Denis Leary

Denis Leary

Known for
Acting
Born
August 18, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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 Webb's 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man and the voice of Diego in the animated Ice Age series.

Known For

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Filmography

2027
Ice Age: Boiling Point poster

Ice Age: Boiling Point

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2026
Tribeca 25 poster

Tribeca 25

Movie · as Self

2026
Top of the World poster

Top of the World

Movie · as Joe Baum (voice)

2026
The Pete Davidson Show poster

The Pete Davidson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2026
We're Back! With Brian Williams poster

We're Back! With Brian Williams

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Oh. What. Fun. poster

Oh. What. Fun.

Movie · as Nick

2025
Going Dutch poster

Going Dutch

TV · as Colonel Patrick Quinn · 22 eps

2024
No Good Deed poster

No Good Deed

TV · as Mikey Morgan · 8 eps

2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Movie · as George Stacy (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy poster

Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy

Movie · as Self

2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime poster

Law & Order: Organized Crime

TV · as Frank Donnelly · 9 eps

2019
The Moodys poster

The Moodys

TV · as Sean Moody Sr. · 14 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Ice Age: Collision Course poster

Ice Age: Collision Course

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade poster

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2016
9/11: Fifteen Years Later poster

9/11: Fifteen Years Later

Movie · as Self - Host

2016
Animal Kingdom poster

Animal Kingdom

TV · as Billy · 10 eps

2015
Freaks of Nature poster

Freaks of Nature

Movie · as Rick Wilson

2015
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe poster

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2015
Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D poster

Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2015
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll poster

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

TV · as Johnny Rock · 20 eps

2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Movie · as Captain Stacy (uncredited)

2014
Draft Day poster

Draft Day

Movie · as Vince Penn

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2013
Maron poster

Maron

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift poster

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2012
The Amazing Spider-Man poster

The Amazing Spider-Man

Movie · as Captain Stacy

2012
Vanilla Ice Archive

Vanilla Ice Archive

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn poster

Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

Movie · as Self

2011
Denis Leary and Friends Present: Douchebags and Donuts poster

Denis Leary and Friends Present: Douchebags and Donuts

Movie · as Himself

2011
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas poster

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2011
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 poster

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2011
Give It Up for Greg Giraldo poster

Give It Up for Greg Giraldo

Movie · as Self

2010
Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison poster

Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison

Movie · as Self

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs poster

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Recount poster

Recount

Movie · as Michael Whouley

2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown poster

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2006
Kings of Comedy USA poster

Kings of Comedy USA

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One poster

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One

Movie · as self

2006
Rachael Ray poster

Rachael Ray

TV · 3 eps

2005
Merry F#%$in' Christmas poster

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

Movie · as Self

2005
Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy poster

Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy

Movie · as Self

2005
NHL: Vintage Collection: Greatest Goals

NHL: Vintage Collection: Greatest Goals

Movie

2004
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino

Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino

Movie · as Himself

2004
2004 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film poster

2004 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Last Laugh '04 poster

Last Laugh '04

Movie · as Self

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Rescue Me poster

Rescue Me

TV · as Tommy Gavin · 93 eps

2004
Fashion Rocks

Fashion Rocks

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2004
Father of the Pride poster

Father of the Pride

TV · as Chaz (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! poster

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

Movie · as Self

2003
The Curse of the Bambino poster

The Curse of the Bambino

Movie · as Himself

2003
When Stand Up Stood Out poster

When Stand Up Stood Out

Movie · as Self

2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary poster

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Movie · as Self

2003
Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize poster

Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize

Movie

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Ice Age poster

Ice Age

Movie · as Diego (voice)

2002
The Secret Lives of Dentists poster

The Secret Lives of Dentists

Movie · as Slater

2002
Dawg poster

Dawg

Movie · as Douglas 'Dawg' Menford

2002
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn poster

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

TV · 57 eps

2002
Crank Yankers poster

Crank Yankers

TV · 1 ep

2002
Contest Searchlight poster

Contest Searchlight

TV · 4 eps

2002
Last Call with Carson Daly poster

Last Call with Carson Daly

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Final poster

Final

Movie · as Bill

2001
Double Whammy poster

Double Whammy

Movie · as Ray Pluto

2001
The Job poster

The Job

TV · as Mike McNeil · 19 eps

2000
Jesus' Son poster

Jesus' Son

Movie · as Wayne

2000
Company Man poster

Company Man

Movie · as Officer Fry

2000
Lakeboat poster

Lakeboat

Movie · as Fireman

2000
Sand poster

Sand

Movie · as Teddy

1999
The Thomas Crown Affair poster

The Thomas Crown Affair

Movie · as Det. Michael McCann

1999
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

Movie · as Simon

1999
True Crime poster

True Crime

Movie · as Bob Findley

1999
MTV's 25 Lamest Videos

MTV's 25 Lamest Videos

Movie · as Self / Host

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Car Mechanic (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Monument Ave. poster

Monument Ave.

Movie · as Bobby O'Grady

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Gil Mars

1998
A Bug's Life poster

A Bug's Life

Movie · as Francis (voice)

1998
Wide Awake poster

Wide Awake

Movie · as Mr. Beal

1998
The Real Blonde poster

The Real Blonde

Movie · as Doug

1998
Fantasy World Cup

Fantasy World Cup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Wag the Dog poster

Wag the Dog

Movie · as Fad King

1997
Suicide Kings poster

Suicide Kings

Movie · as Lono Veccio

1997
The Matchmaker poster

The Matchmaker

Movie · as Nick

1997
Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load poster

Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load

Movie · as Himself

1997
Love Walked In poster

Love Walked In

Movie · as Jack Hanaway

1997
The Second Civil War poster

The Second Civil War

Movie · as Vinnie Franco

1997
Subway Stories poster

Subway Stories

Movie · as Wheelchair Man (segment "The Red Shoes")

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1996
Two If by Sea poster

Two If by Sea

Movie · as Francis 'Frank' O'Brien

1996
Underworld poster

Underworld

Movie · as Johnny Crown / Johnny Alt

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 10 eps

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
Operation Dumbo Drop poster

Operation Dumbo Drop

Movie · as Lt. David Poole

1995
The Neon Bible poster

The Neon Bible

Movie · as Frank

1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins poster

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

Movie · as Jake

1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special poster

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

Movie · as Self

1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist poster

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

TV · as Dennis (voice) · 1 ep

1994
The Ref poster

The Ref

Movie · as Gus

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · 1 ep

1993
Judgment Night poster

Judgment Night

Movie · as Fallon

1993
The Sandlot poster

The Sandlot

Movie · as Bill

1993
Gunmen poster

Gunmen

Movie · as Armor O'Malley

1993
Demolition Man poster

Demolition Man

Movie · as Edgar Friendly

1993
Who's the Man? poster

Who's the Man?

Movie · as Sgt. Cooper

1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 poster

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Movie · as Mike McCracken

1993
Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer poster

Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer

Movie · as Himself

1993
Denis Leary: MTV Unplugged poster

Denis Leary: MTV Unplugged

Movie · as Himself

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 3 eps

1991
Strictly Business poster

Strictly Business

Movie · as Jake

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Denis Leary (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1987
A Long Walk To Forever

A Long Walk To Forever

Movie · as Newt

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep