James McDaniel

James McDaniel
Born	(1958-03-25) March 25, 1958 Washington, D.C., United States
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Hannelore McDaniel (? - present)
Children	2 sons (Dorian and Deal McDaniel)

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 created the role of Paul in the hit Lincoln center play "6 degrees of Separation ". 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Banzaï	Bronx Guy
1988	Rocket Gibraltar	Policeman
1998	Internal Affairs	Fred	Television movie
1990	Murder in Black and White	Fred	Television movie
1990	The Old Man and the Sea	Unknown	Television movie
1990	Murder Times Seven	Fred	Television movie
1990	Alice	Party Guest
1991	Strictly Business	Roland Hallorand
1992	Malcolm X	Brother Earl
1993	Scam	Daniel Poole	Television movie
1993	Alex Haley's Queen	Unknown	Television movie
1995	Heading Home	Unknown
1996	Unforgivable	Spider	Television movie
1997	A Deadly Vision	Dr. Tony Natale	Television movie
1997	Truth or Consequences, N.M.	Frank Thompson
1998	Silencing Mary	Professor Thiel	Television movie
2000	Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story	Nat 'King' Cole	Television movie
2002	Sunshine State	Reggie Perry
2003	Alligator Point	Unknown	Television movie
2003	Edge of America	Kenny Williams	Television movie
2006	El Cortez	Arnie
2006	Steel City	Randall Karn
2007	War Eagle, Arkansas	Jack
2008	Living Hell	Col. Erik Maitland	Television movie
2008	Bunker Hill	Marcus Troy	Television movie
2009	Killer Hair	Mac	Television movie
2010	See You in September	Lewis
2012	You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You	Detective Johnson
2013	Kings Faith	Mike
2013	Cass	Franklin Morris, Sr.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	All My Children	Mickey	Unknown episodes
1985	Kate & Allie	Reverend	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
1986	American Playhouse	Jack	Episode: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part 1"
1986	Hill Street Blues	Officer Mason	Episode: "More Skinned Against Than Skinning"
1988	Crime Story	Byron	2 episodes
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Ringer	Episode: "The Divided Child"
1990	Cop Rock	Officer Franklin Rose	11 episodes
1990	H.E.L.P.	Palmer	Episode: "Fire Down Below"
1991	L.A. Law	Major Rainero	Episode: "Rest in Pieces"
1991	Law & Order	Michael Ingrams	Episode: "Mushrooms"
1991	Gabriel's Fire	Jackson	Episode: "One Flew Over the Bird's Nest"
1991	Civil Wars	Malik Watson	Episode: "Daveja-Vu All Over Again"
1993–2001	NYPD Blue	Lt. Arthur Fancy	160 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (1998–2000) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1996–2000) Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series
2001	Any Day Now	Riley Adams	Episode: "The Contest"
2002	The Division	Brian Lawrence	3 episodes
2002	Taken	General Beers	4 episodes
2003	John Doe	Colonel Dunagan	Episode: "Illegal Alien"
2003–2005	Las Vegas	Gavin Brunson	3 episodes
2004	Stargate SG-1	General Frances Maynard	2 episodes
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Javier Vega	Episode: "Criminal"
2004–2005	Life As We Know It	William Miller	5 episodes
2006	Love Monkey	Derick Cooper	4 episodes
2006	Conviction	Tony Murno	2 episodes
2007	Numb3rs	Phillip Wright	Episode: "Under Pressure"
2010–2014	The Good Wife	Detective Lou Johnson	3 episodes
2010–2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Sergeant Jesse Longford	18 episodes
2013	Orange Is the New Black	Jean Baptiste	3 episodes
2014	The Following	Agent Phillips	2 episodes

Accolades

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". He has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmys for his work on NYPD Blue. Obie award "Before it Hits Home" 1991-1992 season Drama Desk nomination "before it hits Home " 1991-1992 season Clarence Derwent award Peabody award "Edge of America" 2005 "NYPD Blue" 1998

External links

• James McDaniel at IMDb