Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his roles as hard-boiled NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz on the ABC television series, NYPD Blue and Lieutenant Norman Buntz on NBC’s Hill Street Blues.

Film credits include We Believe, This Old Cub, City of Angels, The Player, Die Hard 2, The Package, Runaway Train, Body Double, Scarface, Blow Out, Dressed to Kill, The Fury, A Wedding, Stony Island, and Mickey One.

Off-Broadway theatre credits include Zig in Bleacher Bums (American Place Theatre).