlot as Scott's stepfather Bill, Monument Ave.
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Denis Leary had a role in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers that was eventually cut.
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Denis Leary held the lead role in two television series, The Job and Rescue Me.
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Denis Leary received Emmy Award nominations in 2006 and 2007 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Rescue Me, and in 2008 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the HBO movie Recount.
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Denis Leary was offered the role of Dignam in The Departed but turned it down because of scheduling conflicts with Rescue Me.
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Denis Leary provided voices for characters in animated films, such as a fire-breathing dragon named Flame in the series The Agents, a pugnacious ladybug named Francis in A Bug's Life and a prehistoric saber-toothed tiger named Diego in the Ice Age film series.
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Denis Leary did the TV voiceover for MLB 2K8 advertisements, using his trademark rant style in baseball terms, and ads for the 2009 Ford F-150 pickup truck.
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Denis Leary has appeared in commercials for Hulu and DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket package.
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Denis Leary was a producer of the Fox series Canterbury's Law, and wrote and directed its pilot episode.
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On September 9,2008, Denis Leary hosted the sixth annual Fashion Rocks event, which aired on CBS.
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Also in 2008, Denis Leary voiced a guest role as himself in The Simpsons episode "Lost Verizon".
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On March 21,2009, Denis Leary began the Rescue Me Comedy Tour in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Denis Leary played Captain George Stacy in the movie The Amazing Spider-Man, released in July 2012.
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Denis Leary is an executive producer of the documentary Burn, which chronicles the struggles of the Detroit Fire Department.
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Denis Leary has been the narrator for NESN's documentary show about the Boston Bruins called Behind the B since the show began in 2013.
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Denis Leary has been married to author Ann Lembeck Denis Leary since 1989.
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Ann Denis Leary published a memoir, An Innocent, a Broad, about the premature birth of their son on a visit to London.
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Denis Leary has written a novel, Outtakes From a Marriage, which was published in 2008.
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Denis Leary is an ice hockey fan and has a backyard rink at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, with piping installed under the ice surface to help it stay frozen.
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Denis Leary is a fan of the Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, and Boston Red Sox, as well as the Green Bay Packers.
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Denis Leary describes himself as a "Jack Kennedy Democrat" with some conservative ideologies, including support for the military.
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Denis Leary is godfather to Damian Hurley, the son of actress Elizabeth Hurley.
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Denis Leary won $125,000 for the foundation on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
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For many years, Denis Leary had been friends with fellow comedian Bill Hicks.
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At least three stand-up comedians have gone on the record stating they believe Denis Leary stole Hicks' material, comedic persona and attitude.
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Denis Leary had, practically line for line, taken huge chunks of Bill's act and recorded it.
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Denis Leary later stated that the quote was taken out of context and that in that paragraph he had been talking about what he calls the trend of "unwarranted" over-diagnosis of autism, which he attributed to American parents seeking an excuse for behavioral problems and under-performance.