Dan Hedaya Highlights

  • 2000: Cast as a corrupt policeman in "Shaft"
  • 2000: Co-starred in "The Crew"
  • 1999: Played Nixon in Andrew Fleming's comedy "Dick"
  • 1995: Joined cast of NBC sitcom "Home Court"
  • 1987: Starred as Nick Tortelli on the "Cheers"-spinoff, "The Tortellis"
  • 1984: Received excellent notices for a rare lead in "Blood Simple", the first film from the Coen Brothers
  • 1984: Acted with Kevin Kline in "Henry V" at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park (summer)
  • 1979: American film debut, "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"
  • 1977: TV-movie debut, "The Prince of Central Park"
  • 1977: Performed on the NY stage with Al Pacino in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"
  • 1976: Feature debut (under the name Daniel Hedaya), "The Passover Plot", an Israeli-produced Biblical suspense movie
  • 1973: Returned to stage full-time with an appearance in a Joseph Papp production of "Macbeth"
  • Began acting during his undergraduate years at Tufts
  • Stage debut in a small part in a college production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
  • Appeared in recurring role of Nick Tortelli, Carla's (Rhea Perlman) first ex-husband, on the popular 80s TV sitcom, "Cheers"
  • Taught junior high school English and math in NYC for seven years