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Denis Leary

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
18 August 1957, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name / Gerçek Adı
Denis Colin Leary

Mini Biography / Biyografi
Denis Leary was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Nora and John Leary, Irish immigrants who had grown up together. After a childhood in the 1960s, Leary went to Emerson College in Boston, where he tried his hand at acting and writing. He was a charter member of Emerson's Comedy Workshop, and taught at the college for five years after graduating. By that point he had written several pieces for magazines and had worked at stand-up comedy for a time. In 1990 he and his wife Ann flew to London to perform in the BBC's Paramount City. That weekend Ann's water broke. Their planned weekend trip became a stay of months, and Denis, with not a whole lot to do in London, wrote a one-man comedy act. He brought friends in from the States, and they wrote songs to perform on stage. Leary, with Chris Phillips and Adam Roth on guitar, performed "No Cure For Cancer" at the Edinburgh International Arts Festival in Scotland. Despite some protests about the title, the show won the Critic's Award and the BBC Festival Recommendation. The next year the show was moved to America, and it was eventually taped and broadcast on Showtime (No Cure for Cancer (1992) (TV)). The show spawned a book, CD, cassette, and a videotape. It also started Leary's movie career. Since then, he has starred in several films and has had two of his own TV series. IMDb Mini Biography By: Jack Witzig < tomveil@news.interstat.net>

Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
Originally had a role in Beautiful Girls (1996) directed by good friend Ted Demme, but had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts.Graduated from Emerson CollegeCousin of Conan O'Brien and Jane O'Brien.Is the second of four children.Loves sports and originally wanted to be an NHL star. That all changed when he got kicked off his high school team because of poor grades.Founded the Leary Firefighters' Foundation charity in response to the Dec. 3, 1999 warehouse fire that killed six firefighters in his hometown of Worcester, MA. His cousin Jeremiah Lucey was among the six heroic firefighters killed. Leary also established a second division of LFFF, the Leary Firefighters' Foundation Fund for New York's Bravest in response to the FDNY's losses in the Sept. 11th attacks.He starred in three films directed by Ted Demme: Who's the Man? (1993), The Ref (1994) and Snitch (1996). He also co- produced Blow (2001). Demme also directed both his concert specials.His song ""Asshole"" portrays a stereotype of American humor and lifestyles.He is one of the six godparents (all males) of Damian Charles Bing, son of Elizabeth Hurley, and attended the child's baptism at Immaculate Conception church in Mayfair, London.His role on "Rescue Me" (2004) marks his first Golden Globe nomination.Irish-American.Father of Jack Leary.His interest in the perils of firemen and to co-create the series "Rescue Me" (2004) stemmed from a tragic 1999 warehouse fire in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusets, that took the lives of six firemen, including his cousin and a childhood friend.Established the Leary Firefighters Foundation. When 9/11 happened, his foundation went into action and was hailed as ""the second-quickest charity"" to get money into the hands of grieving families. One auction alone raised $600,000.Denis got behind the wheel of a fire engine during September 11th when the entire New York fire department was short handed responding to the collapse of the World Trade center.Is a big Boston Red Sox fan.His ""angry comedian"" act, which he first used in No Cure for Cancer (1992) (TV), is considered by many to be based on the comedy act of Bill Hicks.Was offered the role of Dignam in The Departed (2006), but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with his television show, "Rescue Me" (2004).Was offered Mark Wahlberg's role in The Departed (2006), but turned it down to scheduling conflicts with his television series, "Rescue Me" (2004). Leary has since commended Wahlberg's performance in the film with admiration.Good friend of Mario Cantone and Gina Gershon at Emerson College.

Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
""The things that make me angry still make me angry. George Carlin is 67, and he's still as funny as he's ever been, and he's still angry. And that makes me feel good, because I feel like if I stick around long enough, I'll still be able to work.""""Did you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy coming out of Lebanon going: `I was held hostage for seven months and I lost 175 pounds, I feel good and I look good and I learned self-discipline. That's the important thing.'""""My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance.""""There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid.""""Why hate someone for the color of their skin when there are much better reasons to hate them.""""Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer. I don't think like those guys who say, 'I'm hot again, so I've got to get back into a big movie.'""