Portrait of James McDaniel

Acting

James McDaniel

Career

Active from 1990 to 2021, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James McDaniel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7
  • Wonder
    2.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Police Procedural 4
  • Femme Fatale 2
  • Urban Crime 2
  • Urban Realism 2
  • Law Enforcement 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 73
Alaska Daily
Alaska Daily (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Raymond Green

Lapsis
Lapsis (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

as Felix

2010s

24 titles · average score 61
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Horace Reynolds

Night Comes On
Night Comes On (2018)
GoodWatch score 78

as Danny - Parole Officer

Almost There
Almost There (2016)

TV show · as Dr. Ira Frank

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Roger Baylis

NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Papa Parks

Forever
Forever (2014)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Al Rainey

Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Jean Baptiste

King's Faith
King's Faith (2013)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mike

Sins of the Preacher
Sins of the Preacher (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

as Wade Thompson

Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Ezra Mills

The Following
The Following (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Agent Ken Phillips

Detroit 1-8-7
Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Sgt. Jesse Longford

2000s

21 titles · average score 59
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Detective Lou Johnson

Living Hell
Living Hell (2008)
GoodWatch score 44

as Colonel Eric Maitland

Butterfly Dreaming
Butterfly Dreaming (2008)

as Dr. Baldrica

Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill (2008)

as Salem

War Eagle, Arkansas
War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jack, Videostore Manager

El Cortez
El Cortez (2006)
GoodWatch score 40

as Arnie

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Phillip Wright

Edge of America
Edge of America (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kenny Williams

Las Vegas
Las Vegas (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Gavin Brunson

John Doe
John Doe (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Colonel Dunagan

Out of Time
Out of Time (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jack Epson

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000)
GoodWatch score 77

as Nat 'King' Cole

1990s

21 titles · average score 61
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Javier Vega

Silencing Mary
Silencing Mary (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

as Professor Thiel

Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as General Francis Maynard

A Deadly Vision
A Deadly Vision (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. Tony Natale

The Road to Galveston
The Road to Galveston (1996)

as Marcus Roosevelt Sr.

NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Arthur Fancy

Scam
Scam (1993)
GoodWatch score 62

as Daniel Poole

Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1992)
GoodWatch score 81

as Brother Earl

Cop Rock
Cop Rock (1990)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Officer Franklin Rose

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Michael Ingrams

Murder in Black and White
Murder in Black and White (1990)

as Fred

Murder Times Seven
Murder Times Seven (1990)

as Fred

1980s

3 titles · average score 75
Rocket Gibraltar
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
GoodWatch score 61

as Policeman

Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs (1988)

as Fred

Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues (1981)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show