Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Born in Massachusetts, he first came to prominence as a
stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on
MTV
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(including the comedic song "
Asshole") and through the stand-up specials ''
No Cure for Cancer'' (1993) and ''
Lock 'n Load'' (1997). Leary began taking roles in film and television starting in the 1990s, including substantial roles in the films ''
Judgment Night'' (1993), ''
Gunmen'' (1994), ''
Operation Dumbo Drop'' (1995), and ''
Wag the Dog'' (1997).
In the 2000s, Leary developed and starred in the television show ''
The Job'' (2001–2002) and was the star and co-creator of ''
Rescue Me'' (2004–2011), for which he received three
Primetime Emmy nominations, one for writing and two for acting. Leary has continued to take starring roles in films, including Captain
George Stacy in ''
The Amazing Spider-Man
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'' and Cleveland Browns head coach Vince Penn in ''
Draft Day''. He has done voice work, including Francis in ''
A Bug's Life
''A Bug's Life'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ran ...
'' and
Diego in the
''Ice Age'' franchise.
From 2015 to 2016, Leary wrote and starred in the comedy series ''
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' on
FX.
Early life
Denis Colin Leary was born on August 18, 1957, in
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the list of United States cities by population, 113th most populous city in the United States. Named after Worcester ...
, the son of
Catholic
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immigrant parents from
Killarney
Killarney ( ; , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Killar ...
,
County Kerry
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, Ireland.
His mother, Nora (née Sullivan; b. 1929), was a maid, and his father, John Leary (1924–1985), was an auto mechanic. Leary is a citizen of both the United States and Ireland. Leary is a third cousin of talk show host and fellow comedian
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is best known for having hosted Late-night talk show, late-night talk shows, beginning with ''Late Night with Conan O'B ...
.
Leary attended
Saint Peter-Marian High School in Worcester and graduated from
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...
in
Boston
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. At Emerson, he befriended fellow comic
Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959) is an American comedian, writer, actor, singer, and television host. He is best known for his numerous stage shows. He played Anthony Marentino in '' Sex and the City'' and Terri in '' Men in Trees'' (2006– ...
. While a student, Leary founded the Emerson Comedy Workshop, a troupe that continues on the campus today.
After graduating from Emerson in 1981, Leary taught comedy-writing classes at the school for five years. In May 2005, he received an honorary doctorate and spoke at his alma mater's undergraduate commencement ceremony; and is credited as Dr. Denis Leary on the cover of his 2009 book ''
Why We Suck''.
Career
Leary began working as a comedian at the Boston underground club Play It Again Sam's. His first real gig was at the Rascals Comedy Club as part of the TV show ''The Rascals Comedy Hour'', on October 18, 1990. 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. Leary and Clarke both spoke about their early affiliations and influences in the Boston comedy scene in the documentary film ''
When Standup Stood Out'' (2006). During Leary's time as a Boston-area stand-up comic, he developed his stage persona.
Leary appeared in sketches on the
MTV
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game show ''
Remote Control
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'', playing characters such as
Keith Richards
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, co-host
Colin Quinn's brother and artist
Andy Warhol
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. He earned fame when he ranted about
R.E.M. in an early 1990s MTV sketch. Several other commercials for MTV quickly followed, in which Leary would rant at high speeds about a variety of topics, playing off the then-popular and growing
alternative scene. One of these rants served as an introduction to the video for "Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom)" by
House of Pain. Leary released two records of his comedy: ''
No Cure for Cancer'' (1993) and ''
Lock 'n Load'' (1997). In late 2004, he released the
EP ''
Merry F %$in' Christmas'', which included a mix of new music, previously unreleased recordings and some tracks from ''Lock 'n Load''.
In 1993, Leary's
sardonic song "
Asshole", about the stereotypical American male, achieved much notoriety. The song was voted No. 1 in an Australian radio poll and was used in
Holsten Pils ads in the UK, with Leary's participation, and with adapted lyrics criticizing a drunk driver. The single was a minor hit there, peaking at No. 58 in the
UK Singles Chart in January 1996.
In 1995, Leary was asked by
Boston Bruins
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legend
Cam Neely to help orchestrate a Boston-based comedy benefit show for Neely's cancer charity; this became
Comics Come Home, which Leary has hosted annually ever since.

Leary has appeared in many films, including ''
The Sandlot'' as Scott's stepfather Bill, ''
Monument Ave.'', ''
The Matchmaker'', ''
The Ref'', ''
Draft Day'', ''
Suicide Kings'', ''
Dawg'', ''
Wag the Dog'', ''
Demolition Man'' (as an
Emmanuel Goldstein-esque revolutionary to
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom ''Yes Minister'' and the Cabinet Secre ...
