Dennis Franz

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q435271: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (7 films) instead.

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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (7) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career setup): Dennis Franz → NYPD Blue. Franz's cop role here sets up NYPD Blue a few years later.
    “there's no doubt that, I mean, NYPD Blue is, what, 3 or 4 years later.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (prior casting): Dennis Franz → Brian De Palma. Franz had been playing cops in De Palma movies in the 80s and this role riffs on that.
    “he had been playing cops into Palma movies in the 80s, and it's kind of a riff on that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. people (performance influence): Dennis Franz → Heat. Simmons jokes Pacino might have studied Franz to prepare for Vincent Hanna.
    “I almost wonder if Pacino watched France in this movie studying to get ready to play Vincent Hanna.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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