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

★7.3

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

★8.2

The Usual Suspects

1995

★7.8

Mulholland Drive

2001

★6.2

Alien Resurrection

1997

★7.1

The Addams Family

1991

★6.5

Robots

2005

★7.2

Clueless

1995

★7.6

Gotham

2014

★6.7

Commando

1985

★6.7

Ransom

1996

★8.1

Person of Interest

2011

★6.9

Maverick

1994

★6.1

Daylight

1996

★7.2

Blood Simple

1985

★7.4

The Hurricane

1999

★6.0

Shaft

2000

★7.9

Monk

2002

★6.5

A Night at the Roxbury

1998

★7.8

ER

1994

★6.6

To Die For

1995

★7.0

Benny & Joon

1993

★6.7

The First Wives Club

1996

★6.5

In & Out

1997

★7.3

Law & Order

1990