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

• Mulholland Drive as Vincenzo Castigliane
• The Usual Suspects as Jeff Rabin
• Benny & Joon as Thomas
• The Addams Family as Tully Alford
• Blood Simple as Julian Marty
• Clueless as Mel Horowitz
• Searching for Bobby Fischer as Tournament Director
• The Hurricane as Della Pesca
• Too Big to Fail as Congressman Barney Frank
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Red

TV

• The Twilight Zone as Nick (segment "Dealer's Choice")
• Hill Street Blues
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Leslie Drake
• ER as Herb Spivak
• Monk as Jack Monk
• Gotham as Detective Dix
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Dam Inspector
• Person of Interest as Bernie Sullivan
• Hill Street Blues as Ralph Macafee
• Hill Street Blues as A Bum