Tony Denison

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Biography

With the edge of someone from the streets of New York--he was born in Harlem--Denison has essayed tough guys, thugs and hoodlums as well as sympathetic urban characters for more than a decade on TV and in feature films. He used the profits from his own construction company to pay for his college education and after graduation moved back to NYC where he bounced around in a variety of jobs, including some on the fringes of show business. A …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

September 20, 1949

Career Milestones

1997

Joined cast of Fox primetime series "Melrose Place"

1996

Co-starred in the short-lived (2 episode) Fox series "Love and Marriage"

1995

Co-starred in feature "Men of War"

1994

Starred in CBS TV-movie "Getting Gotti"

1993

Played Joey Buttafuoco opposite Drew Barrymore in ABC version of "The Amy Fisher Story"

1992

Starred in NBC miniseries "Jackie Collins' Lady Boss"

1991

Was in ensemble cast of John Sayles' feature "City of Hope"

1990

Starred in ABC series, "Under Cover"

1989

Played opposite Susan Dey in "I Love You Perfect" (ABC)

1988

Starred in NBC miniseries "The Great Escape II: The Untold Story"

1986

Cast as evil Ray Luca in "Crime Story" (NBC)

Joined the Community Experimental Repertory Theatre, touring in stage productions in New York

Awards

2010

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer

2009

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer

2008

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer

2006

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer