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Dennis Franz
Highest Rated: 88% Blow Out (1981)
Lowest Rated: 58% City of Angels (1998)
Birthday: Oct 28, 1944
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Two decades of playing cops in films and on television prepared actor Dennis Franz for the role of his lifetime - that of troubled Detective Andy Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005). It took an actor of Franz's talent and presence to find the sympathetic elements beneath Sipowicz's bristling hide, and Franz brought them out in every single episode of the benchmark series, earning four Emmys in the process. Prior to his success on "Blue," Franz was a veteran of the Chicago theater scene and a character actor specializing in cops and heels, most notably on "Hill Street Blues" (NBC, 1981-1987) as Lt. Norman Buntz. But "NYPD Blue" provided his finest hours, and ensured Franz a place in television history as one of the medium's most complicated lawmen.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74% | 85% | This Old Cub | Self | - | 2004 |
| 58% | 82% | City of Angels | Nathaniel Messinger (Character) | $78.7M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Captain Klegghorn (Voice) | - | 1997 |
| 74% | 46% | American Buffalo | Don 'Donny' Dubrow (Character) | $632.1K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire | Gus Payne (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion | Bob Bryant (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | N.Y.P.D. Mounted | Anthony "Tony" Spampatta (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 69% | 70% | Die Hard 2 | Capt. Carmine Lorenzo (Character) | $115.3M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nasty Boys II: Lone Justice | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 68% | 44% | The Package | Lt. Milan Delich (Character) | $9.3M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Kiss Shot | Max Fleischer (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christine Cromwell: Easy Come, Easy Go | Detective Grainger (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Mayor | Jack Brennert (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Deadly Messages | Detective Max Lucas (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 78% | 65% | Body Double | Rubin (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 62% | 62% | Psycho II | Warren Toomey (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 88% | 81% | Blow Out | Manny Karp (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Story | Officer Joe Gilland (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 83% | 74% | Dressed to Kill | Detective Marino (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Det. Sgt. Andy Sipowicz (Character) | 1993-2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Texas Justice | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Himself (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Murray Seidelman (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beverly Hills Buntz | Norman Buntz (Character) | 1987-1988 |
| 97% | No Score Yet | Hill Street Blues |
Norman Buntz (Character), Sal Benedetto (Guest Star) |
1983 1985-1987 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Street Hawk | Inspector Frank Menlo (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The A-Team | Brooks (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Sgt. Jackie Molinas (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Frank Mahoney (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| 68% | No Score Yet | E/R | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Unknown (Character) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Story | Off. Joe Gilland (Character) | 1982 |