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James McDaniel

Actor

James McDaniel

Born March 25, 1958 in Washington, D.C., USA41 films

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Alice poster6.3Alice1990Beauty & the Briefcase poster5.9Beauty & the Briefcase2010Truth or Consequences, N.M. poster6.1Truth or Consequences, N.M.1997Lapsis poster6.1Lapsis2021Living Hell poster5.3Living Hell2008

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. 2021LapsisFelix
  2. 2018Night Comes OnDanny - Parole Officer
  3. 2015SacrificeTraeger
  4. 2013HomeDr. Parker
  5. 2013Sins of the PreacherWade Thompson
  6. 2013King's FaithMike
  7. 2013CassFranklin Morris Sr.
  8. 2012You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills YouDet. Johnson
  9. 2011EarthworkLone Wolf
  10. 2010Beauty & the BriefcaseMr. Belmont
  11. 2010See You in SeptemberLewis
  12. 2009Bunker HillMarcus Troy
  13. 2009Killer HairMac
  14. 2009Hostile MakeoverMac
  15. 2008Bunker HillSalem
  16. 2008Butterfly DreamingDr. Baldrica
  17. 2008Living HellColonel Eric Maitland
  18. 2008人间炼狱
  19. 2007War Eagle, ArkansasJack, Videostore Manager
  20. 2006El CortezArnie
  21. 2003Edge of AmericaKenny Williams
  22. 2002Sunshine StateReggie Perry
  23. 2000Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole StoryNat 'King' Cole
  24. 2000Deliberate IntentLawrence Horn
  25. 2000Out of TimeJack Epson
  26. 1998Silencing MaryProfessor Thiel
  27. 1998The Defenders: Choice of EvilsJack Casey
  28. 1997Truth or Consequences, N.M.Frank Thompson
  29. 1997A Deadly VisionDr. Tony Natale
  30. 1996UnforgivableSpider
  31. 1996The Road to GalvestonMarcus Roosevelt Sr.
  32. 1993ScamDaniel Poole
  33. 1992Malcolm XBrother Earl
  34. 1991Strictly BusinessRoland Halloran
  35. 1990AliceDorothy's Xmas Party Guest
  36. 1990Murder Times SevenFred
  37. 1990Common GroundSteve Grace
  38. 1990The Old Man and the Sea
  39. 1990Murder in Black and WhiteFred
  40. 1988Internal AffairsFred
  41. 1988Rocket GibraltarPoliceman