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Denis Leary
Denis Leary stars as Tommy Gavin, a tough, no-nonsense, New York City firefighter who is haunted by ghosts of the colleagues he lost on September 11th in RESCUE ME, the new one-hour drama from Sony Pictures Television.
Leary got his start in stand-up comedy with appearances on MTV's "Remote Control" in 1987, but it was his one-man act "No Cure for Cancer" at the 1991 Edinburgh International Arts Festival in Scotland that got him his big break. Despite the controversy over the show's title, "No Cure for Cancer" aired in America on Showtime in 1992.
His feature film credits include "The Secret Lives of Dentists," "Lakeboat," "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Monument Ave," "Wag the Dog," "The Ref," "The Sandlot," and "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon." He has also lent his voice to the animated films "Ice Age" and "A Bug's Life."
Leary starred in and produced the ABC television series "The Job," a half-hour, single- camera, comedy about a New York City police detective. He also starred in "Comics Come Home," "Paramount City," and has been a regular guest on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and "Crank Yankers." He has produced such hits as "Blow," the feature film starring Johnny Depp and is currently writing for the upcoming documentary "In Search of Ted Demme."
Leary, a native of Worcester, Mass., founded The Leary Firefighters Foundation (www.learyfirefightersfoundation.org) in response to the 1999 warehouse fire in downtown Worcester that killed six firefighters, including his first cousin. The foundation created a separate fund, The Fund for New York's Bravest, in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001.
Leary lives in New York City, but is not a Yankees fan.
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