Biography for nypd blue characters
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Biography for nypd blue characters
Dennis Franz
American actor (born )
Dennis Franz Schlachta (; born October 28, ), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (–), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.
He also portrayed two different characters on the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues (, –) and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (–).
Early life
Franz was born October 28, , in Maywood, Illinois, the son of German immigrants[1][2][3] Eleanor (née Mueller), a postal worker from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, and Franz Ferdinand Schlachta, who was a baker and postal worker of German and Polish descent.[citation needed] He has two older sisters, Heidi Deigl (born )[4] and Marlene Schraut (born ).[5]
Franz is a graduate of Proviso East High Sch