Dan Hedaya
Acting
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.
As actor 123
Law & Order
1990
Person of Interest
2011
Monk
2002
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Cheers
1982
Gotham
2014
Miami Vice
1984
ER
1994
Hill Street Blues
1981
Judging Amy
1999
L.A. Law
1986
Family Ties
1982
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Mindy Project
2012
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Twilight Zone
1985
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
The Usual Suspects
1995
The Equalizer
1985
Mulholland Drive
2001
Commando
1985
Kojak
1973
Robots
2005
Alien Resurrection
1997
Fallen Angels
1993
Clueless
1995
The Addams Family
1991
Cassie & Co.
1982
Maverick
1994
CHiPs
1977
Lipstick Jungle
2008
Ransom
1996
Blood Simple
1985
Shaft
2000
Daylight
1996
Golden Boy
2013
The Hurricane
1999
Pacific Heights
1990
Fair Game
1995
The Hunger
1983
To Die For
1995
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
In & Out
1997
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Too Big to Fail
2011
The Book of Daniel
2006
The First Wives Club
1996
A Civil Action
1998
Down
2001
Marvin's Room
1996
Benny & Joon
1993
The Tortellis
1987
Freeway
1996
For Love or Money
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Hot Pursuit
1984
The $treet
2000
Running Scared
1986
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
Nixon
1995
Tightrope
1984
Paris
1979
The Home Court
1995
Swimfan
2002
The Crew
2000
Boiling Point
1993
Rookie of the Year
1993
The God Committee
2021
Lucky
2003
Strangers with Candy
2006
The Humbling
2014
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
True Confessions
1981
Dick
1999
Funny Face
2021
Picture Windows
1995
Influenced
2026
Endangered Species
1982
Slapface
2022
Wise Guys
1986
Reckless
1984
Veronica Clare
1991
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Night of the Juggler
1980
The Second Civil War
1997
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
The Normals
2012
The Extra Man
2010
The Good Student
2006
Mr. Wonderful
1993
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
Slow Burn
1986
Courage
1986
Based on an Untrue Story
1993
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
Midnight Run Around
1994
New Suit
2003
The Dollmaker
1984
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
The Warrior Class
2007
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
Red Wind
1995
Another Midnight Run
1994
The Whereabouts of Jenny
1991
Locked in Silence
1999
The Prince of Central Park
1977
Double Your Pleasure
1989
One of the Boys
1989
The Last Tenant
1978
The Big Take
2018
The Passover Plot
1976
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
Because Mommy Works
1994
Search and Destroy
1995
The Garden of Redemption
1997
That Secret Sunday
1986
American Cousins
2003
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
2000
Death Penalty
1980
Quicksand
2002
Pizza My Heart
2005
Clutter
2013