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Dennis Franz

1944 - Today

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Dennis Franz Schlachta (; born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He also portrayed two different characters on the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues (1983, 1985–1987) and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–1988). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Dennis Franz is the 3,332nd most popular actor (down from 2,881st in 2024), the 5,536th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,451st in 2019) and the 1,564th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dennis Franz ranks 3,332 out of 13,578. Before him are Anna Kendrick, Ellen Corby, Oleg Vidov, Richard Roxburgh, Dorothy Lamour, and Nicole Courcel. After him are Alan Thicke, Nikolai Grinko, Harry Langdon, John Carroll Lynch, Peter Jacobson, and Ken Ogata.

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Among people born in 1944, Dennis Franz ranks 395. Before him are Swoosie Kurtz, Günter Verheugen, José Wilker, Ján Čarnogurský, Patti LaBelle, and José Eulogio Gárate. After him are Haim Saban, Tony Visconti, Anthony Heald, Jan de Vries, Élisabeth Roudinesco, and Kjartan Fløgstad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Franz ranks 5,536 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Cornelius (1809), David Sanborn (1945), Anna Kendrick (1985), Billy Hart (1940), Ellen Corby (1911), and Dorothy Lamour (1914). After him are Lindsey Vonn (1984), Vince Neil (1961), Harry Edison (1915), Sam Francis (1923), Zoe Akins (1886), and Harry Langdon (1884).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dennis Franz ranks 1,564. Before him are Janet Hubert (1956), Diana Hyland (1936), Carol Potter (1948), Anna Kendrick (1985), Ellen Corby (1911), and Dorothy Lamour (1914). After him are Harry Langdon (1884), John Carroll Lynch (1963), Peter Jacobson (1965), T.J. Miller (1981), Ray Walston (1914), and Kristen Bell (1980).

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