Daniel Benzali
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
Known For
Filmography
Lie to Me
TV · as Joseph Hollin · 1 ep
Eli Stone
TV · as Judge Emmet Bortz · 1 ep
Believers
Movie
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Movie · as Walter
Californication
TV · as Larry · 1 ep
Jericho
TV · as Thomas Valente · 5 eps
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Dr. Griffin · 1 ep
Dead Heat
Movie · as Frank Finnegan
The Grey Zone
Movie · as Simon Schlermer
Boss of Bosses
Movie · as Bruce Mouw
Vegas, City of Dreams
Movie · as Dr. Sigmund Stein
The Agency
TV · as Robert Quinn · 35 eps
UC: Undercover
TV · 1 ep
Screwed
Movie · as Detective Tom Dewey
The District
TV · as Robert Quinn · 1 ep
Suckers
Movie · as Reggie
All the Little Animals
Movie · as Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
Her Married Lover
Movie · as Det. Joe Lansing
Heist
Movie · as Big Fats
Murder at 1600
Movie · as Agent Nick Spikings
The End of Violence
Movie · as Phelps
Remember WENN
TV · as Rex Noble · 1 ep
Murder One
TV · as Ted Hoffman · 23 eps
The Outer Limits
TV · as Graham Highfield · 1 ep
A Child's Cry for Help
Movie · as Dr. Everett Morris
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Movie · as Dr. Ezo
One West Waikiki
TV · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Colonel Wharton · 1 ep
NYPD Blue
TV · as James Sinclair · 3 eps
Afterburn
Movie · as Col. John Patterson
The Last of His Tribe
Movie · as Mr. Whitney
Citizen Cohn
Movie · as Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
The Distinguished Gentleman
Movie · as 'Skeeter' Warburton
A Day in October
Movie · as Solomon Kublitz
By Dawn's Early Light
Movie · as Bascombe
Law & Order
TV · as Medical Examiner, Wade Bookman · 1 ep
Roe vs. Wade
Movie
Messenger of Death
Movie · as Barney Doyle
The Murder of Mary Phagan
TV · as Coroner · 2 eps
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Charles Ross
Pack of Lies
Movie · as Peter Schafer
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Surgeon · 1 ep
Star Cops
TV · as Commander Griffin · 1 ep
Crossbow
TV · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Edward · 1 ep
Strong Medicine
Movie · as Seth
The Last Days of Patton
Movie · as Col. Glen Spurling
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie · as William Kubert (US Defence Secretary)
L.A. Law
TV · as Judge Donald Phillips · 5 eps
Strong Medicine
TV · as Seth · 2 eps
Matlock
TV · as Henry Mayfield · 1 ep
Insignificance
Movie · as First Theatrical Agent
A View to a Kill
Movie · as Howe
White Nights
Movie · as Dr. Asher
Falcon Crest
TV · as Judge Robbins · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Peter Schaefer · 1 ep