James McDaniel

James McDaniel

Known for

Acting

Born

March 25, 1958 (age 68)

Birthplace

Washington, D.C., USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

James McDaniel (born March 25, 1958; Washington, D.C.) is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for playing Lt. Arthur Fancy on the television show NYPD Blue. He also played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series Cop Rock, and a close advisor to activist Malcolm X in the 1992 film Malcolm X. He also played Sgt. Jesse Longford in the ABC television series Detroit 1-8-7.

McDaniel won a 1995 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, NYPD Blue, and won the 2006 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special, "Edge of America".

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Best known work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black

2013

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

1997

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

2013

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

2018

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

2009

Forever

Forever

2014

The Following

The Following

2013

Filmography

2022
Alaska DailyTV
as Raymond Green (2 episodes)
2021
Lapsis
as Felix
2019
SoundtrackTV
as Moses (4 episodes)
2019
Whiskey CavalierTV
as Director of FBI New York Office (1 episode)
2018
New AmsterdamTV
as Horace Reynolds (2 episodes)
2018
Night Comes On
as Danny - Parole Officer
2017
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on TelevisionTV
as Captain Jackson (1 episode)
2017
The Blacklist: RedemptionTV
as Dan Bishop (2 episodes)
2016
Almost ThereTV
as Dr. Ira Frank (10 episodes)
2015
Sacrifice
as Traeger
2014
NCIS: New OrleansTV
as Papa Parks (1 episode)
2014
ForeverTV
as Al Rainey (1 episode)
2014
Madam SecretaryTV
as Roger Baylis (1 episode)
2014
The Night ShiftTV
as Dr. Julian Cummings (1 episode)
2013
Home
as Dr. Parker
2013
Sleepy HollowTV
as Ezra Mills (5 episodes)
2013
Sins of the Preacher
as Wade Thompson
2013
Orange Is the New BlackTV
as Jean Baptiste (3 episodes)
2013
King's Faith
as Mike
2013
Cass
as Franklin Morris Sr.
2013
The FollowingTV
as Agent Ken Phillips (2 episodes)
2012
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
as Det. Johnson
2011
Earthwork
as Lone Wolf
2010
Detroit 1-8-7TV
as Sgt. Jesse Longford (18 episodes)
2010
Beauty & the Briefcase
as Mr. Belmont