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Dan Hedaya

Acting · Born July 24, 1940 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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 with Dan Hedaya

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) — Red
• The Usual Suspects (1995) — Jeff Rabin
• Mulholland Drive (2001) — Vincenzo Castigliane
• Alien Resurrection (1997) — General Perez
• The Addams Family (1991) — Tully Alford
• Robots (2005) — Mr. Gunk (voice)
• Clueless (1995) — Mel Horowitz
• Commando (1985) — Arius
• The First Wives Club (1996) — Morton Cushman
• The Hurricane (1999) — Della Pesca
• Maverick (1994) — Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998) — Kamehl Butabi

TV shows with Dan Hedaya

• Cheers (1982) — Nick Tortelli
• The Tortellis (1987) — Nick Tortelli