For seven seasons, acclaimed stage, screen and television actor James
McDaniel portrayed Lt. Arthur Fancy on legendary television series
New York Cops: NYPD Blue (1993). McDaniel recently
completed shooting
Bunker Hill (2008), with director
Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States
of America). McDaniel stars alongside
Saeed Jaffrey (Gandhi), and is also
executive producer. Other recent films include
War Eagle, Arkansas (2007),
Living Hell (2008) and
El Cortez (2006).
McDaniel received an Emmy and a Peabody Award for his performance in
Edge of America (2004)
and an Emmy Award nomination for Public Television's
Storytime (1992). An accomplished
stage actor, he won the prestigious Obie Award and was nominated for a
Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of Wendall in the New York stage
production of Before It Hits Home. He also received the Clarence
Derwent Award for the Tony Award-winning Broadway play Six Degrees of
Separation.
His additional feature films include
John Sayles's
Land des Sonnenscheins - Sunshine State (2002),
Spike Lee's
Malcolm X (1992),
Strictly Business (1991),
El Cortez (2006),
Woody Allen's
Alice (1990),
Rocket Gibraltar (1988),
Ort der Wahrheit (1997)
with Kiefer Sutherland, Crack in the
Mirror and Ticket ins Chaos (1983). On television,
McDaniel has appeared on
Polizeirevier Hill Street (1981),
Law & Order (1990),
Taken (2002), "Las Vegas"
(2003)_, "L.A. Law" (1986)_;
television movies such as Love Kills with
Kristin Davis and
The Road to Galveston (1996)
opposite Cicely Tyson; and mini-series
including Common Ground,
Der alte Mann und das Meer (1990),
and Internal Affairs (1988)
(TV)_.
He co-hosted the ABC special More Secrets Revealed (1995).
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., McDaniel attended the University
of Pennsylvania, majoring in veterinary medicine. McDaniel lives in New
York City with his wife Hannelore. They have two sons.
