McDaniel, James 1958–

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McDaniel, James 1958–

PERSONAL

Born March 25 (some sources cite March 22), 1958, in Washington, DC; son of James D. (an obstetrician) and Miriam (a computer programmer) McDaniel; married; wife's name, Hannelore; children: Dorian, Evan. Education: Attended University of Pennsylvania; also studied voice and dance.

Addresses: Agent—Craig Shapiro, Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career: Actor and director. Appeared in commercials.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association, Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Awards, Honors: Drama Desk Award (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, 1985, for Balm in Gilead; Clarence Derwent Award, most promising actor, Actors' Equity Association, 1991, for Six Degrees of Separation; Obie Award, best performance, Village Voice, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, both 1992, for Before It Hits Home; Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 1994, Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, 1996, Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, and Image Award nominations, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1998, 1999, and 2000, all for NYPD Blue; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding performer in a children's series, 1996, for Storytime; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding performer in a children's, youth, or family special, c. 2006, for Edge of America.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Mickey, All My Children (also known as All My Children: The Summer of Seduction), 1984.

Officer Franklin Rose, Cop Rock (musical), ABC, 1990.

Lieutenant Arthur Fancy, NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993–2001.

William Miller, a recurring role, Life as We Know It, ABC, 2004–2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Jack, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," American Playhouse, PBS, 1986.

Detective Fred Crowley, Internal Affairs, CBS, 1988.

Fred, Murder in Black and White, CBS, 1990.

Steve Grace, Common Ground, CBS, 1990.

"The Old Man and the Sea" (also known as "Ernest Hemingway's'The Old Man and the Sea'"), GM Mark of Excellence Presentation, NBC, 1990.

Davy, Queen (also known as Alex Haley's "Queen"), CBS, 1993.

General Beers (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), Steven Spielberg Presents "Taken" (also known as Taken), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Fred, Murder Times Seven (also known as End Run and Murder × 7), CBS, 1990.

Daniel Poole, Scam, Showtime, 1993.

Marcus Roosevelt, Sr., Road to Galveston, USA Network, 1996.

Spider, Unforgivable, CBS, 1996.

Dr. Tony Natale, A Deadly Vision (also known as Love Kills and Murder in Mind), ABC, 1997.

Jack Casey, The Defenders: Choice of Evils (also known as The Defenders), Showtime, 1998.

Professor Harvey Thiel, Silencing Mary (also known as Campus Justice), NBC, 1998.

Jack Epson, Out of Time, Showtime, 2000.

Lawrence "L. T." Horn, Deliberate Intent, Fox, 2000. Nat "King" Cole, Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (also known as The Natalie Cole Story), NBC, 2000.

Kenny Williams, Edge of America (also known as On the Edge), Showtime, c. 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cohost, More Secrets Revealed, ABC, 1995.

Comic Relief VII, HBO, 1995.

Narrator, Crime and Punishment in America (documentary), PBS, 1997.

Presenter, The National Hate Test, USA Network, 1998.

An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre, ABC, 1999.

Narrator, Brooklyn North Homicide Squad, Court TV, 2000.

(Uncredited) Himself, Inside NYPD Blue: A Decade on the Job, ABC, 2002.

Himself, Inside "Steven Spielberg Presents: 'Taken'" (also known as Inside "Taken"), Sci-Fi Channel and USA Network, 2002.

Himself, NYPD Blue: A Final Tribute, ABC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1994.

Presenter, The 1996 Emmy Awards, ABC, 1996.

Presenter, The 23rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS, 1996.

The 27th Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 1996.

Presenter, TV Guide Awards, Fox, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Reverend, "Thanksgiving," Kate & Allie, CBS, 1985.

Mr. Mason, "More Skinned against Than Skinning," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1986.

Byron, "Moulin Rouge," Crime Story, NBC, 1988.

Byron, "Seize the Time," Crime Story, NBC, 1988.

Ringer, "The Divided Child," A Man Called Hawk, ABC, 1989.

Jackson, "One Flew over the Bird's Nest," Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1991.

Malik Watson, "Daveja-vu All Over Again," Civil Wars, ABC, 1991.

Michael Ingrams, "Mushrooms," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1991.

Major Rainero (military prosecutor), "Rest in Pieces," L.A. Law, NBC, 1991.

