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James McDaniel
Known for: ActingFrom 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.
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Detroit 1-8-7
as Sgt. Jesse Longford 
Malcolm X
+4
as Brother Earl 
Lapsis
+1
as Felix 
Strictly Business
as Roland Halloran 
A Deadly Vision
as Dr. Tony Natale 
Living Hell
as Colonel Eric Maitland 
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
+1
as Frank Thompson 
Beauty & the Briefcase
as Mr. Belmont 
Sins of the Preacher
as Wade Thompson 
Rocket Gibraltar
+1
as Policeman 
Night Comes On
+3
as Danny - Parole Officer 
See You in September
as Lewis 
King's Faith
+1
as Mike 
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
+1
as Nat 'King' Cole 
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Jack, Videostore Manager 
Home
as Dr. Parker 
Sunshine State
+1
as Reggie Perry 
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
as Det. Johnson 
Unforgivable
+2
as Spider 
Edge of America
as Kenny Williams 
Hostile Makeover
as Mac