Dan Hedaya

Daniel G. "Dan" Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor best-known for his supporting roles in films such as Blood Simple, The Addams Family, Clueless, The Usual Suspects, A Night at the Roxbury, and Mulholland Drive.

Early life Hedaya was born in New York City, to a Sephardic Jewish family from Aleppo, Syria. Hedaya was raised in Bensonhurst. While a student at Tufts University, he began performing at the campus theater. in New York City.

Career Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has appeared in several TV roles, including Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick on the sitcom Cheers and its short-lived spinoff The Tortellis. He played the estranged father of Mallory Keaton's boyfriend, Nick, 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. He also guest starred in 1997 and 2005 as a wisecracking lawyer on the medical drama ER.

In films, Hedaya has played the evil dictator and the secondary antagonist Arius in 1985's Commando and Mel Horowitz, the father of Alicia Silverstone's Cher, in the 1995 film Clueless. He played Julian Marty, a cuckolded husband who plots his wife's murder in the first Coen Brothers film, Blood Simple. His resemblance to Richard Nixon led to his being cast as the former president for the film Dick; he also played a supporting role in another film about the former president, Oliver Stone's Nixon, as Nixon's friend, Trini Cardoza. Hedaya appeared in several episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues as a corrupt, bigamist cop during the series' first season. During the 1980s Hedaya also appeared in the television series Miami Vice.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1970 Myra Breckinridge Patient In Hospital Ward Uncredited 1976 The Passover Plot Yaocov 1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan Alex Heller 1980 Night of the Juggler Sergeant Otis Barnes 1981 True Confessions Howard Terkel 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Dr. Klein Endangered Species Peck 1983 The Hunger Lieutenant Allegrezza 1984 Reckless Peter Daniels Blood Simple Julian Marty The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension John Gomez Tightrope Detective Molinari 1985 Commando General Ernesto Arius 1986 A Smoky Mountain Christmas Harry Wise Guys Anthony Castelo Running Scared Captain Logan 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano Frank Waturi Tune in Tomorrow Robert Quince Pacific Heights The Banker 1991 The Addams Family Tully Alford Doubles Lenny Bruce 1992 Four Eyes and Six Guns Lester Doom 1993 Boiling Point US Treasury Agent Sam Brady Benny & Joon Thomas Rookie of the Year Larry Fisher Searching for Bobby Fischer Tournament Director For Love or Money Gene Salvatore Mr. Wonderful Harvey 1994 Maverick Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player 1995 The Usual Suspects Sergeant Jeff Rabin To Die For Joe Maretto Clueless Mel Horowitz Fair Game Walter Hollenbach Uncredited Nixon Trini Cardoza 1996 Freeway Detective Garnet Wallace The First Wives Club Morton 'Morty' Cushman Ransom Jackie Brown Daylight EMS Officer Frank Kraft Marvin's Room Bob Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 1997 In & Out Military Attorney A Life Less Ordinary Gabriel Alien: Resurrection General Martin Perez 1998 A Night at the Roxbury Kamehl Butabi A Civil Action John Riley 1999 Dick President Richard M. 'Dick' Nixon The Hurricane Sergeant Della Pesca, Paterson PD 2000 Shaft Detective Jack Roselli The Crew Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave Gil Ruston 2001 Down Lieutenant McBain Mulholland Drive Vincenzo Castigliane 2002 Quicksand General Stewart Swimfan Coach Simkins New Suit Muster Hansau 2003 American Cousins Settimo 2005 Strangers with Candy Guy Blank Robots Mr. Gunk (voice) Pizza My Heart Vinnie Montebello 2006 The Good Student Gabrial 2007 The Warrior Class General Rand 2010 The Extra Man Aresh 2012 The Normals Ragnar 2013 Clutter Walter Bickford 2014 The Humbling Asa 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 'Red' 2020 Funny Face Benj 2021 Slapface Sheriff John Thurston The God Committee Granger 2026 Influenced

