---
name: "Dan Flannery"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-flannery"
fi1m_id: "dan-flannery"
imdb_id: "nm0281200"
tmdb_id: 5611
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T22:21:30.036183+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Flannery

## Identity

Dan Flannery

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-flannery
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-flannery
- **IMDb ID:** nm0281200
- **TMDB ID:** 5611
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5611

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1999–2011
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $156m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5611

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Straight Story*](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Flannery is an actor. His credited roles include Doctor Gibbons in *The Straight Story* (1999), Hextall's Father in *Contagion* (2011), Hello America Producer in *The Weather Man* (2005), a judge in *Chicago P.D.* (2018), Tony 'Tricky' Trichter in *Empire* (2015–2016), and Sleeping Old Man in *We Grown Now* (2023). He has also appeared in *The Express* (2008), *Boss* (2012), *ER* (1998) and other films and television series.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Contagion* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Hextall's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *The Weather Man* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Hello America Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Doctor Gibbons — [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Replacement* (2018), as Congressman
- *Death to Metal* (2018), as Father Brennan
- *Empire* (2015), series, as Tony 'Tricky' Trichter
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Judge
- *LAID: Life as It's Dealt* (2013), as Michael
- *Easton's Article* (2012), as Lenny Eghart
- *Boss* (2011), series, as Man
- *Contagion* (2011), as Hextall's Father — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Elsewhere* (2009), as Mr. Palomino
- *The Express* (2008), as Hot Shot
- *Tactical* (2008), as Chief Pillsen
- *8 of Diamonds* (2006), as Dr. Feldman
- *The Engagement: My Phamily BBQ 2* (2006), Actor
- *The Weather Man* (2005), as Hello America Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Estes Avenue* (2005), as Brian / Narrator
- *The President's Man: A Line in the Sand* (2002), as Carter McLain
- *The Straight Story* (1999), as Doctor Gibbons — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Businessman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Mâitre 'd

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