Daniel Benzali
- Schauspiel
- 20. Januar 1946 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biografie
Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1946) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Benzali , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Lie to Me · Joseph Hollin
- Eli Stone · Judge Emmet Bortz
- Californication · Larry
- Believers
- If I Had Known I Was a Genius · Walter
- Jericho - Der Anschlag · Thomas Valente
- Nip/Tuck - Schönheit hat ihren Preis · Dr. Griffin
- Dead Heat · Frank Finnegan
- UC: Undercover
- The Agency – Im Fadenkreuz der C.I.A. · Robert Quinn
- Die Grauzone · Simon Schlermer
- Der Pate von New York · Bruce Mouw
- Vegas, City of Dreams · Dr. Sigmund Stein
- The District - Einsatz in Washington · Robert Quinn
- Dumm gelaufen - Kidnapping für Anfänger · Detective Tom Dewey
- Suckers · Reggie
- Mord am Abgrund · Det. Joe Lansing, Associate Producer
- All the Little Animals · Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
- Dust and Diamonds - Ein tödlicher Coup · Big Fats
- Am Ende der Gewalt · Phelps
- Mord im Weissen Haus · Agent Nick Spikings
- Remember WENN · Rex Noble
- Murder One - Der Fall Jessica · Ted Hoffman
- Outer Limits - Die unbekannte Dimension · Graham Highfield
- Detektiv Rockford: L. A. - Ich liebe dich · Dr. Ezo
- Verzweiflungsschrei aus der Kinderklinik · Dr. Everett Morris
- One West Waikiki
- New York Cops – NYPD Blue · James Sinclair
- Akte X - Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI · Colonel Wharton
- Ein ehrenwerter Gentleman · 'Skeeter' Warburton
- Citizen Cohn · Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
- Afterburn · Col. John Patterson
- Der Letzte seines Stammes · Mr. Whitney
- En dag i oktober · Solomon Kublitz
- Law & Order · Medical Examiner, Wade Bookman
- Condition Red · Bascombe
- Roe vs. Wade
- Das Gesetz ist der Tod · Barney Doyle
- The Murder of Mary Phagan · Coroner
- Raumschiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert · Surgeon
- Die Schöne und das Biest · Edward
- Crossbow
- Star Cops · Commander Griffin
- Pack of Lies · Peter Schafer
- Eine Pfeife in Amerika · Charles Ross
- The Last Days of Patton · Col. Glen Spurling
- L.A. Law – Staranwälte, Tricks, Prozesse · Judge Donald Phillips
- Die Bombe fliegt · William Kubert (US Defence Secretary)
- Strong Medicine · Seth
- Matlock · Henry Mayfield
- Strong Medicine - Tödliche Dosis · Seth
- White Nights - Nacht der Entscheidung · Dr. Asher
- Insignificance - Die verflixte Nacht · First Theatrical Agent
- James Bond 007 - Im Angesicht des Todes · Howe
- Falcon Crest · Judge Robbins
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Peter Schaefer