Daniel Benzali
Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1950) 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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.449 |
Birthday | 1950-01-20 |
Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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1985
Insignificance
6.292/59
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Insignificance
2002
Dead Heat
5.684/19
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Dead Heat
1997
Murder at 1600
6.061/521
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Desp...
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Murder at 1600
1988
Messenger of Death
6/75
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Messenger of Death
1999
Suckers
5.816/19
A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.
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Suckers
2001
The Grey Zone
6.628/158
The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excr...
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The Grey Zone
1997
The End of Violence
5.3/65
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The End of Violence
1999
All the Little Animals
6.1/33
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All the Little Animals
2000
Screwed
5.511/90
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Screwed
1999
Her Married Lover
3.2/5
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Her Married Lover
1992
Afterburn
4.5/5
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Afterburn
1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
5.2/4
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
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By Dawn's Early Light
1985
A View to a Kill
6.225/1932
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A View to a Kill
1991
A Day in October
6/1
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A Day in October
1989
Roe vs. Wade
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Roe vs. Wade
1985
White Nights
6.7/128
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White Nights
1986
Strong Medicine
7/1
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Strong Medicine
1992
The Last of His Tribe
6.2/9
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The Last of His Tribe
1999
Heist
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Heist
1987
Pack of Lies
6.6/8
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Pack of Lies
2001
Boss of Bosses
5.6/20
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
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Boss of Bosses
2001
Vegas, City of Dreams
2.333/3
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Vegas, City of Dreams
1986
The Last Days of Patton
6.357/7
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The Last Days of Patton
1992
Citizen Cohn
6.3/21
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Citizen Cohn
1992
The Distinguished Gentleman
6.035/302
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The Distinguished Gentleman
2007
Believers
4.794/34
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1986
Whoops Apocalypse
5.7/15
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Whoops Apocalypse
1994
A Child's Cry for Help
7.625/4
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