James McDaniel

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia James McDaniel born March 25 1958 Washington DC 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 illfated 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 187 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 ChildrenYouthFamily 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia