Dan Hedaya
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-07-24 in 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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Detective Brian Torelli
Law & Order
as Leslie Drake
Monk
as Jack Monk
Person of Interest
as Bernie Sullivan
Gotham
as Detective Dix
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Dam Inspector
ER
as Herb Spivak
Cheers
as Nick Tortelli
Miami Vice
as Ben Schroeder
Miami Vice
as Reuben Reydolfo
Family Ties
as Joe Moore
The Twilight Zone
as Nick (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
as Ralph Macafee
Hill Street Blues
as A Bum
St. Elsewhere
as Joseph Keuhnelian
The Mindy Project
as Alan Castellano
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Leslie Drake
The Equalizer
as Frank Donahue
L.A. Law
as Michael Roitman