| 词条 | Daniel Benzali |
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|name=Daniel Benzali | birth_name = Sydney Borov |birth_date={{birth-date and age|January 20, 1950}} |birth_place=Rio de Janeiro, Brazil }} Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1950) is a Brazilian-American stage, television and film actor. Early lifeBenzali was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the son of Lee, a cook, and Carlo Borov, a salesman who had also been an actor in Brazilian theatre[1] and Yiddish theatre.[2] His family are Brazilian Jews.[1] Daniel Benzali is the middle son of three. The family moved to the United States in 1953, and the boys were raised in Brooklyn, New York City. CareerTheatreBenzali began his acting career as a theatre actor, including the Royal Shakespeare Company in Great Britain. His first performance was in Holiday at The Old Vic alongside Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell. He also played musical theater, including a portrayal of Juan Perón in the London cast of Evita. He played faded film director Max von Mayerling, alongside Patti LuPone, in the original (1993) cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard. Benzali also appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof{{citation needed|date= September 2016}} and other smaller productions. Television and feature filmsIn 1985 he was cast role in the James Bond film A View to a Kill as W. G. Howe,[3] the Californian director of Oil and Mines, based at San Francisco City Hall. The character was shot dead in his office there by Max Zorin (played by Christopher Walken).[4] Subsequently, he began making guest-starring roles on television series such as Strong Medicine, The Next Generation, The X-Files, and in recurring roles in NYPD Blue and L.A. Law.[2][3] NYPD Blue and L.A. Law creator Steven Bochco was so impressed with Benzali's performances that Bochco later cast him in the lead role of his 1995 series Murder One, playing attorney Ted Hoffman. For his performance, Benzali was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. The series was not especially successful, and Benzali left after its first season. Bochco later revealed that he fired Benzali because he refused to leave his home before he completed his morning bowel movement and was perpetually late to the set.[5][6] Benzali's stage performance in Holiday at The Old Vic so impressed director Anthony Page that Page cast him opposite Teri Garr in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie adaptation of Pack of Lies, a play by English writer Hugh Whitemore.[1] Benzali also starred in the TV series The Agency and appeared in feature films including By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Murder at 1600 (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001).[3] Another role was as Reggie, a drug smuggler working at a car dealership in Suckers (1999)".[3] He appeared in the post-apocalyptic CBS series Jericho as the enigmatic former Department of Homeland Security director Thomas Valente.[3] After that, he starred in the FX television series Nip/Tuck as Dr. Griffin.[3] In December 2010, Benzali joined ABC's General Hospital.[7] Benzali played a character named Theodore Hoffman, a reference to his role on the mid-1990s television series Murder One.[3] Selected filmography
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title= Suckers|website= RogerNygard.com |url= http://www.rogernygard.com/suckers/cast.htm |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181350/http://www.rogernygard.com/suckers/cast.htm| archivedate= March 3, 2016| deadurl= yes| accessdate= September 5, 2016}} 2. ^1 {{cite web| url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Daniel-Benzali.html| title= Daniel Benzali | website= filmreference.com| date= | access-date= }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{IMDb name| 0073137}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/bond-villains/daniel-benzali|title=W.G. Howe (Daniel Benzali)|publisher=James Bond MM|accessdate=19 June 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/murder-one/cast/203268/| title= Murder One Cast and Characters| website= TVGuide.com| date= | access-date= September 6, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5997441/Steven-Bochco-fired-Daniel-Benzali-Murder-One-morning-dumps.html|title=TV producer Steven Bochco says he fired lead actor from Murder One because one particular bathroom habit made him an hour late for work EVERY DAY|website=The Daily Mail}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Daniel-Benzali-1024208.aspx|title=Exclusive: Daniel Benzali Joins General Hospital|publisher=TVGuide.com|accessdate=October 11, 2010}} External links
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