James McDaniel (born March 25, 1958 in 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 Six Degrees of
Separation. He played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series
Cop Rock, and a close advisor to the director Spike Lee regarding the
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 for 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.
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 Six Degrees of
Separation. He played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series
Cop Rock, and a close advisor to the director Spike Lee regarding the
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 for 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.
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