Dan Hedaya
Daniel G. " Dan " Hedaya ( born July 24, 1940 in New York City ) is an American actor.
Life
Hedaya comes from a Sephardic Jewish family from Syria. He graduated in 1962 from a study of literature at Tufts University and then worked for several years as a teacher at a high school.
Hedaya played minor roles in the 1970s, primarily in the television films and television series. In the film drama The Seduction of Joe Tynan, he appeared alongside Alan Alda and Meryl Streep. From 1981 to 1984 he was seen in several episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues. In the action film Commando he starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger one of the major roles. For his guest role in the series New York Cops - NYPD Blue, he was nominated in 1994 for an Emmy Award. In one of the last episodes of the fifth season of Monk in 2006 he played Jack Monk, the three decades of missing father of the protagonist.
In the comedy The First Wives Club Hedaya played the role of Morton Cushman, the unfaithful husband of Brenda Cushman, who played Bette Midler. For this role he won in 1996 as a member of an actor ensemble the National Board of Review Award. For his role in the movie Marvin's Room, in which he starred alongside Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro, he was nominated for the 1997 Screen Actors Guild Award. In the comedy A Life Less Ordinary, he played the role of the Archangel Gabriel, the unleashing two angels to match Robert Lewis ( Ewan McGregor ) and Celine Naville ( Cameron Diaz ). In the science fiction movie Alien - Resurrection with Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder, he played the commander of the space cruiser USM Auriga General Martin Perez. For the role of U.S. President Nixon in the comedy Dick, he was nominated in 2000 for a Golden Satellite Award.