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Dan Hedaya
Acting
130 known credits
2.0 popularity score 86 years
Biography
About Dan Hedaya
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.
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Dan Hedaya across film and television
123credited titles
90movie credits
33TV credits
1976–2026screen career span
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