Daniel Benzali
Born: 1946-01-20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2009
- Lie to Me as Joseph Hollin
2008
- Eli Stone as Judge Emmet Bortz
2007
- Californication as Larry
- Believers
- If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Walter
2006
- Jericho as Thomas Valente
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Dr. Griffin
2002
- Dead Heat as Frank Finnegan
2001
- The Agency as Robert Quinn
- UC: Undercover
- The Grey Zone as Simon Schlermer
- Boss of Bosses as Bruce Mouw
- Vegas, City of Dreams as Dr. Sigmund Stein
2000
- The District as Robert Quinn
- Screwed as Detective Tom Dewey
1999
- All the Little Animals as Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
- Suckers as Reggie
- Her Married Lover as Det. Joe Lansing
- Heist as Big Fats
1997
- Murder at 1600 as Agent Nick Spikings
- The End of Violence as Phelps
1996
- Remember WENN as Rex Noble
1995
- The Outer Limits as Graham Highfield
- Murder One as Theodore 'Ted' Hoffman
1994
- One West Waikiki
- A Child's Cry for Help as Dr. Everett Morris
1993
- The X-Files as Colonel Wharton
- NYPD Blue as James Sinclair
1992
- Afterburn as Col. John Patterson
- The Distinguished Gentleman as 'Skeeter' Warburton
- The Last of His Tribe as Mr. Whitney
- Citizen Cohn as Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
1991
- A Day in October as Solomon Kublitz
1990
- Law & Order as Medical Examiner
- By Dawn's Early Light as Bascombe
1989
1988
- Messenger of Death as Barney Doyle
- The Murder of Mary Phagan as Coroner
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Surgeon
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Charles Ross
- Pack of Lies as Peter Schafer
- Star Cops as Commander Griffin
- Beauty and the Beast
1986
- Matlock as Henry Mayfield
- L.A. Law as Judge Donald T. Phillips
- Strong Medicine as Seth
- Whoops Apocalypse as William Kubert (US Defence Secretary)
- The Last Days of Patton as Col. Glen Spurling
- Strong Medicine as Seth
1985
- White Nights as Dr. Asher
- A View to a Kill as Howe
- Insignificance as First Theatrical Agent
1981
- Falcon Crest as Judge Robbins
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Peter Schaefer