Dan Hedaya

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Dan Hedaya
Born July 24, 1940 (1940-07-24) (age 68)
Brooklyn, New York USA

Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals.

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Biography

Hedaya was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Sephardic Jewish family from Syria.[1][2][3] Hedaya was a junior high school teacher for many years before deciding to pursue acting full-time.

Career

Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has held 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.

In films, Hedaya has played the evil dictator Arius in 1985's Commando, Mel Horowitz, the father of Alicia Silverstone's Cher in the 1995 film Clueless. He played Julian Marty in the first Coen Brothers feature, Blood Simple. His physical similarity to Richard Nixon led to him being cast as the former president for the film Dick.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Philadelphia Rings a Bell FOR 'First Wives Club' Actor", Jewish Exponent (1996-10-03). Retrieved on 2007-12-10. 
  2. ^ Weinraub, Bernard (1995-11-14). "After 20 Years, Dan Hedaya Is Fading Out of Anonymity", The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. 
  3. ^ Zenner, Walter P. (2000). A Global Community: The Jews from Aleppo, Syria. Wayne State University Press. ISBN0814327915. 

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NAME Hedaya, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1940-7-24
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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