Dan Hedaya nationality: What nationality is Dan Hedaya?

Dan Hedaya is an American. Dan Hedaya was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America to a Sephardic Jewish family from Aleppo, Syria.

Dan Hedaya was a student at Tufts University, where he began performing at the campus theater. Dan Hedaya studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.

Dan Hedaya has appeared in several TV roles, including Carla Tortelli’s ex-husband Nick on the sitcom Cheers and its short-lived spinoff The Tortellis. He also played an Italian-American priest in the NBC series The Book of Daniel.

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 (both 1998), The Hurricane, Dick (both 1999), Shaft, The Crew (both 2000), Swimfan (2002), Robots, and Strangers with Candy (both 2005).

Dan Hedaya played Julian Marty in the first Coen Brothers film, Blood Simple, and appeared in several episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues.