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James McDaniel

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James McDaniel

Acting

75 known credits 0.9 popularity score 68 years

Biography

About James McDaniel

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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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Career at a glance

James McDaniel across film and television

75credited titles
41movie credits
34TV credits
1988–2022screen career span

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