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Denis Leary

Denis Leary

5 films · 355 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19932012

Born 18 August 1957 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Denis Colin Leary is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and film producer. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking. He is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me, which ended its seventh and final season on September 7, 2011. Leary has starred in many motion pictures, most recently as Captain George Stacy in Marc Webb's 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man and the voice of Diego in the animated Ice Age series.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 355 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19932012

  • Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award1996
  • Ellis Island Medal of Honor

How their films are shot

Measured across 355 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Denis takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 59% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Denis takes.

Time of day

Night59%
Day27%
Interior11%

Lighting

Low key54%
Natural34%
High key8%

Shot size

Medium57%
Closeup21%
Wide12%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle8%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense22%
Lonely9%
Ominous7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 355 frames from Denis Leary's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.