Television Year Title Role Notes 1975 Ryan's Hope Herbie Towers 1976 Kojak Dan Hudson Episode: "A Hair-Trigger Away" 1977 The Andros Targets Prager Episode: "The Treatment Succeeded But the Patient Died" The Prince of Central Park Hot Dog Vendor Television film 1978 The Last Tenant Gabe Television film 1979 Paris Gil Davis Episode: "Once More for Free" 1980 Death Penalty Detective Ralph Corso Television film 1981–1984 Hill Street Blues Ralph MacAfee / A Bum 5 episodes 1982 CHiPs Herzog Episode: "Trained for Trouble" Report to Murphy Unknown Episode: "Pilot" 1984 St. Elsewhere Joseph Keuhnelian 3 episodes The Dollmaker Skyros Television film Hot Pursuit Unknown Episode: "Goodbye... I Love You" 1984–1993 Cheers Nick Tortelli 6 episodes 1984–1986 Miami Vice Reuben Reydolfo / Ben Schroeder Episodes: "One Eyed Jack" & "Payback" 1985 The Twilight Zone Nick Episode: Dealer's Choice 1986 Slow Burn Simon Fleischer Television film The Equalizer Frank Donahue Episode: "Unpunished Crimes" Courage John Fosh Television film That Secret Sunday Captain Bates Television film A Smoky Mountain Christmas Harry Television film 1987 The Tortellis Nick Tortelli 13 episodes 1987–1988 Mama's Boy Mickey 4 episodes 1988–1989 Family Ties Joe Moore 2 episodes 1988–1990 L.A. Law Michael Roitman 3 episodes 1989 Who's the Boss? Ralph Episode: "Men Are People, Too" One of the Boys Ernie 6 episodes Double Your Pleasure John Television film 1990–1991 Equal Justice Detective Al Perry 2 episodes 1991 Veronica Clare Louis Benato 2 episodes 1993 Flying Blind Employer #1 Episode: "Panic in Neil's Park" Based on an Untrue Story Caprawolski Television film NYPD Blue Lou 'The Werewolf' Episode: "NYPD Lou" 1993–1995 Fallen Angels Detective Copernik / Auger / Johnny Ralls / Lieutenant Calender 4 episodes 1993–1997 Law & Order Lieutenant Brian Torelli / Leslie Drake 2 episodes 1994 Another Midnight Run Eddie Moscone Television film Midnight Runaround Eddie Moscone Television film Midnight Run for Your Life Eddie Moscone Television film Because Mommy Works Judge Uncredited; television film 1995 Picture Windows Carl Episode: "Soir Bleu" 1996 The Home Court Judge Walter Ragsdale 2 episodes 1997 The Second Civil War Mel Burgess Television film The Garden of Redemption Captain Zito Television film Homicide: Life on the Street Leslie Drake Episode: "Baby, It's You" 1997–2005 ER Herb Spivak 4 episodes 1999 Locked in Silence Dr. Rosenstock Television film 2000 The Street Randy Hoder Episode: "High Yield Bonds" Judging Amy Detective Tarnower Episode: "Unnecessary Roughness" 2000–2003 Yes, Dear Don Ludke 6 episodes 2003 Lucky Joey 'Joey Legs' 3 episodes 2005 Pizza My Heart Vinnie Montebello Television film 2006 The Book of Daniel Father Frank 4 episodes Monk Jack Monk Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad" 2008 Lipstick Jungle Dimitri Pappademos Episode: "Chapter Eleven: The F-Word" 2011 Too Big to Fail Representative Barney Frank Television film Person of Interest Bernie Sullivan Episode: "The Fix" 2013 Golden Boy Francis Diaco Episode: "Beast of Burden" 2014 Gotham Detective Dix 2 episodes 2014–2015 The Mindy Project Alan Castellano 2 episodes 2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Special Segment Actor Episode: "Infrastructure" 2015–2019 Blue Bloods Vincent Rella 4 episodes 2016 Odd Mom Out Jill's Dad Episode: "Fasting and Furious"