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Dan Hedaya

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1940-07-24

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Passover Plot	Yaacov	38
2	1977	The Prince of Central Park	Hot Dog Vendor	45
3	1978	The Last Tenant	Gabe	0
4	1979	The Seduction of Joe Tynan	Alex Heller	59
5	1980	Death Penalty	Detective Ralph Corso	0
6	1980	Night of the Juggler	Sgt. Otis Barnes	59
7	1981	True Confessions	Howard Terkel	61
8	1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Dr. Klein	60
9	1982	Endangered Species	Peck	49
10	1983	The Hunger	Lieutenant Allegrezza	67
11	1984	Reckless	Peter Daniels	58
12	1984	Blood Simple	Julian Marty	72
13	1984	The Dollmaker	Skyros	75
14	1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	John Gomez	60
15	1984	Tightrope	Det. Molinari	62
16	1985	Commando	Arius	67
17	1986	Wise Guys	Anthony Castelo	54
18	1986	Running Scared	Captain Logan	61
19	1986	Slow Burn	Simon Fleischer	50
20	1986	Courage	John Fosh	57
21	1986	That Secret Sunday		57
22	1986	A Smoky Mountain Christmas	Harry	58
23	1989	Double Your Pleasure	John	61
24	1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	Frank Waturi	58
25	1990	Pacific Heights	Loan Officer	63
26	1990	Tune in Tomorrow...	Robert Quince	53
27	1991	The Whereabouts of Jenny	Vinnie	60
28	1991	The Addams Family	Tully Alford	71
29	1992	Four Eyes and Six-Guns		25
30	1993	Benny & Joon	Thomas	70
31	1993	Boiling Point	Brady	50
32	1993	Rookie of the Year	Larry 'Fish' Fisher	62
33	1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Tournament Director	71
34	1993	Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's	Private Investigator	0
35	1993	Based on an Untrue Story	Caprawolski	42
36	1993	For Love or Money	Gene Salvatore	62
37	1993	Mr. Wonderful	Harvey	57
38	1994	Another Midnight Run	Eddie Moscone	65
39	1994	Midnight Runaround	Eddie Moscone	66
40	1994	Maverick	Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player	69
41	1994	Midnight Run for Your Life	Eddie Moscone	46
42	1994	Because Mommy Works	Judge (uncredited)	50
43	1995	Search and Destroy	Tailor	48
44	1995	The Usual Suspects	Jeff Rabin	82
45	1995	Clueless	Mel Horowitz	73
46	1995	To Die For	Joe Maretto	66
47	1995	Fair Game	Walter Hollenbach (uncredited)	51
48	1995	Red Wind	Detective Copernik	0
49	1995	Nixon	Trini Cardoza	69
50	1996	Freeway	Detective Wallace	65
51	1996	The First Wives Club	Morton Cushman	67
52	1996	Ransom	Jackie Brown	67
53	1996	Daylight	Frank Kraft	61
54	1996	Marvin's Room	Robert "Bob" Carter	67
55	1997	The Garden of Redemption	Capt. Zito	0
56	1997	In & Out	Military Attorney	65
57	1997	A Life Less Ordinary	Gabriel	61
58	1997	Alien Resurrection	General Perez	62
59	1997	The Second Civil War	Mel Burgess	61
60	1998	A Night at the Roxbury	Kamehl Butabi	66
61	1998	A Civil Action	John Riley	65
62	1999	Locked in Silence	Dr. Rosenstock	57
63	1999	Mulholland Dr.	Vincenzo Castigliane	78
64	1999	Dick	President Richard M. Nixon	59
65	1999	The Hurricane	Della Pesca	74
66	2000	The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave	Gil Ruston	41
67	2000	Shaft	Jack Roselli	60
68	2000	The Crew	Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli	55
69	2001	Mulholland Drive	Vincenzo Castigliane	78
70	2001	Down	Lt. McBain	51
71	2002	Quicksand	General Stewart	52
72	2002	Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'	Jeff Rabin (photo)	70
73	2002	Swimfan	Coach Simkins	53
74	2003	New Suit	Muster Hansau	58
75	2003	American Cousins	Settimo	53
76	2005	Robots	Mr. Gunk (voice)	65
77	2005	Pizza My Heart	Vinnie Montebello	61
78	2006	The Good Student	Gabe	46
79	2006	Strangers with Candy	Guy Blank	56
80	2007	The Warrior Class	Rand	40
81	2010	The Extra Man	Aresh	58
82	2011	Too Big to Fail	Congressman Barney Frank	70
83	2012	The Normals	Ragnar	53
84	2013	Clutter	Walter Bickford	60
85	2014	The Humbling	Asa	51
86	2015	Black Dog, Red Dog	Norman	75
87	2016	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Red	73
88	2018	The Big Take	Frank Maniscalpo	49
89	2021	Funny Face	Benj	47
90	2021	The God Committee	Emmett Granger	66
91	2022	Slapface	Sheriff John Thurston	60
92	2025	Influenced		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Kojak	Dan Hudson	70
2	1977	CHiPs		68
3	1979	Paris		50
4	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
5	1981	Hill Street Blues	Ralph Macafee	76
6	1982	Cassie & Co.		45
7	1982	Family Ties	Joe Moore	73
8	1982	Cheers	Nick Tortelli	76
9	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
10	1984	Miami Vice	Ben Schroeder	75
11	1984	Miami Vice	Reuben Reydolfo	75
12	1984	Hot Pursuit		50
13	1985	The Equalizer	Frank Donahue	72
14	1985	The Twilight Zone	Nick (segment "Dealer's Choice")	78
15	1986	L.A. Law	Michael Roitman	71
16	1987	The Tortellis	Nick Tortelli	30
17	1989	One of the Boys		50
18	1990	Law & Order	Detective Brian Torelli	74
19	1990	Law & Order	Leslie Drake	74
20	1991	Veronica Clare		60
21	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Leslie Drake	80
22	1993	Fallen Angels	Lt. Calender	59
23	1993	Fallen Angels	Johnny Ralls	59
24	1993	Fallen Angels	Detective Copernik	59
25	1993	Fallen Angels	Auger	59
26	1994	ER	Herb Spivak	78
27	1995	Picture Windows	Carl	0
28	1997	The Second Civil War	Mel Burgess	60
29	1999	Judging Amy	Detective Tarnower	75
30	2000	The $treet	Randy Hoder	57
31	2002	Monk	Jack Monk	79
32	2003	Lucky		0
33	2006	The Book of Daniel		71
34	2008	Lipstick Jungle	Dimitri Pappademos	61
35	2011	Person of Interest	Bernie Sullivan	81
36	2012	The Mindy Project	Alan Castellano	62
37	2013	Golden Boy	Francis Diaco	61
38	2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Dam Inspector	79
39	2014	Gotham	Detective Dix	76