Wag the Dog (1997)
Barry Levinson's 1997 political satire. Hoffman and De Niro fabricate a war to bury a presidential scandal.
Actor: Denis Leary
Denis Leary came from stand-up with a fast, hectoring delivery that has carried into most of his screen work.
The Ref and Judgment Night gave him early leads, and he voiced Diego across the Ice Age films, which is his most widely seen work.
Rescue Me, which he co-created and starred in, ran seven seasons about New York firefighters after September 11, and he founded a fire service charity following a fire that killed several firefighters including his cousin.
