Daniel Benzali
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 20, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Credits
- 56
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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Known for
Filmography
Lie to Me
2009TV
Joseph Hollin
Eli Stone
2008TV
Judge Emmet Bortz
Californication
2007TV
Larry
Believers
2007Movie
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007Movie
Walter
Jericho
2006TV
Thomas Valente
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Dr. Griffin
Dead Heat
2002Movie
Frank Finnegan
UC: Undercover
2001TV
The Agency
2001TV
Robert Quinn
The Grey Zone
2001Movie
Simon Schlermer
Boss of Bosses
2001Movie
Bruce Mouw
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001Movie
Dr. Sigmund Stein
The District
2000TV
Robert Quinn
Screwed
2000Movie
Detective Tom Dewey
Suckers
1999Movie
Reggie
Her Married Lover
1999Movie
Det. Joe Lansing
All the Little Animals
1999Movie
Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
Heist
1998Movie
Big Fats
The End of Violence
1997Movie
Phelps
Murder at 1600
1997Movie
Agent Nick Spikings
Remember WENN
1996TV
Rex Noble
Murder One
1995TV
Ted Hoffman
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Graham Highfield
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994Movie
Dr. Ezo
A Child's Cry for Help
1994Movie
Dr. Everett Morris
One West Waikiki
1994TV
NYPD Blue
1993TV
James Sinclair
The X-Files
1993TV
Colonel Wharton
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992Movie
'Skeeter' Warburton
Citizen Cohn
1992Movie
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
Afterburn
1992Movie
Col. John Patterson
The Last of His Tribe
1992Movie
Mr. Whitney
A Day in October
1991Movie
Solomon Kublitz
Law & Order
1990TV
Medical Examiner, Wade Bookman
By Dawn's Early Light
1990Movie
Bascombe
Roe vs. Wade
1989Movie
Messenger of Death
1988Movie
Barney Doyle
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988TV
Coroner
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV
Surgeon
Beauty and the Beast
1987TV
Edward
Crossbow
1987TV
Star Cops
1987TV
Commander Griffin
Pack of Lies
1987Movie
Peter Schafer
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987Movie
Charles Ross
The Last Days of Patton
1986Movie
Col. Glen Spurling
L.A. Law
1986TV
Judge Donald Phillips
Whoops Apocalypse
1986Movie
William Kubert (US Defence Secretary)
Strong Medicine
1986TV
Seth
Matlock
1986TV
Henry Mayfield
Strong Medicine
1986Movie
Seth
White Nights
1985Movie
Dr. Asher
Insignificance
1985Movie
First Theatrical Agent
A View to a Kill
1985Movie
Howe
Falcon Crest
1981TV
Judge Robbins
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Peter Schaefer