Dan Hedaya

Actor

Born: July 24, 1940 (85 years old)

Place of birth: 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 (95)

• Mulholland Drive (2001, ★ 7.8)
• The Usual Suspects (1995, ★ 8.2)
• Benny & Joon (1993, ★ 7)
• The Addams Family (1991, ★ 7.1)
• Blood Simple (1985, ★ 7.3)
• Clueless (1995, ★ 7.3)
• Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993, ★ 7.1)
• The Dollmaker (1984, ★ 7.6)
• The Hurricane (1999, ★ 7.4)
• Too Big to Fail (2011, ★ 7)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016, ★ 7.3)
• Family Ties (1982, ★ 7.2)
• Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
• L.A. Law (1986, ★ 7.1)
• Judging Amy (1999, ★ 7.5)
• Miami Vice (1984, ★ 7.5)
• The Twilight Zone (1985, ★ 7.8)
• Hill Street Blues (1981, ★ 7.7)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993, ★ 8.1)
• Kojak (1973, ★ 7.1)
• The Equalizer (1985, ★ 7.1)
• ER (1994, ★ 7.8)
• Monk (2002, ★ 7.9)
• Gotham (2014, ★ 7.6)
• Person of Interest (2011, ★ 8.1)
• Cheers (1982, ★ 7.6)
• Shaft (2000, ★ 6)
• To Die For (1995, ★ 6.6)
• Nixon (1995, ★ 6.9)
• Joe Versus the Volcano (1990, ★ 5.8)