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Dan Hedaya

Born: 1940-07-24

From: Brooklyn, New York, USA

About: 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.

Film credits:

Shaft

Jack Roselli

Mulholland Drive

Vincenzo Castigliane

To Die For

Joe Maretto

The Usual Suspects

Jeff Rabin

Joe Versus the Volcano

Frank Waturi

Ransom

Jackie Brown

Benny & Joon

Thomas

The Addams Family

Tully Alford

The First Wives Club

Morton Cushman

Pacific Heights

Loan Officer

Nixon

Trini Cardoza

Commando

Arius

Swimfan

Coach Simkins

Rookie of the Year

Larry 'Fish' Fisher

Freeway

Detective Wallace

Daylight

Frank Kraft

Blood Simple

Julian Marty

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

John Gomez

Boiling Point

Brady

Tightrope

Det. Molinari

The Hunger

Lieutenant Allegrezza

A Life Less Ordinary

Gabriel

Alien Resurrection

General Perez

Wise Guys

Anthony Castelo

True Confessions

Howard Terkel

A Civil Action

John Riley

A Night at the Roxbury

Kamehl Butabi

The Last Tenant

Gabe

Clueless

Mel Horowitz

Maverick

Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player

Marvin's Room

Robert "Bob" Carter

Strangers with Candy

Guy Blank

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Tournament Director

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Harry

American Cousins

Settimo

Running Scared

Captain Logan

Night of the Juggler

Sgt. Otis Barnes

The Good Student

Gabe

The Dollmaker

Skyros

Reckless

Peter Daniels

Dick

President Richard M. Nixon

Endangered Species

Peck

The Extra Man

Aresh

Down

Lt. McBain

The Crew

Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli

Double Your Pleasure

John

The Warrior Class

Rand

Slapface

Sheriff John Thurston

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave

Gil Ruston

Death Penalty

Detective Ralph Corso

New Suit

Muster Hansau

Locked in Silence

Dr. Rosenstock

The Normals

Ragnar

The Passover Plot

Yaacov

Quicksand

General Stewart

Pizza My Heart

Vinnie Montebello

Courage

John Fosh

Search and Destroy

Tailor

The Prince of Central Park

Hot Dog Vendor

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Lester Doom

The Second Civil War

Mel Burgess

The Hurricane

Della Pesca

The Humbling

Asa

Too Big to Fail

Congressman Barney Frank

The Big Take

Frank Maniscalpo

For Love or Money

Gene Salvatore

Another Midnight Run

Eddie Moscone

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Dr. Klein

Influenced

Black Dog, Red Dog

Norman

Slow Burn

Simon Fleischer

Red Wind

Detective Copernik

Midnight Run for Your Life

Eddie Moscone

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Red

Fair Game

Walter Hollenbach (uncredited)

Mr. Wonderful

Harvey

The Garden of Redemption

Capt. Zito

Clutter

Walter Bickford

Because Mommy Works

Judge (uncredited)

Based on an Untrue Story

Caprawolski

In & Out

Military Attorney

Midnight Runaround

Eddie Moscone

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

Private Investigator

Funny Face

Benj

The God Committee

Emmett Granger

That Secret Sunday

Robots

Mr. Gunk (voice)

Tune in Tomorrow...

Robert Quince

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Alex Heller

The Whereabouts of Jenny

Vinnie

Miracle on 74th Street