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.
Filmography50+ titles
The Usual Suspects
Person of Interest
Homicide: Life on the Street
Monk
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Mulholland Drive
ER
The Dollmaker
Gotham
Cheers
Hill Street Blues
Miami Vice
The Hurricane
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Clueless
Law & Order
Blood Simple
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Family Ties
Kojak
Searching for Bobby Fischer
The Addams Family
L.A. Law
Too Big to Fail
Benny & Joon
Nixon
Maverick
CHiPs
Courage
Marvin's Room
Ransom
The First Wives Club
Commando
The God Committee
To Die For
The Hunger
Night of the Juggler
Robots
A Civil Action
A Night at the Roxbury
In & Out
Freeway
Pizza My Heart
Pacific Heights
Double Your Pleasure
The Mindy Project
Lipstick Jungle
Alien: Resurrection
A Life Less Ordinary
For Love or Money