Denis Leary

Denis Leary is one of those rare comics whose anger reads as honesty rather than bitterness. The rapid-fire Worcester delivery, the willingness to make himself the punchline of his own rants — it adds up to a voice you recognize within two seconds. What I respect most is the range behind the shouting: he writes, he composes, he has taught at his alma mater Emerson College, and he found a second life charming kids as a voice in Ice Age. Comedians who burn that hot usually flame out; Leary turned the fire into a four-decade career, and I find that genuinely impressive.

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Name (English)

Denis Leary

Name (Japanese)

デニス・リアリー

Reading

でにす・りありー

Born

August 18, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

comedian / composer / screenwriter / university teacher / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

High school

Saint Peter-Marian High School

University

Emerson College

Awards & achievements

• Ellis Island Medal of Honor
• 1996 Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.denisleary.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/denisleary/
• Xhttps://x.com/denisleary
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis%20Leary
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310283

Tags

• Massachusetts
• comedian
• composer
• screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.