Name
Daniel Benzali
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-01-20 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1985 Insignificance as First Theatrical Agent
- 2002 Dead Heat as Frank Finnegan
- 1997 Murder at 1600 as Agent Nick Spikings
- 1988 Messenger of Death as Barney Doyle
- 1999 Suckers as Reggie
- 2001 The Grey Zone as Simon Schlermer
- 1997 The End of Violence as Phelps
- 1999 All the Little Animals as Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
- 2000 Screwed as Detective Tom Dewey
- 1999 Her Married Lover as Det. Joe Lansing
- 1992 Afterburn as Col. John Patterson
- 1987 The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Charles Ross
- 1990 By Dawn's Early Light as Bascombe
- 1985 A View to a Kill as Howe
- 1991 A Day in October as Solomon Kublitz
- 1989 Roe vs. Wade
- 1985 White Nights as Dr. Asher
- 1986 Strong Medicine as Seth
- 1992 The Last of His Tribe as Mr. Whitney
- 1998 Heist as Big Fats
- 1987 Pack of Lies as Peter Schafer
- 2001 Boss of Bosses as Bruce Mouw
- 2001 Vegas, City of Dreams as Dr. Sigmund Stein
- 1986 The Last Days of Patton as Col. Glen Spurling
- 1992 Citizen Cohn as Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
- 1992 The Distinguished Gentleman as 'Skeeter' Warburton
- 2007 Believers
- 1986 Whoops Apocalypse as William Kubert (US Defence Secretary)
- 1994 A Child's Cry for Help as Dr. Everett Morris
- 2007 If I Had Known I Was a Genius as Walter
- 1994 The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. as Dr. Ezo
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 2 episodes ) as Judge Robbins
- 2008 Eli Stone ( 1 episode ) as Judge Emmet Bortz
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Medical Examiner
- 2000 The District ( 1 episode ) as Robert Quinn
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Surgeon
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 5 episodes ) as Judge Donald Phillips
- 2001 The Agency ( 35 episodes ) as Robert Quinn
- 1995 Murder One ( 23 episodes ) as Theodore 'Ted' Hoffman
- 2001 UC: Undercover ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Wharton
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Peter Schaefer
- 2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Joseph Hollin
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Graham Highfield
- 2006 Jericho ( 5 episodes ) as Thomas Valente
- 1994 One West Waikiki ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Californication ( 1 episode ) as Larry
- 1993 NYPD Blue ( 3 episodes ) as James Sinclair
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Wade Bookman
- 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan ( 2 episodes ) as Coroner
- 1986 Strong Medicine ( 2 episodes ) as Seth
- 1996 Remember WENN ( 1 episode ) as Rex Noble
- 2003 Nip/Tuck ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Griffin
- 1987 Star Cops ( 1 episode ) as Commander Griffin
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Henry Mayfield
- 1987 Crossbow ( 1 episode )
- 1987 Beauty and the Beast ( 1 episode ) as Edward
