
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.

Law & Order
TV • 1990

Law & Order
TV • 1990

Cheers
TV • 1982

Person of Interest
TV • 2011

Monk
TV • 2002

ER
TV • 1994

Gotham
TV • 2014

Miami Vice
TV • 1984

Miami Vice
TV • 1984

L.A. Law
TV • 1986

The Mindy Project
TV • 2012

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014

The Humbling
MOVIE • 2014

St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982

Judging Amy
TV • 1999

The Equalizer
TV • 1985

Family Ties
TV • 1982

Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981