Daniel Benzali

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Benzali as Ted Hoffman on Murder One
Benzali as Ted Hoffman on Murder One

Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1950) is an American actor of television, film and theater.

Benzali was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Brazilian Jewish parents.[1] He is the oldest of three boys born to a father who was an actor in the Yiddish theater in New York and a mother who was a homemaker.

Benzali began his career in 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) and Murder at 1600 (1997).

Benzali is also a respected star of musical theater. He played 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. It is not yet known whether he will reprise the role for the 2006 film.

Benzali had previously appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, and other smaller productions. Benzali was also formerly engaged to actress Kim Catrall.

  1. ^ Daniel Benzali. Suckers. Retrieved on December 13, 2006.

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