Daniel Benzali

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Benzali , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Daniel Benzali
  • Popularity: 5.625
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1950-01-20
  • Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Daniel Benzali Movies

  • 1985
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    Insignificance

    Insignificance

    6.3 1985 HD

    Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Emil

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  • 2002
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    Dead Heat

    Dead Heat

    5.7 2002 HD

    Boston cop Pally is forced into early retirement, putting a strain on his marriage. Pally's stepbrother, Ray, attempts to lift his spirits by tipping...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Kiefer Sutherland

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  • 1997
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    Murder at 1600

    Murder at 1600

    6.1 1997 HD

    A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation....

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Wesley Snipes

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  • 1988
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    Messenger of Death

    Messenger of Death

    6 1988 HD

    Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive....

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Charles Bronson

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  • 1999
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    Suckers

    Suckers

    5.8 1999 HD

    A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Daniel Benzali

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  • 2001
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    The Grey Zone

    The Grey Zone

    6.6 2001 HD

    The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Arquette

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  • 1997
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    The End of Violence

    The End of Violence

    5.3 1997 HD

    Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bill Pullman

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  • 1999
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    All the Little Animals

    All the Little Animals

    6.171 1999 HD

    An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Hurt

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  • 2000
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    Screwed

    Screwed

    5.5 2000 HD

    A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Norm Macdonald

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  • 1999
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    Her Married Lover

    Her Married Lover

    3.2 1999 HD

    Film editor Katie and suspense novelist Richard share an erotically charged moment during a hostage crisis, before embarking on a rapturous affair....

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Roxana Zal

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  • 1992
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    Afterburn

    Afterburn

    4.5 1992 HD

    Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Laura Dern

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  • 1987
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    The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    5.2 1987 HD

    Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Margaret Colin

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  • 1990
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    By Dawn's Early Light

    By Dawn's Early Light

    6.5 1990 HD

    A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Powers Boothe

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  • 1985
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    A View to a Kill

    A View to a Kill

    6.229 1985 HD

    A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Roger Moore

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  • 1991
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    A Day in October

    A Day in October

    6 1991 HD

    During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: D.B. Sweeney

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  • 1989
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    Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

    6.8 1989 HD

    Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child,...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Holly Hunter

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  • 1985
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    White Nights

    White Nights

    6.7 1985 HD

    After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mikhail Baryshnikov

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  • 1986
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    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    7 1986 HD

    TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Pamela Sue Martin

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  • 1992
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    The Last of His Tribe

    The Last of His Tribe

    6.2 1992 HD

    Ishi, the last Yahi Indian of California, must leave his homeland and learn to navigate the world of the white man in order to survive.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jon Voight

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  • 1999
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    Heist

    Heist

    1 1999 HD

    Four ruthless career criminals are brought together by desperation and greed in a devious attempt to sing a rival underworld boss. Dipper is the...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Robert Pastorelli

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  • 1987
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    Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

    6.6 1987 HD

    A British couple are shocked out of their suburban malaise when British intelligence agent Stewart shows up at their door and wants to use their...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Ellen Burstyn

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  • 2001
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    Boss of Bosses

    Boss of Bosses

    5.6 2001 HD

    The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Chazz Palminteri

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  • 2001
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    Vegas, City of Dreams

    Vegas, City of Dreams

    2.3 2001 HD

    When the body of Gabrielle Garrett is found on Lake Mead on a Christmas day, the coroner rules it as suicide. However, her three sisters begin their...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Taylor

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  • 1986
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    The Last Days of Patton

    The Last Days of Patton

    6.4 1986 HD

    Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his...

    Genre: War

    Cast: George C. Scott

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  • 1992
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    Citizen Cohn

    Citizen Cohn

    6.3 1992 HD

    As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Woods

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  • 1992
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    The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman

    6.038 1992 HD

    A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Eddie Murphy

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  • 2007
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    Believers

    Believers

    4.829 2007 HD

    Two paramedics responding to an emergency call find themselves kidnapped by a religious sect whose great obsession is to stop the end of the world by...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Jon Huertas

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  • 1986
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    Whoops Apocalypse

    Whoops Apocalypse

    5.7 1986 HD

    When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Cook

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  • 1994
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    A Child's Cry for Help

    A Child's Cry for Help

    7.6 1994 HD

    A recently widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. While there a loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Veronica Hamel

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  • 1990
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    Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

    5.6 1990 HD

    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: Jane Wyman

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  • 2009
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    Eli Stone

    Eli Stone

    6.767 2009 HD

    Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Jonny Lee Miller

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  • 2024
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.389 2024 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Mehcad Brooks

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  • 2004
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    The District

    The District

    6.9 2004 HD

    The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Craig T. Nelson

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  • 1994
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    8.4 1994 HD

    Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Patrick Stewart

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  • 1994
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    L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

    7 1994 HD

    L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Corbin Bernsen

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  • 2003
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    The Agency

    The Agency

    7 2003 HD

    The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gil Bellows

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  • 1990
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    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    7.466 1990 HD

    Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Linda Hamilton

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  • 1997
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    Murder One

    Murder One

    7.8 1997 HD

    Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anthony LaPaglia

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  • 2002
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    UC: Undercover

    UC: Undercover

    6.3 2002 HD

    UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Oded Fehr

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  • 2018
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    The X-Files

    The X-Files

    8.38 2018 HD

    The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Duchovny

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  • 2011
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 2011 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2011
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    Lie to Me

    Lie to Me

    7.905 2011 HD

    The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Tim Roth

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  • 2002
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.7 2002 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kevin Conway

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  • 2008
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    Jericho

    Jericho

    7.404 2008 HD

    Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Skeet Ulrich

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  • 1996
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    One West Waikiki

    One West Waikiki

    7 1996 HD

    One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It starred Cheryl Ladd, Richard Burgi and Kayla Blake and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cheryl Ladd

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  • 2014
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    Californication

    Californication

    7.637 2014 HD

    A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: David Duchovny

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  • 2005
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    NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

    7.028 2005 HD

    Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dennis Franz

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  • 2024
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.389 2024 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Mehcad Brooks

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  • 1988
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    The Murder of Mary Phagan

    The Murder of Mary Phagan

    5.8 1988 HD

    In early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community and ultimately leads to the arrest of a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1986
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    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    1 1986 HD

    A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dick Van Dyke

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