Daniel J. “Dan” Hedaya ( born Daniel G. “Dan” Hedaya ; July 24, 1940 , Brooklyn ) is an American film actor . In the movie, he often plays villains or unbalanced villains. Best known for the following roles: the mafia boss Tony Castelo in the movie Explained Guys , the cuckold husband in the crime thriller Just Blood , General Martin Perez in the fantastic thriller Alien: Resurrection , and the treacherous dodger Nick Tortelli in the TV series The Fun Company .
| Dan Hedaya | |
|---|---|
| English Dan hedaya | |
| Birth name | English Daniel G. Hedaya |
| Date of Birth | July 24, 1940 (aged 79) |
| Place of Birth | |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1970 - present |
| IMDb | |
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Life and career
Hedaya was born in Brooklyn, New York , USA into a Sephardic Jewish family from Syria [1] . His father emigrated to the United States from Aleppo [2] . Daniel Hedaya grew up in the Bensonhurst area. In 1962 he graduated from Tufts University , also studied drama in Greenwich Village . For many years he worked as a primary school teacher, until he decided to become a professional actor [2] .
In addition to filming a movie, Dan also played roles in television series. Among them, the role of Nick, the ex-husband of Carla Tortelli in the sitcom “ Merry Company ”; the role of the father of one of the characters in the television series Family Ties ; Adrian Monk’s long-missing father in the series Detective Monk . In 1997 and 2005, the actor played a lawyer in the medical series Ambulance .
Dan Hedaya is known to the Russian audience for her roles as dictator Arius in the action movie Commando , Mel Horowitz in the comedy Stupid , General Martin Perez in the fantastic thriller Alien: Resurrection . Outward resemblance to Richard Nixon allowed him to play the former US president in the 1999 comedy " The Presidential Girlfriends "
In 2006, Hedaya received the PT Barnum Award for his outstanding work in the film industry.
Filmography
- 1980 - Twilight Zone (TV) (one episode)
- 1981 - Blues Hill Street - McAfee Detective
- 1981 - Secrets of Confession - Howard Turk
- 1982-1992 - Fun Company - Nick Tortelli
- 1983 - Famine - Lieutenant of Allegrezza
- 1984 - Just Blood - Julian Marty
- 1984 - The Adventures of Bakaru Banzai: Through the Eighth Dimension - John Gomez
- 1985 - Commando - dictator Arius
- 1986 - Smart Guys - Anthony Castelo
- 1990 - Joe vs. Volcano - Frank Hueturi
- 1990 - Pacific Heights - Banker
- 1991 - Addams Family - lawyer Tally Alford
- 1993 - Benny and June - Thomas
- 1993 - Concierge - Gene Salvatore
- 1993 - Finding Bobby Fisher - Tournament Director
- 1995 - Nixon - Trini Cardosa
- 1995 - Clueless - Chalk Horowitz
- 1995 - What is worth dying for - Joe Maretto
- 1995 - Suspicious Faces - Sergeant Jeff Rabin
- 1996 - Marvin's Room - Bob
- 1996 - Redemption - Jackie Brown
- 1996 - First Wives Club - Morton Kushman
- 1996 - Daylight - Frank Craft
- 1996 - Highway - Detective Garnet Wallace
- 1997 - Alien: Resurrection - General Martin Perez
- 1997 - Life Is Worse Than Normal - Gabriel
- 1997 - Entrance and exit - military attorney
- 1998 - Civil lawsuit - John Riley
- 1998 - Night at Roxbury - Camel Butaby
- 1999 - Hurricane - Detective Della Pesca Paterson
- 1999 - Presidential Girlfriends - President Nixon
- 2000 - Shaft - Detective Jack Roselli
- 2000 - Team - Mike "Brick" Donatelli
- 2001 - Mulholland Drive - Vincenzo Castigliani
- 2002 - Fan - Coach Simkins
- 2002 - Quicksand - General Stuart
- 2005 - Robots - Mr. Gank (scoring)
- 2006 - Free life - Guy Blank
- 2006 - Mr. Gibb - Gabrial
- 2006 - Detective Monk (TV) - Jack Monk
- 2014 - Humiliation - Asa
- 2016 - Fantastic creatures and where they live - Red
Notes
- ↑ Zenner, Walter P. A Global Community: The Jews from Aleppo, Syria. - Wayne State University Press, 2000. - ISBN 0-8143-2791-5 .
- ↑ 1 2 Schleier, Curt . A Night at the Sephardic Film Festival , The Jewish Journal (October 28, 1999).
Links
- Hedaya, Dan at the Internet Movie Database