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 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, NYPD Blue, and won the 2006 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special, "Edge of America".[2] He has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmys for his work on NYPD Blue.

• Obie Award for Before It Hits Home, 1991-1992 season
• Drama Desk nomination for Before It Hits Home, 1991-1992 season
• Clarence Derwent Award
• Peabody Award for "Edge of America" (2005; NYPD Blue episode)

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