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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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Filmography
2015 | Agent X (TV Series) · as David Williams |
2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Joseph Hollin |
2008 | Eli Stone (TV Series) |
2007 | If I Had Known I Was a Genius · as Walter |
2007 | Californication (TV Series) · as Larry |
2007 | |
2006 | Jericho (2006) (TV Series) · as Thomas Valente |
2003 | |
2002 | |
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 | The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. · as Dr. Ezo |
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 | Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) |
1987 | |
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 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes · as Charles Ross |
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 |