Dan Hedaya parents: Who are Dan Hedaya parents?

Dan Hedaya was born in New York City, to a Sephardic Jewish family from Aleppo, Syria. Unfortunately, there is no readily available information about his parents’ names or professions.

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 estranged father of Mallory Keaton’s boyfriend, Nick, on the sitcom Family Ties. He also played an Italian-American priest in the NBC series The Book of Daniel.

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.

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 the evil dictator and the secondary antagonist Arius in 1985’s Commando and Mel Horowitz, the father of Alicia Silverstone’s Cher, in the 1995 film Clueless.