Storytime, PBS, c. 1996.

Louis, "Superfriends," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998.

Guest, The View, ABC, 2000.

Riley Adams, "The Contest," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2001.

Brian Lawrence, "Angel Work," The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime, 2002.

Brian Lawrence, "Sweet Sorrow," The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime, 2002.

Brian Lawrence, "Unfamiliar Territory," The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime, 2002.

Colonel Dunagan, "Illegal Alien," John Doe, Fox, 2003.

Gavin Brunson, "Luck Be a Lady," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2003.

Gavin Brunson, "Montecito Lancers," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2004.

General Francis Maynard (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), "Inauguration," Stargate SG-1 (also known as Stargaate SG-1), Sci-Fi Channel, Showtime, and syndicated, 2004.

General Francis Maynard (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), "Lost City: Part 2," Stargate SG-1 (also known as Stargaate SG-1), Sci-Fi Channel, Showtime, and syndicated, 2004.

Javier Vega, "Criminal," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit) NBC, 2004.

Gavin Brunson, "Hide & Sneak," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2005.

Derek Cooper, Sr., "Nice Package," Love Monkey, CBS, 2006.

Derek Cooper, Sr., "Coming Out," Love Monkey, VH1, 2006.

Derek Cooper, Sr., "The One Who Got Away," Love Monkey, VH1, 2006.

Derek Cooper, Sr., "The Window," Love Monkey, VH1, 2006.

Appeared as Lieutenant Arthur Fancy, Talk Soup, E! Entertainment Television. Some sources cite an appearance in "My Man Bovanne," Ossie and Ruby!, PBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Officer Franklin Rose, Cop Rock (musical), ABC, 1990.

Palmer, "Fire Down Below," H.E.L.P., ABC, 1990.

Lieutenant Arthur Fancy, NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993.

(Uncredited) Mr. Burton, Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998.

Garfield, Alligator Point, NBC, 2003.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Russian Roulette," C-16: FBI (also known as C-16), ABC, 1998.

Also directed episodes of NYPD Blue, ABC.

Film Appearances:

Police officer, Rocket Gibraltar, Columbia, 1988.

White Hot (also known as Crack in the Mirror and Do It Up), Triax Entertainment/Paul International, 1989.

Guest at Dorothy's Christmas party, Alice, Orion, 1990.

Roland Halloran, Strictly Business (also known as Go Natalie!), Warner Bros., 1991.

Brother Earl, Malcolm X (also known as X), Warner Bros., 1992.

Heading Home, HP Releasing, 1995.

Frank Thompson, Truth or Consequences, NM (also known as Fighting Gravity), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997.

Dr. Reginald "Reggie" Perry, Sunshine State, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002.

Arnie, El Cortez (also known as Three for the Devil), c. 2005.

Randall Karns, Steel City, Your Half Pictures, 2006.

Colonel Erik Maitland, The Living Hell (also known as Untitled Richard Jefferies Project), c. 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Private C. J. Memphis, A Soldier's Play, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Four, New York City, 1981.

The Hostage, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1983–84.

Gary Majors, The Harvesting, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1984–85.

Reporter, Goatman Jango, police officer, trenchcoat number two, and guard, The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers, Workshop of the Players Art Theatre, New York City, 1984–85.

Tig, Balm in Gilead, Circle Repertory Company, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1984–85.

The Dream Team (musical), Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1985.

Cassius and Helicon, Caligula, Triplex Theatre II, New York City, 1986.

Chad Jasker, The Mound Builders, Triplex Theatre II, 1986.

The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers, Old Globe, San Diego, CA, 1986–87.

"Dipthong," "The Man Who Climbed the Pecan Trees," "Singing Joy," and "Slaughter in the Lake," all in Marathon '88 Series C(also known as E.S.T Marathon), Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Paul Portier, Six Degrees of Separation, Lincoln Center Theater, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, c. 1990.

Wendall, Before It Hits Home, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, LuEsther Hall, New York City, 1992.

Adam, Someone Who'll Watch over Me, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1992–93.

Waiter, Trudy Blue, New York City, 1994.

Technical sergeant Vernon C. Waters, A Soldier's Play, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 2005.

Appeared in Joe Turner's Come and Gone, New York City; also appeared in Diamonds.