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James McDaniel profile
Actor

James McDaniel

Acting

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Acting credits

71

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.9

Low visibility

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Movies: 38Series: 34Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 81372

IMDb ID: nm0005206

Known for: Acting

Born: March 25, 1958

Age: 67

Place of birth: Washington, D.C., USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2022

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 6.74

Wikidata: Q1059226

Other jobs

Director (2)

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". McDaniel was in the same acting company at SUNY Purchase with actor Jay O. Sanders.

Series

Series

Series credits linked with James McDaniel.

Alaska Daily poster
7.2

Alaska Daily

as Raymond Green • 2 eps

2022 Series
Soundtrack poster
6.0

Soundtrack

as Moses • 4 eps

2019 Series
Whiskey Cavalier poster
6.9

Whiskey Cavalier

as Director of FBI New York Office • 1 eps

2019 Series
New Amsterdam poster
8.3

New Amsterdam

as Horace Reynolds • 2 eps

2018 Series
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television poster
6.6

Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television

as Captain Jackson • 1 eps

2017 Series
The Blacklist: Redemption poster
6.6

The Blacklist: Redemption

as Dan Bishop • 2 eps

2017 Series
NCIS: New Orleans poster
7.3

NCIS: New Orleans

as Papa Parks • 1 eps

2014 Series
Forever poster
7.8

Forever

as Al Rainey • 1 eps

2014 Series
Madam Secretary poster
7.0

Madam Secretary

as Roger Baylis • 1 eps

2014 Series
The Night Shift poster
7.5

The Night Shift

as Dr. Julian Cummings • 1 eps

2014 Series
Sleepy Hollow poster
7.4

Sleepy Hollow

as Ezra Mills • 5 eps

2013 Series
Orange Is the New Black poster
7.7

Orange Is the New Black

as Jean Baptiste • 3 eps

2013 Series
The Following poster
6.9

The Following

as Agent Ken Phillips • 2 eps

2013 Series
Detroit 1-8-7 poster
6.5

Detroit 1-8-7

as Sgt. Jesse Longford • 18 eps

2010 Series
The Good Wife poster
7.6

The Good Wife

as Detective Lou Johnson • 3 eps

2009 Series
Conviction poster
5.7

Conviction

as Tony Murno • 1 eps

2006 Series
Love Monkey poster
7.5

Love Monkey

as Derrick Cooper • 1 eps

2006 Series
Numb3rs poster
7.0

Numb3rs

as Phillip Wright • 1 eps

2005 Series
Life As We Know It poster
6.4

Life As We Know It

as William Miller • 4 eps

2004 Series
Las Vegas poster
7.0

Las Vegas

as Gavin Brunson • 3 eps

2003 Series
Taken poster
7.4

Taken

as General Beers • 10 eps

2002 Series
John Doe poster
7.2

John Doe

as Colonel Dunagan • 1 eps

2002 Series
The Division poster
7.1

The Division

as Brian Lawrence • 3 eps

2001 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster
7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Javier Vega • 1 eps

1999 Series
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