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