Movies starring Dan Hedaya

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Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in "Cheers" (1982)" and its short-lived spin-off "Tortellis, The" (1987)"). He has also done much stage work, appearing opposite "Alien: Resurrection (1997)" star Sigourney Weaver in "The Conjuring an Event" at ...  show all 

Pacific Heights (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Melanie Griffith | Matthew Modine | Michael Keaton | Mako | Nobu McCarthy | Laurie Metcalf | Carl Lumbly | Dorian Harewood | Luca Bercovici | Tippi Hedren | Sheila McCarthy | Guy Boyd | Jerry Hardin | Dan Hedaya | James Staley
Directors: John Schlesinger
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A yuppie couple buy a large house in an exclusive San Fransisco neighborhood. They renovate it and plan to rent two apartments on the first floor to cover the costs. A prosperous looking man moves in but is not the ideal tenant. He never pays any rent, drives the other tenants away and systematically ruins the lives of his landlords.

Strangers with Candy (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Amy Sedaris | Paul Sedaris | Chandra Wilson | Kristy Thomas | Dee Finley | Deborah Rush | Ian Holm | Dan Hedaya | Joseph Cross | Elisabeth Harnois | Alexis Dziena | Ivette Diaz Dumeng | Carlo Alban | Greg Hollimon | Hechter Ubarry
Directors: Paul Dinello
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A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

Swimfan (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jesse Bradford | Erika Christensen | Shiri Appleby | Kate Burton | Clayne Crawford | Jason Ritter | Kia Goodwin | Dan Hedaya | Michael Higgins | Nick Sandow | Pamela Isaacs | James DeBello | Phyllis Somerville | Tom Cappadona | Malcolm Barrett
Directors: John Polson
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Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he’s on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Not that it’s been easy - every day Ben juggles countless hours in the pool (training for a critical swim meet), with a job at the local hospital, and finding quality time with his high school sweetheart, Amy. Ben’s rock-solid, promising future and romance with Amy are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the “new girl in town,” quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more - much more. Seducing Ben is only beginning; she becomes his biggest “fan” and most unexpected nightmare, as her obsessions quickly spiral out of control into betrayal, madness and, ultimately, murder.

Maverick (1994)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Jodie Foster | James Garner | Graham Greene | Alfred Molina | James Coburn | Dub Taylor | Geoffrey Lewis | Paul L. Smith | Dan Hedaya | Dennis Fimple | Denver Pyle | Clint Black | Max Perlich | Art LaFleur
Directors: Richard Donner
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Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.

Shaft (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson | Vanessa L. Williams | Jeffrey Wright | Christian Bale | Busta Rhymes | Dan Hedaya | Toni Collette | Richard Roundtree | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Josef Sommer | Lynne Thigpen | Philip Bosco | Pat Hingle | Lee Tergesen | Daniel von Bargen
Directors: John Singleton
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Cool and deadly NYPD detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. in a racially-motivated slaying. The eye witness disappears, Wade jumps bail for Switzerland, and Shaft is livid. Two years later, Wade returns to face trial, confident his father’s money and influence (and racial politics) guarantee an innocent verdict. Shaft looks hard for the witness, so Wade wants someone to kill her. He turns to a ghetto drug king, Peoples Hernandez, who’s willing to kill for money, use Wade as a route to rich drug customers, and shaft Shaft. Can Shaft find the witness, convince her to testify, and shepherd her through the hail of bullets that Peoples is sure to let fly?

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Stephen Baldwin | Gabriel Byrne | Benicio Del Toro | Kevin Pollak | Kevin Spacey | Chazz Palminteri | Pete Postlethwaite | Giancarlo Esposito | Dan Hedaya | Suzy Amis | Paul Bartel | Carl Bressler | Phillip Simon | Jack Shearer | Christine Estabrook
Directors: Bryan Singer
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After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. The story begins when five men are rounded up for a line-up, and grilled about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects). Least pleased is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - exposed, indicted, but now desperately trying to go straight. The cops won’t leave him alone, however, and as they wait for their lawyers to post bail, he is talked into doing one more job with the other four. All goes tolerably well until the influence of the legendary, seemingly omnipotent “Keyser Soze” is felt. Although set in the modern day, it has much of the texture of the forties, plus suspense, intrigue (a fairly high body count), and lots of twists in the plot.

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Naomi Watts | Laura Harring | Ann Miller | Dan Hedaya | Justin Theroux | Brent Briscoe | Robert Forster | Katharine Towne | Lee Grant | Scott Coffey | Billy Ray Cyrus | Chad Everett | Rita Taggart | James Karen | Lori Heuring | Mark Pellegrino
Directors: David Lynch
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A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio.

Night at the Roxbury, A (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Molly Shannon | Will Ferrell | Chris Kattan | Raquel Gardner | Viveca Paulin | Paulette Braxton | Michael M. Horton | Jennifer Coolidge | Michael Clarke Duncan | Richard Grieco | Trish Ramish | Loni Anderson | Dan Hedaya | Gina Mari | Roy Jenkins
Directors: Amy Heckerling | John Fortenberry
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Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan play the Roxbury Guys, Steve and Doug Butabi, who want to get into the best club in town, and also hope to open their own club. Elisa Donovan plays Vivica, a gold-digging supermodel. Vivica and her friend Cambi (Gigi Rice) try to work the Roxbury Guys for their money, only to find out the pair is broke.

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Winona Ryder | Dominique Pinon | Ron Perlman | Gary Dourdan | Michael Wincott | Kim Flowers | Dan Hedaya | J. E. Freeman | Brad Dourif | Raymond Cruz | Leland Orser | Carolyn Campbell | Marlene Bush | David St. James
Directors: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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200 years after the conclusion of Alien 3, the company is able to resurrect Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) through the process of cloning and the scientists successfully take the Queen Alien out of her. But, Ripley’s DNA gets mixed up with the Queen’s and she begins to develop certain alien characteristics. The scientists begin breeding the aliens, but they later escape. Soon the Xeno-morphs are running amok on the ship, which is on course to earth. The Queen then gives birth to a deadly new breed of alien, which could spell disaster for the entire human race. It’s up to Ripley and a band of space pirates to stop the ship before it reaches earth.

The Addams Family (1991)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Anjelica Huston | Raul Julia | Christopher Lloyd | Elizabeth Wilson | Christina Ricci | Judith Malina | Dan Hedaya | Carel Struycken | Paul Benedict | Christopher Hart | Dana Ivey | Jimmy Workman | John Franklin | Tony Azito | Douglas Brian Martin
Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld
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The Addams step out of Charles Addams’ cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in the shark’s son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered?