Dan Hedaya
Acting
130 credits
Birthday
Jul 24, 1940 (85 years)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Movies (90)
Movie
Influenced
2026
Movie
7.3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Movie
8.2
The Usual Suspects
1995
Movie
7.3
Clueless
1995
Movie
7.8
Mulholland Drive
2001
Movie
6.5
Robots
2005
Movie
6.7
Commando
1985
Movie
Death Penalty
1980
Movie
6.2
Alien Resurrection
1997
Movie
7.1
The Addams Family
1991
Movie
7.5
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
Movie
6.1
Daylight
1996
Movie
6.6
The Hunger
1983
Movie
5.7
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Movie
6.5
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Movie
4.2
Based on an Untrue Story
1993
Movie
6.9
Nixon
1995
Movie
7.3
Blood Simple
1985
TV Shows (40)
TV Show
7.3
Law & Order
1990
TV Show
7.3
Law & Order
1990
TV Show
7.9
Monk
2002
TV Show
8.1
Person of Interest
2011
TV Show
7.8
ER
1994
TV Show
7.6
Gotham
2014
TV Show
7.5
Cheers
1982
TV Show
7.5
Miami Vice
1984
TV Show
7.5
Miami Vice
1984
TV Show
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
TV Show
7.5
Judging Amy
1999
TV Show
7.2
Family Ties
1982
TV Show
5.6
St. Elsewhere
1982
TV Show
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV Show
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV Show
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV Show
7.0
L.A. Law
1986
TV Show
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993