Dennis Leary

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q310283: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to True Crime, which Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Demolition Man (1993); Judgment Night (1993); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); True Crime (1999); Draft Day (2014).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Topkapi (1964): 1 line

lineage (remake (unmade)) · through The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), which they acted in: Topkapi ⇒ The Thomas Crown Affair (the host's read). MGM tried to remake Topkapi as a sequel to the Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair, with Verhoeven.
“Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy as a sequel to Thomas Crown Affair.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Christopher Nolan: 1 line

people (people) · through The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), which they acted in: The Thomas Crown Affair ⇒ Christopher Nolan (the host's read). Speaker says Christopher Nolan loves the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair because of Tenet.
“you know who loves the Thomas Crown affair in 1999, Christopher Nolan, because I've seen Tenet”
The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:09:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

actor, Judgment Night (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
actor, Demolition Man (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
actor, True Crime (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
supporting actor, The Thomas Crown Affair (Blank Check — Patreon, Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))
cast, Draft Day (Blank Check — Patreon, The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (cast): Dennis Leary → Demolition Man. Leary was ubiquitous in 1993, including in Demolition Man.
“He's also in fucking demolition, man.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:46:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.