Denis Leary
- Born: 18 Aug, 1957
Blond performer of stage and film, first recognized for his rapid-fire, acid-tongued promos for MTV, Denis Leary began performing his distinctive brand of stand-up comedy while attending college in his native Boston. Preoccupied with smoking, red meat, death and rock 'n' roll, he took his routine around the country and eventually to London where (due to the premature birth of his son) he and his wife lived for the better part of a year. While there he wrote "No Cure For Cancer", a wildly popular one-man show, expounding on such issues as smoking ("I'm going to get a tracheotomy so I can smoke two cigarettes at the same time") to pop stars ("Sting--he wants to save the seals, he wants to save the rain forests . . . how about saving your hair, OK, pal?"). The sh...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father John Leary: died in 1985, one day after his 60th birthday
- mother Nora Leary:
- : has three siblings
- son Jack Leary: born c. 1990
- daughter Devin Leary: born c. 1992
- wife Ann Lembeck:
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