Dan Hedaya | |
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 Hedaya at the Carney Awards in 2016 | |
| Born | July 24, 1940 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–present |
Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) [1] is an American actor. He often plays sleazy villains or wisecracking supporting characters.[ citation needed ] He has had supporting roles in films such as Commando (1985), Clueless (1995), and Mulholland Drive (2001).
Hedaya was born in New York City, to a Sephardic Jewish family from Aleppo, Syria. [2] [3] [4] [5] Hedaya was raised in Bensonhurst. While a student at Tufts University, he began performing at the campus theater. [3] He worked as a junior high school teacher for many years before deciding to pursue acting full-time. [5] He studied acting at HB Studio [6] in New York City.
Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has appeared in several TV roles, including Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick on the sitcom Cheers and its short-lived spinoff The Tortellis . He played the estranged father of Mallory Keaton's boyfriend, Nick, on the sitcom Family Ties . More recently, he played an Italian-American priest in the controversial and quickly cancelled NBC series The Book of Daniel . Adding to his list of television credits is his performance as the long-lost father of Adrian Monk on Monk . He also guest starred in 1997 and 2005 as a wisecracking lawyer on the medical drama ER .
In films, Hedaya has played the evil dictator and the secondary antagonist Arius in 1985's Commando and Mel Horowitz, the father of Alicia Silverstone's Cher, in the 1995 film Clueless . He played Julian Marty, a cuckolded husband who plots his wife's murder in the first Coen Brothers film, Blood Simple . His resemblance to Richard Nixon led to his being cast as the former president for the film Dick . Hedaya appeared in several episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues as a corrupt, bigamist cop during the series' first season. During the 1980s Hedaya also appeared in the television series Miami Vice .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Patient In Hospital Ward | Uncredited |
| 1976 | The Passover Plot | Yaocov | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Alex Heller | |
| 1980 | Night of the Juggler | Sergeant Otis Barnes | |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Howard Terkel | |
| 1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Dr. Klein | |
| Endangered Species | Peck | ||
| 1983 | The Hunger | Lieutenant Allegrezza | |
| 1984 | Reckless | Peter Daniels | |
| Blood Simple | Julian Marty | ||
| The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | John Gomez | ||
| Tightrope | Detective Molinari | ||
| 1985 | Commando | General Ernesto Arius | |
| 1986 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Harry | |
| Wise Guys | Anthony Castelo | ||
| Running Scared | Captain Logan | ||
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Frank Waturi | |
| Tune in Tomorrow | Robert Quince | ||
| Pacific Heights | The Banker | ||
| 1991 | The Addams Family | Tully Alford | |
| Doubles | Lenny Bruce | ||
| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six Guns | Lester Doom | |
| 1993 | Boiling Point | US Treasury Agent Sam Brady | |
| Benny & Joon | Thomas | ||
| Rookie of the Year | Larry Fisher | ||
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | Tournament Director | ||
| For Love or Money | Gene Salvatore | ||
| Mr. Wonderful | Harvey | ||
| 1994 | Maverick | Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player | |
| 1995 | The Usual Suspects | Sergeant Jeff Rabin | |
| To Die For | Joe Maretto | ||
| Clueless | Mel Horowitz | ||
| Fair Game | Walter Hollenbach | Uncredited | |
| Nixon | Trini Cardoza | ||
| 1996 | Freeway | Detective Garnet Wallace | |
| The First Wives Club | Morton 'Morty' Cushman | ||
| Ransom | Jackie Brown | ||
| Daylight | EMS Officer Frank Kraft | ||
| Marvin's Room | Bob | Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
| 1997 | In & Out | Military Attorney | |
| A Life Less Ordinary | Gabriel | ||
| Alien: Resurrection | General Martin Perez | ||
| 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | Kamehl Butabi | |
| A Civil Action | John Riley | ||
| 1999 | Dick | President Richard M. 'Dick' Nixon | |
| The Hurricane | Sergeant Della Pesca, Paterson PD | ||
| 2000 | Shaft | Detective Jack Roselli | |
| The Crew | Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli | ||
| The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave | Gil Ruston | ||
| 2001 | Down | Lieutenant McBain | |
| Mulholland Drive | Vincenzo Castigliane | ||
| 2002 | Quicksand | General Stewart | |
| Swimfan | Coach Simkins | ||
| New Suit | Muster Hansau | ||
| 2003 | American Cousins | Settimo | |
| 2005 | Strangers with Candy | Guy Blank | |
| Robots | Mr. Gunk (voice) | ||
| Pizza My Heart | Vinnie Montebello | ||
