Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in Commando, Tully Alford in The Addams Family, Cher Horowitz's father Mel in Clueless, General Perez in Alien: Resurrection, Richard Nixon in Dick and Red the goblin bellboy in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, among many other roles. He also starred on Cheers and its short-lived spin-off The Tortellis as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.
His film roles include:
- Myra Breckinridge (1970) as Hospital Patient
- The Hunger (1983) as Lt. Allegrezza
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as John Gomez
- Blood Simple (1984) as Julian Marty
- Commando (1985) as Arius
- Running Scared (1986) as Captain Logan
- Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Frank Waturi
- Pacific Heights (1990) as The Banker
- The Addams Family (1991) as Tully Alford
- Benny & Joon (1993) as Thomas
- Rookie of the Year (1993) as Larry Fisher
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) as Tournament Director
- For Love or Money (1993) as Gene Salvatore
- Maverick (1994) as Twitchy
- The Usual Suspects (1995) as Sgt. Jeff Rabin
- To Die For (1995) as Joe Maretto
- Clueless (1995) as Mel Horowitz
- Nixon (1995) as Trini Cardoza
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) as Red
Tropes:
- Playing Gertrude: He guest starred on Monk as the title character's father despite being only 13 years older than Tony Shalhoub.
- Plays Great Ethnics: He often plays Italian-Americans and Latinos, even though he is the son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.
