DAN HEDAYA

'Dan Hedaya' (born July 24, 1940) is an American character actor. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals.
Hedaya was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Sephardic Jewish family from Syria.^[1] Hedaya was a junior high school teacher for many years before deciding to pursue acting full-time.
Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has held several TV roles, most notably that of Carla Tortelli's charmingly sleazy ex-husband Nick on the sitcom ''Cheers''. He also had a memorable turn as Mallory Keaton's boyfriend Nick's estranged father on the sitcom ''Family Ties''. More recently, he played an Italian-American priest in the controversial and quickly cancelled NBC series ''The Book of Daniel''. Adding to his list of television credits is his performance as the long-lost father of Adrian Monk on ''Monk'' in a special presentation of the show that aired in November 2006.
Younger audiences may recognize Hedaya best for his role as Alicia Silverstone's character's father Mel Horowitz in the 1995 hit movie ''Clueless'', while cult film fans will recognize him as Julian Marty from the Coen Brothers' first feature, ''Blood Simple.''

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Filmography

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Filmography

★ ''Robots'' (2005) .... Mr.Gunk (voice)

★ ''Pizza My Heart (2005)'' .... Vinnie Montebello

★ ''Swimfan (2002)'' .... Coach Simkins

★ ''Quicksand (2002)'' .... General Stewart

★ ''Mulholland Drive (2001)'' .... Vincenzo Castigliane

★ ''Shaft'' (2000) .... Detective Jack Roselli

★ ''The Crew (2000) .... Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli

★ ''Yes, Dear (2000)'' .... Don Ludke

★ ''The Hurricane'' (1999) .... Detective Sgt. Della Pesca Paterson PD

★ ''Dick (1999)'' .... President Richard M. 'Dick' Nixon

★ ''A Civil Action'' (1998) .... John Riley

★ ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998) .... Kamehl Butabi

★ '' (1997) .... General Perez

★ ''A Life Less Ordinary'' (1997) .... Gabriel

★ ''Marvin's Room (1996)'' .... Bob

★ ''Ransom'' (1996) .... Jackie Brown

★ ''The First Wives Club'' (1996) .... Morton Cushman

★ ''Nixon'' (1995) .... Trini Cardoza

★ ''Clueless'' (1995) .... Mel Horowitz

★ ''To Die For'' (1995) .... Joe Maretto

★ ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995) .... Sgt. Geoffrey 'Jeff' Rabin

★ ''For Love or Money'' (1993) .... Gene Salvatore

★ ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'' (1993) .... Tournament Director

★ ''Rookie of the Year'' (1993) .... Larry Fisher

★ ''Benny & Joon'' (1993) .... Thomas

★ ''The Mighty Ducks'' (1992)

★ ''The Addams Family'' (1991) .... Tully Alford

★ ''Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990) ... The PHB, Frank Waturi

★ ''Pacific Heights'' (1990) ... The banker

★ ''Wise Guys'' (1986) .... Anthony Castelo

★ ''Commando'' (1985) .... Arius

★ ''Blood Simple'' (1984) .... Julian Marty

★ ''Reckless'' (1984) .... Peter Daniels

★ ''Endangered Species'' (1982) .... Peck

★ ''True Confessions'' (1981) .... Howard Terke

★ ''The Seduction of Joe Tynan'' (1979) .... Alex Heller

References

1. A Global Community: The Jews from Aleppo, Syria, , Walter P., Zenner, Wayne State University
Press, , ISBN0814327915

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