Dan Hedaya

Acting · Born 1940-07-24 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• Shaft as Jack Roselli
• Mulholland Drive as Vincenzo Castigliane
• To Die For as Joe Maretto
• The Usual Suspects as Jeff Rabin
• Joe Versus the Volcano as Frank Waturi
• Ransom as Jackie Brown
• Benny & Joon as Thomas
• The Addams Family as Tully Alford
• The First Wives Club as Morton Cushman
• Pacific Heights as Loan Officer