James McDaniel
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James McDaniel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring James McDaniel
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Orange Is the New Black
Stargate SG-1
Malcolm X
The View
Sleepy Hollow
New Amsterdam
The Good Wife
NCIS: New Orleans
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (77 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alaska Daily | Raymond Green | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Lapsis | Felix | Movie | 2021 |
 | Soundtrack | Moses | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Whiskey Cavalier | Director of FBI New York Office | TV Series | 2019 |
 | New Amsterdam | Horace Reynolds | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Night Comes On | Danny - Parole Officer | Movie | 2018 |
 | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Captain Jackson | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Dan Bishop | TV Series | 2017 |
| Almost There | Dr. Ira Frank | TV Series | 2016 | |
 | Sacrifice | Traeger | Movie | 2015 |
 | NCIS: New Orleans | Papa Parks | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Forever | Al Rainey | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Madam Secretary | Roger Baylis | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Night Shift | Dr. Julian Cummings | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Home | Dr. Parker | Movie | 2013 |
 | Sleepy Hollow | Ezra Mills | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Sins of the Preacher | Wade Thompson | Movie | 2013 |
 | Orange Is the New Black | Jean Baptiste | TV Series | 2013 |
 | King's Faith | Mike | Movie | 2013 |
| Cass | Franklin Morris Sr. | Movie | 2013 | |
 | The Following | Agent Ken Phillips | TV Series | 2013 |
 | You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You | Det. Johnson | Movie | 2012 |
 | Earthwork | Lone Wolf | Movie | 2011 |
 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Sgt. Jesse Longford | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Beauty & the Briefcase | Mr. Belmont | Movie | 2010 |
 | See You in September | Lewis | Movie | 2010 |
| Bunker Hill | Marcus Troy | Movie | 2009 | |
 | The Good Wife | Detective Lou Johnson | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Killer Hair | Mac | Movie | 2009 |
 | Hostile Makeover | Mac | Movie | 2009 |
 | Bunker Hill | Salem | Movie | 2008 |
| Bunker Hill | Executive Producer | Movie | 2008 |
| Butterfly Dreaming | Dr. Baldrica | Movie | 2008 | |
 | Living Hell | Colonel Eric Maitland | Movie | 2008 |
 | 人间炼狱 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Jack, Videostore Manager | Movie | 2007 |
 | El Cortez | Arnie | Movie | 2006 |
 | Conviction | Tony Murno | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Love Monkey | Derrick Cooper | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Numb3rs | Phillip Wright | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Life As We Know It | William Miller | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Edge of America | Kenny Williams | Movie | 2003 |
 | Las Vegas | Gavin Brunson | TV Series | 2003 |
 | John Doe | Colonel Dunagan | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Sunshine State | Reggie Perry | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Division | Brian Lawrence | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story | Nat 'King' Cole | Movie | 2000 |
 | Deliberate Intent | Lawrence Horn | Movie | 2000 |
 | Out of Time | Jack Epson | Movie | 2000 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Javier Vega | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Fantasy Island | Louis Burton | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Silencing Mary | Professor Thiel | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Defenders: Choice of Evils | Jack Casey | Movie | 1998 |
 | C-16: FBI | Director | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Stargate SG-1 | General Francis Maynard | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Frank Thompson | Movie | 1997 |
 | A Deadly Vision | Dr. Tony Natale | Movie | 1997 |
 | Unforgivable | Spider | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Road to Galveston | Marcus Roosevelt Sr. | Movie | 1996 |
 | NYPD Blue | Arthur Fancy | TV Series | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Director | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Scam | Daniel Poole | Movie | 1993 |
 | Alex Haley's Queen | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Malcolm X | Brother Earl | Movie | 1992 |
 | Civil Wars | Malik Watson | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Strictly Business | Roland Halloran | Movie | 1991 |
 | Alice | Dorothy's Xmas Party Guest | Movie | 1990 |
 | Murder Times Seven | Fred | Movie | 1990 |
 | Cop Rock | Officer Franklin Rose | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Law & Order | Michael Ingrams | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Common Ground | Steve Grace | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Old Man and the Sea | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Murder in Black and White | Fred | Movie | 1990 |
 | Internal Affairs | Fred | Movie | 1988 |
 | Rocket Gibraltar | Policeman | Movie | 1988 |
 | Hill Street Blues | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |