Dan Hedaya

Born: 1940-07-24, 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

• Law & Order (1990)
• Person of Interest (2011)
• Monk (2002)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
• Gotham (2014)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
• Cheers (1982)
• Hill Street Blues (1981)
• L.A. Law (1986)
• St. Elsewhere (1982)
• The Mindy Project (2012)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Kojak (1973)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Robots (2005)
• Alien Resurrection (1997)
• Commando (1985)
• Fallen Angels (1993)
• Clueless (1995)
• Lipstick Jungle (2008)
• Ransom (1996)
• Maverick (1994)
• Shaft (2000)
• Blood Simple (1985)
• The Hurricane (1999)
• Daylight (1996)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
• The Hunger (1983)