's
Big Brother), ''
Judgment Night'', ''
The Thomas Crown Affair'' and ''
Operation Dumbo Drop''. He had a role in
Oliver Stone
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's ''
Natural Born Killers'' that was eventually cut. He held the lead role in two television series, ''
The Job'' and ''
Rescue Me ''. He co-created the latter, in which he played
Tommy Gavin, a New York City firefighter dealing with alcoholism, family dysfunction and other issues in post-
9/11 New York City.
Leary received
Emmy Award
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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''. Leary was offered the role of Dignam in ''
The Departed
''The Departed'' is a 2006 crime film, crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both an English-language remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film ''Infernal Affairs'' and also loosely based on the real-lif ...
'' (2006) but turned it down because of scheduling conflicts with ''Rescue Me''. He 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
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*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
* Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2 ...
in ''
A Bug's Life
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'' and a prehistoric saber-toothed tiger named
Diego in the ''
Ice Age
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'' film series. He has produced numerous movies, television shows, and specials through his production company, Apostle; these include
Comedy Central
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's ''
Shorties Watchin' Shorties'', the stand-up special ''Denis Leary's Merry F#$%in' Christmas'' and the movie ''
Blow''.
As a
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
fan, Leary narrated the official
2004 World Series film. In 2006, Leary and Lenny Clarke appeared on television during a Red Sox telecast and, upon realizing that Red Sox first baseman
Kevin Youkilis is Jewish, delivered a criticism of
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Mel Gibson, multiple accolades, he is known for directing historical films as well for his act ...
's antisemitic comments. As an
ice hockey
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fan, Leary hosted the
National Hockey League
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video ''NHL's Greatest Goals''. In 2003, he was the subject of the ''
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary''.
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. He has also appeared in commercials for
Hulu
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and
DirecTV
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's
NFL Sunday Ticket
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package. Leary was a producer of the
Fox series ''
Canterbury's Law'', and wrote and directed its pilot episode. ''Canterbury's Law'' aired in the spring of 2008 and was canceled after eight episodes. On September 9, 2008, Leary hosted the sixth annual ''
Fashion Rocks'' event, which aired on
CBS. In December of the year, he appeared in a video on
funnyordie.com critiquing a list of some of his "best" films, titled "Denis Leary Remembers Denis Leary Movies". Also in 2008, Leary voiced a guest role as himself in ''
The Simpsons
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'' episode "
Lost Verizon".
On March 21, 2009, Leary began the Rescue Me Comedy Tour in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city (New Jersey), city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Atlantic City comprises the second half of ...
. The 11-date tour, featuring ''Rescue Me'' co-stars Lenny Clarke and
Adam Ferrara, was Leary's first stand-up comedy tour in 12 years. The
Comedy Central
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special ''Douchebags and Donuts'', filmed during the tour, debuted on American television on January 16, 2011, with a DVD release on January 18, 2011.
Leary played
Captain George Stacy in the movie ''
The Amazing Spider-Man
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'', released in July 2012. He wrote the
American adaptation of ''
Sirens''. Leary is an executive producer of the documentary ''
Burn
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'', which chronicles the struggles of the
Detroit Fire Department. ''Burn'' won the 2012
Tribeca Film Festival
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Audience Award.
Leary created a television series for FX called ''
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'', taking the starring role himself. A 10-episode first season was ordered by FX, with the premiere on July 16, 2015.
The show ran for two seasons.
In 2022, Leary was cast in the recurring role of Frank Donnelly, an NYPD officer on ''
Law & Order: Organized Crime''.
Leary has been the narrator for
NESN's documentary show about the Boston Bruins called ''Behind the B'' since the show began in 2013.
Personal life

Leary has been married to author Ann Lembeck Leary since 1989.
They met when he was her instructor in an English class at Emerson College. They have two children, son John Joseph "Jack" (born 1990) and daughter Devin (born 1992). Ann Leary published a memoir, ''An Innocent, a Broad'', about the
premature birth
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of their son on a visit to London. She has also written a novel, ''Outtakes From a Marriage'', which was published in 2008. Her second novel, ''The Good House'', was published in 2013. Her essay in a New York Times column about her marriage to Denis inspired the ''
Modern Love'' series Episode 4: "Rallying to Keep the Game Alive".
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.
He is a fan of the
Boston Bruins
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,
Boston Celtics
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, and
Boston Red Sox
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, as well as the
Green Bay Packers
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.
Leary describes himself as a "
Jack Kennedy Democrat" with some
conservative
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ideologies, including support for the military. Leary told
Glenn Beck, "I was a life-long Democrat, but now at my age, I've come to realize that the Democrats suck, and the
Republicans suck, and basically the entire system sucks. But you have to go within the system to find what you want."
