Dan Hedaya Movies and TV Shows, Young, Family, Son, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dan Hedaya is an American actor who has established himself as a supporting actor and is usually seen playing sleazy villains. Dan Hedaya played the evil dictator and the secondary antagonist Arius in 1985’s Commando.

Dan Hedaya portrayed the long-lost father of Adrian Monk on Monk. He also guest starred in 1997 and 2005 as a wisecracking lawyer on the medical drama ER. In the 1980s, Dan Hedaya also appeared in the television series Miami Vice.

Dan Hedaya Movies and TV Shows

Dan Hedaya has had supporting roles in films such as True Confessions (1981), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Tightrope, Blood Simple (all 1984), Commando (1985), Wise Guys (1986), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), The Addams Family (1991), Rookie of the Year (1993), Boiling Point (1993), and Clueless (1995).

Dan Hedaya has also acted in The First Wives Club, Daylight, Marvin’s Room (all 1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), A Civil Action, A Night at the Roxbury ( both1998), The Hurricane, Dick  (both 1999), Shaft, The Crew ( both 2000), Swimfan (2002), Robots, and Strangers with Candy (both 2005).

Dan Hedaya Young

Dan Hedaya Family

Dan Hedaya has not revealed any information regarding his family life.

Dan Hedaya Son

Dan Hedaya does not have any publicly-known son or children at the moment.

Dan Hedaya Arnold Schwarzenegger

Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dan Hedaya acted together in the 1985 action-adventure movie Commando. In the movie, Schwarzenegger plays the role of a retired Special Forces colonel who tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate. Hedaya plays the role of Arius, a warlord who wishes to lead a military coup in his home country.