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Daniel Benzali

Actor, Producer
Born January 20, 1950 (74 years)
Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1950) is a Brazilian-American stage, television and film actor.Benzali was a theatre actor before making guest-starring roles on television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law. L.A. Law creator Steven Bochco was so impressed with Benzali's performance that he cast him in the lead role of his 1995 series Murder One, playing attorney Ted Hoffman. For this role he was nominated for a Golden Globe award. More recently, Benzali starred on the series The Agency, and in films such as By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Murder at 1600 (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001). He also appeared in the post-apocalyptic CBS series Jericho as the enigmatic former Department of Homeland Security director Thomas Valente. Most recently he starred in the FX television series Nip/Tuck as the main character's psychotherapist and later patient, Dr. Griffin. Another of his roles was that of Reggie, a money hungry sales manager/drug smuggler at a car dealership in the 1999 cult-classic "Suckers." Benzali has also played musical theater. He portrayed Juan Peron in the London cast of Evita, and played faded film director Max von Mayerling, alongside Patti LuPone, in the original cast (1993) of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard. Benzali had previously appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, and other smaller productions. Benzali was also formerly engaged to actress Kim Cattrall. In December 2010, Benzali joined ABC's General Hospital.[2]Benzali plays a character named Theodore Hoffman, a reference to his role on the mid-1990s television series Murder One. Benzali's character is also known as "The Balkan", an international crime lord.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Nip/Tuck
  • The Grey Zone
  • Falcon Crest
  • All the Little Animals
  • Dead Heat
  • The Last Days of Patton
  • Crossbow
  • A Clean Kill
  • Remember WENN
  • Pack of Lies
Known For
  • Murder at 1600
  • The Grey Zone
  • Screwed
  • Suckers
  • All the Little Animals
  • Messenger of Death
  • A Clean Kill
  • Murder One
  • Dead Heat
  • Boss of Bosses
  • The Agency
  • Believers
  • The Last Days of Patton
  • Citizen Cohn
  • The Last of His Tribe
  • A Day in October
  • Pack of Lies
  • The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
  • Heist

Filmography

2015
Agent X (TV Series) · as David Williams
2009
Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Joseph Hollin
2008
Eli Stone (TV Series)
2007
2007
Californication (TV Series) · as Larry
2007
2006
Jericho (2006) (TV Series) · as Thomas Valente
2003
Nip/Tuck (TV Series) · as Dr. Griffin
2002
Dead Heat · as Frank Finnegan
2001
The Grey Zone · as Simon Schlermer
2001
The Agency (TV Series) · as Robert Quinn
2001
UC: Undercover (TV Series)
2001
Boss of Bosses · as Bruce Mouw
2001
Vegas, City of Dreams · as Dr. Sigmund Stein
2000
The District (TV Series) · as Robert Quinn
2000
Screwed · as Detective Tom Dewey
1999
Suckers · as Reggie
1999
A Clean Kill · as Det. Joe Lansing
1998
All the Little Animals · as Bernard 'the Fat' De Winter
1998
Heist · as Big Fats
1997
The End of Violence · as Phelps
1997
Murder at 1600 · as Agent Nick Spikings
1996
Remember WENN (TV Series) · as Rex Noble
1995
Murder One (TV Series) · as Theodore 'ted' Hoffman
1995
The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Graham Highfield
1994
1994
A Child's Cry for Help · as Dr. Everett Morris
1994
One West Waikiki (TV Series)
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as James Sinclair
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) · as Colonel Wharton
1992
The Distinguished Gentleman · as 'skeeter' Warburton
1992
Citizen Cohn · as Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
1992
Afterburn · as Col. John Patterson
1992
The Last of His Tribe · as Mr. Whitney
1991
A Day in October · as Solomon Kublitz
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Wade Bookman
1990
By Dawn's Early Light · as Bascombe
1989
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days · as Adams (segment "dirty Work")
1989
1988
Messenger of Death · as Chief Barney Doyle
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan (TV Series) · as Coroner
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Surgeon
1987
1987
Crossbow (TV Series) · as Mad Monk
1987
Star Cops (TV Series) · as Commander Griffin
1987
Pack of Lies · as Peter Schafer
1987
Whoops Apocalypse · as William Kubert (us Defence Secretary)
1987
1986
L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Judge Donald T. Phillips
1986
The Last Days of Patton · as Col. Glen Spurling
1986
Strong Medicine · as Seth
1986
Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Seth
1986
Matlock (TV Series) · as Henry Mayfield
1985
White Nights · as Dr. Asher
1985
Insignificance · as First Theatrical Agent
1985
A View to a Kill · as Howe
1981
Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Judge Robbins
1968
One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Judge
1963
General Hospital (TV Series) · as Theo Hoffman
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Peter Schaefer

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