Dan Hedaya
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.
123 acting credits
Acting · 123
Law & Order
1990
Person of Interest
2011
Monk
2002
ER
1994
Gotham
2014
Cheers
1982
Miami Vice
1984
Hill Street Blues
1981
Judging Amy
1999
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
L.A. Law
1986
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Equalizer
1985
Family Ties
1982
The Twilight Zone
1985
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Mindy Project
2012
Kojak
1973
CHiPs
1977
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Fallen Angels
1993
The Usual Suspects
1995
Mulholland Drive
2001
Robots
2005
Lipstick Jungle
2008
Commando
1985
Alien Resurrection
1997
Ransom
1996
The Addams Family
1991
Clueless
1995
Golden Boy
2013
Paris
1979
The $treet
2000
Maverick
1994
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
The Home Court
1995
The Book of Daniel
2006
Cassie & Co.
1982
Daylight
1996
Shaft
2000
Blood Simple
1985
The Tortellis
1987
Hot Pursuit
1984
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
The Hurricane
1999
Picture Windows
1995
To Die For
1995
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Fair Game
1995
The First Wives Club
1996
In & Out
1997
Lucky
2003
Pacific Heights
1990
Dick
1999
Marvin's Room
1996
Veronica Clare
1991
The Hunger
1983
Influenced
2026
For Love or Money
1993
Nixon
1995
Rookie of the Year
1993
Freeway
1996
Swimfan
2002
Too Big to Fail
2011
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
A Civil Action
1998
Benny & Joon
1993
Tightrope
1984
Running Scared
1986
The Crew
2000
True Confessions
1981
Down
2001
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
Boiling Point
1993
Reckless
1984
The Humbling
2014
Strangers with Candy
2006
The Second Civil War
1997
The Dollmaker
1984
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
Search and Destroy
1995
One of the Boys
1989
Mr. Wonderful
1993
Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
Slapface
2022
Midnight Run Around
1994
Night of the Juggler
1980
The Extra Man
2010
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Another Midnight Run
1994
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
2000
Wise Guys
1986
New Suit
2003
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
The Whereabouts of Jenny
1991
Slow Burn
1986
American Cousins
2003
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
The God Committee
2021
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
Pizza My Heart
2005
Endangered Species
1982
Quicksand
2002
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
The Prince of Central Park
1977
The Normals
2012
Based on an Untrue Story
1993
Clutter
2013
Death Penalty
1980
The Big Take
2018
The Passover Plot
1976
Double Your Pleasure
1989
The Good Student
2006
Courage
1986
Red Wind
1995
The Garden of Redemption
1997
Locked in Silence
1999
Funny Face
2021
Because Mommy Works
1994
The Warrior Class
2007
The Last Tenant
1978
That Secret Sunday
1986