Working for some ten years under the name George Jenesky, he achieved soap-opera stardom in Days of Our Lives as Nick Corelli, a misogynistic pimp who evolved from bad guy to romantic lead.
[3][a] His introductory speech,[4] described by one reviewer as "Conrad Dunn's adroit tribute to Travis Bickle",[5] was singled out by film critic Roger Ebert: "The movie has especially good writing in several scenes.
[8]: 146–149 Dunn had his own theatre company,[3] and his stage credits include a 1994 production of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story simultaneously performed in American Sign Language.
"Notwithstanding the value of bringing this important work to a non-hearing audience, the energy of the gestures generated by the actors actually underscores the emotional impact of their fateful encounter," wrote Variety.
Notable TV roles include an antagonistic juror in the USA Network film, We the Jury (1996),[10] a remorseless mobster in two CBS miniseries (1997–1998) adapted from Mario Puzo's The Last Don,[11] and the arch villain in the 2000 pilot for TNT's supernatural drama series Witchblade.