Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1946) is a Brazilian retired stage, television and film actor.

Early life Benzali was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the son of Lee, a cook, and Carlo Benzali, a salesman who had also been an actor in Brazilian theatre and Yiddish theatre. His family are Brazilian Jews. He withdrew on opening night due to unforeseen circumstances.

Television and feature films In 1985, he was cast in the James Bond film A View to a Kill as W. G. Howe, the Californian director of Oil and Mines, based at San Francisco City Hall. The character was shot dead in his office there by Max Zorin (played by Christopher Walken).

Subsequently, he began appearing in guest-starring roles on television series such as Strong Medicine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, and in recurring roles in NYPD Blue and L.A. Law.

Benzali's stage performance in Holiday at The Old Vic so impressed director Anthony Page that Page cast him opposite Teri Garr in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie adaptation of Pack of Lies, a play by English writer Hugh Whitemore. Benzali played a character named Theodore Hoffman, a reference to his role on the mid-1990s television series Murder One.

Benzali and fiancée Kim Cattrall had a three year relationship. Benzali (then 51) and Cattrall broke up in 1997, just prior to her role in Sex and the City (1998–2004).

Benzali has been living in London and divides his time between England and the United States.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1983 Home Free All Therapist 1985 Insignificance First Theatrical Agent 1985 A View to a Kill W.G. Howe 1985 White Nights Dr. Asher 1986 Whoops Apocalypse William Kubert (US Defense Secretary) 1988 Messenger of Death Chief Barney Doyle 1989 Vietnam War Story: The Last Days Adams (segment "Dirty Work")1991 En dag i oktober Solomon Kublitz 1992 The Distinguished Gentleman 'Skeeter' Warburton 1997 Murder at 1600 Secret Service Agent Nick Spikings 1997 The End of Violence Brice Phelps 1998 Heist 'Big Fats' 1998 All the Little Animals Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter 1999 Suckers Reggie 1999 Her Married Lover Detective Joe Lansing 2000 Screwed Detective Tom Dewey 2001 Vegas, City of Dreams Dr. Sigmund Stein 2001 The Grey Zone Simon Schlermer 2002 Dead Heat Frank Finnegan 2007 If I Had Known I Was a Genius Walter

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