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Dennis Franz

Age: 65
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Oct. 28th, 1944

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Dennis Franz's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
NYPD Blue	Det. Andy Sip&hellip
Hill Street Blues	Lt. Norman Bu&hellip Det. Sal Bene&hellip
Nasty Boys	Lt. Stan Krie&hellip
Chicago Story	Off. Joe Gill&hellip
Beverly Hills Buntz	Norman Buntz
NYPD 24/7	Narrator

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Dennis Franz was born Dennis Franz Schlacta in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was a German immigrant and both he and Franz's mother, were postal workers. He has two sisters, Marlene (born 1938) and Heidi (born 1935). He graduated from Southern Illinois University and was immediately drafted into the military. He served 11 month in Vietnam in a reconnaissance unit, and after his service he suffered depression for some time afterwards. In 1972 he joined the Organic Theatre Company. Robert Altman (I) discovered him at an auditions and urged him to go to Los Angeles, where he became part of Altman's resident company. He met Joanie Zeck on April Fool's Day 1982 and aided her in raising her two daughters, Krista (born 1976) and Tricia (born 1974). They married thirteen years later in Carmel, California.

TRIVIA:

Served 11 months in Vietnam with the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions.
Always travels with a pet bird.
He was nominated for a 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Switch Bitch" at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.
In high school, he was active in baseball, football and swimming
Frequently plays cops
Children: Tricia (b. 1974) and Krista (b. 1976).
Was considered for the role of Vic in _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv).
Andy Sipowicz, Franz's character on _"NYPD Blue" (1993)_ (qv), was ranked #31 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].