Dan Hedaya

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1940-07-24

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Dan Hedaya

Biography

Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor. While a student at Tufts University, he began performing at the campus theater. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals; two of his best-known roles are as a cuckolded husband in the Coen brothers' crime thriller Blood Simple, and the scheming Nick Tortelli on the sitcom Cheers.

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Known For

Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order

Monk

Monk

Person of Interest

Person of Interest

Gotham

Gotham

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

ER

Cheers

Cheers

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Acting History

Slapface as Sheriff John Thurston

The God Committee as Emmett Granger

Funny Face as Benj

The Big Take as Frank Maniscalpo

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Red

Black Dog, Red Dog as Norman

The Humbling as Asa

Gotham as Detective Dix

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Dam Inspector

Clutter as Walter Bickford

Golden Boy as Francis Diaco

The Normals as Ragnar

The Mindy Project as Alan Castellano

Too Big to Fail as Congressman Barney Frank

Person of Interest as Bernie Sullivan

The Extra Man as Aresh

Lipstick Jungle as Dimitri Pappademos

The Warrior Class as Rand

Strangers with Candy as Guy Blank

The Book of Daniel

The Good Student as Gabe

Pizza My Heart as Vinnie Montebello

Robots as Mr. Gunk (voice)

American Cousins as Settimo

New Suit as Muster Hansau

Swimfan as Coach Simkins

Monk as Jack Monk

Quicksand as General Stewart

Down as Lt. McBain

Mulholland Drive as Vincenzo Castigliane

The $treet as Randy Hoder

The Crew as Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli

Shaft as Jack Roselli

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave as Gil Ruston

Judging Amy as Detective Tarnower

The Hurricane as Della Pesca

Dick as President Richard M. Nixon

Locked in Silence as Dr. Rosenstock

A Civil Action as John Riley

A Night at the Roxbury as Kamehl Butabi

The Second Civil War as Mel Burgess

Alien Resurrection as General Perez

A Life Less Ordinary as Gabriel

In & Out as Military Attorney

The Garden of Redemption as Capt. Zito

Marvin's Room as Robert "Bob" Carter

Daylight as Frank Kraft

Ransom as Jackie Brown

The First Wives Club as Morton Cushman

Freeway as Detective Wallace

Nixon as Trini Cardoza

Red Wind as Detective Copernik

Fair Game as Walter Hollenbach (uncredited)

Picture Windows as Carl

The Home Court as Judge Walter Ragsdale

To Die For as Joe Maretto

The Usual Suspects as Jeff Rabin

Clueless as Mel Horowitz

Search and Destroy as Tailor

Because Mommy Works as Judge (uncredited)

ER as Herb Spivak

Midnight Run for Your Life as Eddie Moscone

Maverick as Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player

Midnight Runaround as Eddie Moscone

Another Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone

Mr. Wonderful as Harvey

For Love or Money as Gene Salvatore

Based on an Untrue Story as Caprawolski

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's as Private Investigator

Searching for Bobby Fischer as Tournament Director

Fallen Angels as Lt. Calender

Fallen Angels as Johnny Ralls

Fallen Angels as Detective Copernik

Fallen Angels as Auger

Rookie of the Year as Larry 'Fish' Fisher

Benny & Joon as Thomas

Boiling Point as Brady

Homicide: Life on the Street as Leslie Drake

Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Lester Doom

The Addams Family as Tully Alford

The Whereabouts of Jenny as Vinnie

Tune in Tomorrow... as Robert Quince

Pacific Heights as Loan Officer

Law & Order as Detective Brian Torelli

Law & Order as Leslie Drake

Joe Versus the Volcano as Frank Waturi

Double Your Pleasure as John

One of the Boys

The Tortellis as Nick Tortelli

A Smoky Mountain Christmas as Harry

That Secret Sunday

Courage as John Fosh

L.A. Law as Michael Roitman

Slow Burn as Simon Fleischer

Running Scared as Captain Logan

Wise Guys as Anthony Castelo

Commando as Arius

The Twilight Zone as Nick (segment "Dealer's Choice")

The Equalizer as Frank Donahue

Blood Simple as Julian Marty

Hot Pursuit as Jake Harper

Miami Vice as Ben Schroeder

Miami Vice as Reuben Reydolfo

Tightrope as Det. Molinari

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Gomez

The Dollmaker as Skyros

Reckless as Peter Daniels

The Hunger as Lieutenant Allegrezza

St. Elsewhere as Joseph Keuhnelian

Cheers as Nick Tortelli

Family Ties as Joe Moore

Endangered Species as Peck

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Dr. Klein

True Confessions as Howard Terkel

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues as Ralph Macafee

Hill Street Blues as A Bum

Night of the Juggler as Sgt. Otis Barnes

Death Penalty as Detective Ralph Corso

The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Alex Heller

The Last Tenant as Gabe

The Prince of Central Park as Hot Dog Vendor

The Passover Plot as Yaacov

Kojak as Dan Hudson

Miracle on 74th Street