| 2006 | The Good Student | Gabrial | |
| 2007 | The Warrior Class | General Rand | |
| 2010 | The Extra Man | Aresh | |
| 2012 | The Normals | Ragnar | |
| 2013 | Clutter | Walter Bickford | |
| 2014 | The Humbling | Asa | |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 'Red' | |
| 2020 | Funny Face | Benj | |
| 2021 | Slapface | Sheriff John Thurston | |
| The God Committee | Granger |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope | Herbie Towers | |
| 1976 | Kojak | Dan Hudson | Episode: "A Hair-Trigger Away" |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Prager | Episode: "The Treatment Succeeded But the Patient Died" |
| The Prince of Central Park | Hot Dog Vendor | Television film | |
| 1978 | The Last Tenant | Gabe | Television film |
| 1979 | Paris | Gil Davis | Episode: "Once More for Free" |
| 1980 | Death Penalty | Detective Ralph Corso | Television film |
| 1981–1984 | Hill Street Blues | Ralph MacAfee / A Bum | 5 episodes |
| 1982 | CHiPs | Herzog | Episode: "Trained for Trouble" |
| Report to Murphy | Unknown | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1984 | St. Elsewhere | Joseph Keuhnelian | 3 episodes |
| The Dollmaker | Skyros | Television film | |
| Hot Pursuit | Unknown | Episode: "Goodbye... I Love You" | |
| 1984–1993 | Cheers | Nick Tortelli | 6 episodes |
| 1984-1986 | Miami Vice | Reuben Reydolfo / Ben Schroeder | Episodes: "One Eyed Jack" & "Payback" |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Nick | Episode: Dealer's Choice |
| 1986 | Slow Burn | Simon Fleischer | Television film |
| The Equalizer | Frank Donahue | Episode: Unpunished Crimes" | |
| Courage | John Fosh | Television film | |
| That Secret Sunday | Captain Bates | Television film | |
| A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Harry | Television film | |
| 1987 | The Tortellis | Nick Tortelli | 13 episodes |
| 1987–1988 | Mama's Boy | Mickey | 4 episodes |
| 1988–1989 | Family Ties | Joe Moore | 2 episodes |
| 1988–1990 | L.A. Law | Michael Roitman | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Who's the Boss? | Ralph | Episode: "Men Are People, Too" |
| One of the Boys | Ernie | 6 episodes | |
| Double Your Pleasure | John | Television film | |
| 1990–1991 | Equal Justice | Detective Al Perry | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Veronica Clare | Louis Benato | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Flying Blind | Employer #1 | Episode: "Panic in Neil's Park" |
| Based on an Untrue Story | Caprawolski | Television film | |
| NYPD Blue | Lou 'The Werewolf' | Episode: "NYPD Lou" | |
| 1993–1995 | Fallen Angels | Detective Copernik / Auger / Johnny Ralls / Lieutenant Calender | 4 episodes |
| 1993-1997 | Law & Order | Lieutenant Brian Torelli / Leslie Drake | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Another Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone | Television film |
| Midnight Runaround | Eddie Moscone | Television film | |
| Midnight Run for Your Life | Eddie Moscone | Television film | |
| Because Mommy Works | Judge | Uncredited; television film | |
| 1995 | Picture Windows | Carl | Episode: "Soir Bleu" |
| 1996 | The Home Court | Judge Walter Ragsdale | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War | Mel Burgess | Television film |
| The Garden Of Redemption | Captain Zito | Television film | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Leslie Drake | Episode: "Baby, It's You" | |
| 1997–2005 | ER | Herb Spivak | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Locked in Silence | Dr. Rosenstock | Television film |
| 2000 | The Street | Randy Hoder | Episode: "High Yield Bonds" |
| Judging Amy | Detective Tarnower | Episode: "Unnecessary Roughness" | |
| 2000–2003 | Yes, Dear | Don Ludke | 6 episodes |
| 2003 | Lucky | Joey 'Joey Legs' | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Pizza My Heart | Vinnie Montebello | Television film |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Father Frank | 4 episodes |
| Monk | Jack Monk | Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad" | |
| 2008 | Lipstick Jungle | Dimitri Pappademos | Episode: "Chapter Eleven: The F-Word" |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Representative Barney Frank | Television film |
| Person of Interest | Bernie Sullivan | Episode: "The Fix" | |
| 2013 | Golden Boy | Francis Diaco | Episode: "Beast of Burden" |
| 2014 | Gotham | Detective Dix | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | The Mindy Project | Alan Castellano | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Special Segment Actor | Episode: "Infrastructure" |
| 2015–2019 | Blue Bloods | Vincent Rella | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Odd Mom Out | Jill's Dad | Episode: "Fasting and Furious" |
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Actor Dan Hedaya is 81.
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