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, President Richard Nixon in Dick, and Red the goblin bellboy in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, among many other roles. He also appeared in Cheers and its short-lived spinoff The Tortellis as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
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Film roles
- Myra Breckinridge (1970) as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
- True Confessions (1981) as Howard
- Endangered Species (1982) as Peck
- The Hunger (1983) as Lt. Allegrezza
- Blood Simple (1984) as Julian Marty
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as John Gomez
- Tightrope (1984) as Det. Molinari
- Commando (1985) as Arius
- Wise Guys (1986) as Anthony Castelo
- Running Scared (1986) as Capt. Logan
- Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Frank Waturi
- Pacific Heights (1990) as Loan Officer
- 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
- Fair Game (1995) as Walter Hollenbach (uncredited)
- Nixon (1995) as Trini Cardoza
- Freeway (1996) as Det. Wallace
- The First Wives Club (1996) as Morton Cushman
- Ransom (1996) as Jackie Brown
- Daylight (1996) as Frank Kraft
- Marvin's Room (1996) as Bob
- In & Out (1997) as Military Attorney
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997) as Gabriel
- Alien: Resurrection (1997) as Gen. Perez
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998) as Kamehi Butabi
- A Civil Action (1998) as John Riley
- Dick (1999) as Richard Nixon
- The Hurricane (1999) as Della Pesca
- Shaft (2000) as Dan Roselli
- The Crew (2000) as Mike "The Brick" Donatelli
- Mulholland Dr. (2001) as Vincenzo Castigliane
- Swimfan (2002) as Coach Simkins
- Robots (2005) as Mr. Gunk (voice)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) as Red
Television roles
- Ryan's Hope (10 episodes, 1975) as Herbie Towers
- Kojak (1 episode, 1976) as Dan Hudson
- Hill Street Blues (5 episodes, 1981–84) as Ralph Macafee/A Bum
- CHiPs (1 episode, 1982) as Andy Herzog
- St. Elsewhere (3 episodes, 1984) as Joseph Keuhnelian
- Miami Vice (2 episodes, 1984–86) as Ben Schroeder/Reuben Reydolfo
- Cheers (6 episodes, 1984–93) as Nick Tortelli
- The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1985) as Nick
- The Equalizer (1 episode, 1986) as Frank Donahue
- Family Ties (2 episodes, 1988–89) as Joe Moore
- L.A. Law (3 episodes, 1988–90) as Michael Roitman
- Who's the Boss? (1 episode, 1989) as Ralph
- Equal Justice (2 episodes, 1990–91) as Det. Al Perry
- NYPD Blue (1 episode, 1993) as Lou the Werewolf
- Law & Order (2 episodes, 1993–97) as Lt. Brian Torelli/Defense Attorney Leslie Drake
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1 episode, 1997) as Defense Attorney Leslie Drake
- ER (4 episodes, 1997–2005) as Herb Spivak
- The $treet (1 episode, 2000) as Randy Hoder
- Judging Amy (1 episode, 2000) as Det. Tarnower
- Yes, Dear (6 episodes, 2000–03) as Don Ludke
- Lucky (3 episodes, 2003) as Joey Legs
- Pizza My Heart (TV movie, 2005) as Vinnie Montebello
- Monk (1 episode, 2006) as Jack Monk
- The Book of Daniel (4 episodes, 2006) as Father Frank
- Too Big to Fail (TV movie, 2011) as Congressman Barney Frank
- Person of Interest (1 episode, 2011) as Bernie Sullivan
- Golden Boy (1 episode, 2013) as Francis Diaco
- The Mindy Project (2 episodes, 2014–15) as Alan Castellano
- Gotham (2 episodes, 2014–19) as Det. Dix
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (1 episode, 2015) as Dam Inspector
- Blue Bloods (3 episodes, 2015–19) as Vincent Rella
- Odd Mom Out (1 episode, 2016) as Jill's Dad
Tropes:
- Plays Great Ethnics: He often plays Italian-Americans and Latinos, even though he is the son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.note
