
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