Leary has said of his religious beliefs, "I'm a
lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word. You know, I was raised with Irish parents, Irish immigrant parents. My parents, you know, prayed all the time, took us to
Mass
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. And my father would sometimes swear in
Gaelic. It doesn't get more religious than that. But, no, after a while, they taught us wrong. I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God. I raised my kids with the sense of, you know, to me, Jesus was this great guy...."
[
Leary is godfather to Damian Hurley, the son of actress Elizabeth Hurley.
]
Leary Firefighters Foundation
On December 3, 1999, six firefighter
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s from Leary's hometown of Worcester were killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire. Among the dead were Leary's cousin Jerry Lucey, as well as Leary's close childhood friend, Lt. Tommy Spencer. In response, the comedian founded the Leary Firefighters Foundation. Since its creation in the year 2000, the foundation has distributed over $2.5 million (USD
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) to fire departments in the Worcester, Boston and New York City areas for equipment, training materials, new vehicles and new facilities. Leary won $125,000 for the foundation on the game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
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''.
A separate fund run by Leary's foundation, the Fund for New York's Bravest, has distributed over $2 million to the families of the 343 firemen killed in the September 11 attacks
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in 2001, in addition to providing funding for necessities such as a new mobile command center, first-responder training, and a high-rise simulator for the New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for providing Fi ...
's training campus. As the foundation's president, Leary has been active in all of the fundraising. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
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in New Orleans, Leary donated over a dozen boats to the New Orleans Fire Department to aid in rescue efforts in future disasters. The foundation also rebuilt entire NOLA firehouses.
Controversies
Plagiarism
For many years, Leary had been friends with fellow comedian Bill Hicks
William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian and satirist. His material— encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy— was controversial and ofte ...
. But when Leary's comedy album ''No Cure for Cancer'' was released, Leary was accused of stealing Hicks' act and material, ending their friendship abruptly. In April 1993, the ''Austin Comedy News'' remarked on the similarities of Leary's performance: "Watching Leary is like seeing Hicks from two years ago. He smokes with the same mannerisms. (Hicks recently quit.) He sports the same attitude, the same clothes. He touches on almost all of the same themes. Leary even invokes Jim Fixx." When asked about this, Hicks told the magazine, "I have a scoop for you. I stole his eary'sact. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did".
At least three stand-up comedians have gone on the record stating they believe Leary stole Hicks' material, comedic persona and attitude. One similar routine was about the so-called Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Judas Priest have also been referred to as one of the p ...
"suicide trial," during which Hicks says, "I don't think we lost a cancer cure."
During Leary's 2003 Comedy Central Roast, comedian Lenny Clarke, a friend of Leary's, said there was a carton of cigarettes backstage from Bill Hicks with the message, "Wish I had gotten these to you sooner." This joke was cut from the final broadcast.
The feud is also mentioned in Cynthia True's biography ''American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story'':
According to the book, True said that upon hearing a tape of Leary's album ''No Cure for Cancer'', "Bill was furious. All these years, aside from the occasional jibe, he had pretty much shrugged off Leary's lifting. Comedians borrowed, stole stuff and even bought bits from one another. Milton Berle and Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedie ...
were famous for it. This was different. Leary had, practically line for line, taken huge chunks of Bill's act and ''recorded'' it."
In a 2008 appearance on ''The Opie and Anthony Show'', comedian Louis C.K. claimed Leary stole his "I'm an asshole" routine, which was then expanded upon and turned into a hit song by Leary. On a later episode of the same show, Leary challenged this assertion by claiming to have co-written the song with Chris Phillips.
Autism
In his 2008 book '' Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid'', Leary wrote:
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. Later, he apologized to parents with children diagnosed with autism whom he had offended.
Filmography
Comedy specials
Film
Television
Video games
Discography
Albums
* '' No Cure for Cancer'' (1993)
* '' Lock 'n Load'' (1997)
* '' Merry F#%$in' Christmas'' (2004)
Singles
* " Asshole" (1993)
* "At the Rehab" (2009)
* "Douchebag" (2011)
* "Kiss My Ass" (2012)
Bibliography
* 1992: '' No Cure for Cancer'', Anchor Books
* 2007: ''Rescue Me: Uncensored: The Official Companion'', Newmarket Press
* 2008: '' Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid'', Viking
* 2010: ''Suck on This Year: LYFAO @ 140 Characters or Less'', Viking
* 2012: ''Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas'', Running Press
* 2017: ''Why We Don't Suck: And How All of Us Need to Stop Being Such Partisan Little Bitches'', Crown Archetype
Awards
References
External links
*
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1957 births
Living people
20th-century American comedians
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American male actors
American male comedians
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American people of Irish descent
American stand-up comedians
Comedians from Massachusetts
Emerson College alumni
Emerson College faculty
Male actors from Worcester, Massachusetts