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Dan Hedaya

85 yearsJuly 24, 1940Brooklyn, New York, USAPopularity 3.4

Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor. While a student at Tufts University, he began performing at the campus theater.

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Known For

The Usual Suspects poster
8.2
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Jeff Rabin
Mulholland Drive poster
7.8
Mulholland Drive
2001
as Vincenzo Castigliane
Alien Resurrection poster
6.2
Alien Resurrection
1997
as General Perez
Clueless poster
7.3
Clueless
1995
as Mel Horowitz
The Hunger poster
6.7
The Hunger
1983
as Lieutenant Allegrezza
Too Big to Fail poster
7.0
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Congressman Barney Frank

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.

Career

Filmography

Too Big to Fail poster
7.0
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Congressman Barney Frank
Mulholland Drive poster
7.8
Mulholland Drive
2001
as Vincenzo Castigliane
Alien Resurrection poster
6.2
Alien Resurrection
1997
as General Perez
Clueless poster
7.3
Clueless
1995
as Mel Horowitz
The Usual Suspects poster
8.2
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Jeff Rabin
The Hunger poster
6.7
The Hunger
1983
as Lieutenant Allegrezza
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