James McDaniel
American actor · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1958 · age 68
James McDaniel Jr. is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for playing Lt. Arthur Fancy on the television show NYPD Blue. He played the role of Paul in the hit Lincoln Center play Six Degrees of Separation.
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Alaska DailySeries, Raymond Green2021
LapsisFilm, Felix2018
New AmsterdamSeries, Horace Reynolds2015
SacrificeFilm, Traeger2014
ForeverSeries, Al Rainey2013
Orange Is the New BlackSeries, Jean BaptisteCassFilm, 2013Franklin Morris Sr.2011
EarthworkFilm, Lone Wolf2010
Beauty & the BriefcaseFilm, Mr. Belmont2008
Bunker HillFilm, Producer2006
ConvictionSeries, Tony Murno
El CortezFilm, 2006Arnie2003
Las VegasSeries, Gavin Brunson
Edge of AmericaFilm, 2003Kenny Williams2001
The DivisionSeries, Brian Lawrence2000
Deliberate IntentFilm, Lawrence Horn1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Javier Vega1997
A Deadly VisionFilm, Dr. Tony Natale1996
The Road to GalvestonFilm, Marcus Roosevelt Sr.1995Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesAward1993
NYPD BlueSeries, Director1992
Malcolm XFilm, Brother Earl1991
Strictly BusinessFilm, Roland Halloran1988
Internal AffairsFilm, Fred1981
Hill Street BluesSeries1958Born25 March 1958People around James
Close ties
Spike Lee Produced Malcolm X (1993)
Cliff Gorman Also in Internal Affairs (1988)
Caroline Kava Also in Internal Affairs (1988)
Steven Spielberg Produced Taken
Woody Allen Directed Alice (1991)
Jennifer Carpenter Also in Side Effects May Include... (2015)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Also in Side Effects May Include... (2015)
Tobe Hooper Directed Taken
Martin Donovan Also in Malcolm X and Scam
Mary Alice Also in Malcolm X and Heading Home
Gail O'Grady Also in NYPD Blue and Sins of the Preacher
Michael Moriarty Also in Taken and Mushrooms
Tawny Cypress Also in The Blacklist: Redemption and Home
Erika Alexander Also in NCIS: New Orleans and Common Ground
Kevin Hooks Directed Strictly Business (1991)
John Flynn Directed Scam (1993)
Skipp Sudduth Also in NCIS: New Orleans and Scam
Don Shanks Also in Unforgivable (1996)
Breck Eisner Directed Taken
Charles H. Joffe Produced Alice (1990)- Peter Werner Directed When Pirates Pirate Pirates (2015)
Sarah Edmondson Also in Hostile Makeover and Killer Hair
Jeremy Kagan Directed Taken
Jerry Ciccoritti Directed Hostile Makeover and Killer Hair
Known for
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Malcolm X 1992
Alice 1990
Lapsis 2021
Truth or Consequences, N.M. 1997
Beauty & the Briefcase 2010
Filmography 40
77 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
He played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series Cop Rock, and a close advisor to the director Spike Lee regarding the activist Malcolm X in the 1992 film Malcolm X. He also played Sgt. Jesse Longford in the ABC television series Detroit 1-8-7.
