Dan Hedaya's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Fallen Angels Lt. Calender Lucky Joey Legs One of the Boys Ernie The Home Court Judge Walte… The Tortellis Nick Tortelli Veronica Clare Louis Benato

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Robots 2003 - American Cousins 2002 - Swimfan 2001 - Mulholland Drive 2001 - Down 2000 - Shaft 1999 - Dick 1999 - The Hurricane 1998 - A Civil Action 1998 - A Night at the Roxbury 1997 - Alien: Resurrection 1997 - A Life Less Ordinary 1997 - In & Out 1996 - The First Wives Club 1996 - Ransom 1996 - Marvin's Room 1996 - Daylight 1996 - Freeway 1995 - The Usual Suspects 1995 - Clueless 1995 - To Die For 1995 - Nixon 1995 - Fair Game 1994 - Maverick 1993 - For Love or Money 1993 - Benny & Joon 1993 - Mr. Wonderful 1993 - Searching for Bobby Fischer 1991 - The Addams Family 1990 - Tune in Tomorrow... 1990 - Joe Versus the Volcano 1990 - Pacific Heights 1986 - Running Scared 1986 - Wise Guys 1985 - Commando 1984 - Tightrope 1984 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 - Blood Simple 1984 - Reckless 1983 - The Hunger 1981 - True Confessions 1980 - Night of the Juggler 1979 - The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1970 - Myra Breckinridge

BIOGRAPHY:

Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in "Cheers" (1982) and its short-lived spin-off "The Tortellis" (1987)). He has also done much stage work, appearing opposite Alien: Resurrection (1997) star Sigourney Weaver in "The Conjuring an Event" at the American Place Theater. Other stage performances include Broadway roles such as "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and many New York Shakespeare Festival productions.


TRIVIA:

• Although he mostly plays Italian-Americans, Hedaya is actually of Syrian heritage and comes from a tight-knit Sephardic-Jewish family.
• Before becoming an actor he taught junior high school for several years.
• Graduated from Tufts University in 1962.
• He had a minor role ("Trini Cardoza") in 'Oliver Stone (I)' (qv)'s _Nixon (1995)_ (qv) and later played Nixon himself in _Dick (1999)_ (qv).