- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1946
- Place of Birth
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Daniel Benzali
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 patien…
Filmography
tvLie to Me
2009 · Joseph Hollin
tvEli Stone
2008 · Judge Emmet Bortz
tvCalifornication
2007 · Larry
movieBelievers
2007
movieIf I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007 · Walter
tvJericho
2006 · Thomas Valente
tvNip/Tuck
2003 · Dr. Griffin
movieDead Heat
2002 · Frank Finnegan
tvUC: Undercover
2001
tvThe Agency
2001 · Robert Quinn
movieThe Grey Zone
2001 · Simon Schlermer
movieBoss of Bosses
2001 · Bruce Mouw
movieVegas, City of Dreams
2001 · Dr. Sigmund Stein
tvThe District
2000 · Robert Quinn
movieScrewed
2000 · Detective Tom Dewey
movieSuckers
1999 · Reggie
movieHer Married Lover
1999 · Det. Joe Lansing, Associate Producer
movieHeist
1999 · Big Fats
movieAll the Little Animals
1999 · Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
movieThe End of Violence
1997 · Phelps
movieMurder at 1600
1997 · Agent Nick Spikings
tvRemember WENN
1996 · Rex Noble
tvMurder One
1995 · Theodore 'Ted' Hoffman
tvThe Outer Limits
1995 · Graham Highfield
movieThe Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994 · Dr. Ezo
movieA Child's Cry for Help
1994 · Dr. Everett Morris
tvOne West Waikiki
1994
tvNYPD Blue
1993 · James Sinclair
tvThe X-Files
1993 · Colonel Wharton
movieThe Distinguished Gentleman
1992 · 'Skeeter' Warburton
movieCitizen Cohn
1992 · Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
movieAfterburn
1992 · Col. John Patterson
movieThe Last of His Tribe
1992 · Mr. Whitney
movieA Day in October
1991 · Solomon Kublitz
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Medical Examiner, Wade Bookman
movieBy Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Bascombe
movieRoe vs. Wade
1989
movieMessenger of Death
1988 · Barney Doyle
tvThe Murder of Mary Phagan
1988 · Coroner
tvStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Surgeon
tvBeauty and the Beast
1987 · Edward
tvCrossbow
1987
tvStar Cops
1987 · Commander Griffin
moviePack of Lies
1987 · Peter Schafer
movieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Charles Ross
movieThe Last Days of Patton
1986 · Col. Glen Spurling
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Judge Donald Phillips
movieWhoops Apocalypse
1986 · William Kubert (US Defence Secretary)
tvStrong Medicine
1986 · Seth
tvMatlock
1986 · Henry Mayfield
movieStrong Medicine
1986 · Seth
movieWhite Nights
1985 · Dr. Asher
movieInsignificance
1985 · First Theatrical Agent
movieA View to a Kill
1985 · Howe
tvFalcon Crest
1981 · Judge Robbins
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Peter Schaefer