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Lawrence Tierney was a television actor and film actor, born on March 15, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Lawrence Tierney died on February 26, 2002, aged 82. Schooling on record includes Boys High School.
My Take
Lawrence Tierney is one of those guys where the legend and the man became almost impossible to separate, and honestly, that's exactly what made him so compelling on screen. Born in Brooklyn in 1919, he spent the 1940s carving out a niche as Hollywood's go-to menacing tough guy — his turn as Dillinger in 1945 basically wrote the playbook for the genre. The off-screen brawls and arrests weren't just tabloid fodder; they fed directly into that coiled, unpredictable energy he brought to every role. Then Quentin Tarantino cast him as Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs in 1992, and a whole new generation got to see what the fuss was about. Even in his seventies he was genuinely intimidating in a way that felt completely real. He passed in 2002, but that Brooklyn toughness never aged a day.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lawrence Tierney
- Name (Japanese)
- ローレンス・ティアニー
- Reading
- ろーれんす・てぃあにー
- Born
- March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- High school
- Boys High School
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.lawrencetierney.com
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20Tierney
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212532
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Lawrence Tierney born?
Born March 15, 1919.
When did Lawrence Tierney die?
Died February 26, 2002, aged 82.
Where was Lawrence Tierney from?
Lawrence Tierney was from Brooklyn, New York, United States.
What did Lawrence Tierney do?
Lawrence Tierney worked as actor, television actor, film actor.
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