Dennis Franz Add to My Celebs Age 67 Birthday Oct. 28th, 1944 Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 5' 10

Dennis Franz's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) NYPD Blue Det. Andy S… Hill Street Blues Lt. Norman … Det. Sal Be… Mighty Ducks Captain Kle… Beverly Hills Buntz Norman Buntz Nasty Boys Lt. Stan Kr… Chicago Story Off. Joe Gi… NYPD 24/7 Narrator

Main Movie Roles 1998 - City of Angels 1996 - American Buffalo 1992 - The Player 1990 - Die Hard 2: Die Harder 1989 - The Package 1986 - A Fine Mess 1985 - Runaway Train 1984 - Body Double 1983 - Psycho II 1983 - Scarface 1981 - Blow Out 1980 - Dressed to Kill 1980 - Popeye 1978 - The Fury

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:

• Graduated from Proviso East H.S. Maywood IL, in 1962.
• Before entering _"Hill Street Blues" (1981)_ (qv), as Norm Buntz, appeared as Sal Benedetto for a few episodes.
• 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.
• Best known by the public for his starring role as Det. Andy Sipowicz on _"NYPD Blue" (1993)_ (qv).
• Frequently plays cops
• By 11th grade, he tried out for a part in a school play called, "The Crucible," because his girlfriend was auditioning. He won the part, but his girlfriend didn't
• Attended Wright Junior College and Southern Illinois University, with a major in speech and theater

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