Dan Hedaya

Known for Acting

Born

July 24, 1940 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

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Biography

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.