Dan Hedaya

Cast as a corrupt policeman in "Shaft"

Co-starred in "The Crew"

Played Nixon in Andrew Fleming's comedy "Dick"

Joined cast of NBC sitcom "Home Court"

Starred as Nick Tortelli on the "Cheers"-spinoff, "The Tortellis"

Acted with Kevin Kline in "Henry V" at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park (summer)

Received excellent notices for a rare lead in "Blood Simple", the first film from the Coen Brothers

American film debut, "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"

Performed on the NY stage with Al Pacino in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"

TV-movie debut, "The Prince of Central Park"

Feature debut (under the name Daniel Hedaya), "The Passover Plot", an Israeli-produced Biblical suspense movie

Returned to stage full-time with an appearance in a Joseph Papp production of "Macbeth"

Appeared in recurring role of Nick Tortelli, Carla's (Rhea Perlman) first ex-husband, on the popular 80s TV sitcom, "Cheers"

Began acting during his undergraduate years at Tufts

Stage debut in a small part in a college production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

Taught junior high school English and math in NYC for seven years