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    Birthday: October 28, 2044

    Chicago-born Dennis Franz (originally Dennis Schlachta) spent 11 months in an airborne division during the Vietnam War. Afterwards, Franz became a postman -- and, by his own admission, not a very good one. Short, bald, overweight and scrappy, he decided to establish himself as a character actor, making the rounds of Windy City casting agencies in search of film work. Franz made his ...more
    • 1993
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
    • NYPD Blue (TV Series)
    • win


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