Daniel Davis
Born: 1945-11-26 in Gurdon, Arkansas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny, and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He also voices the intelligent Cro Magnon, Longhair from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick.
Filmography
2024
- Elsbeth as Dr. Yablonski
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- Star Trek: Picard as Professor James Moriarty
2018
- New Amsterdam as Vic Wallace
2017
- The Good Fight as Professor Harrison
2014
- Gotham as Jacob Skolimski
2013
- The Blacklist as Baldur Magnusson
2012
- Elementary as Antoine LaGrange
2006
- The Prestige as Judge
- Ugly Betty as Dr. Morgan Remus
2000
- Longhair and Doubledome: Good Wheel Hunting as Longhair (voice)
1997
- The Practice as Judge Barton Wolfe
1996
- Remember WENN as Desmond Quist
1994
- Chicago Hope
- Duckman as Rodney (voice)
1993
- Frasier as Dr. Shafer
- The Nanny as Niles
- Intimate Portrait as Niles (archive footage)
1991
- Palomino as Doctor
- The Perfect Tribute as Gov. Curtin
1990
- The Hunt for Red October as CPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
- Havana as Marion Chigwell
1989
- K-9 as Halstead
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Professor James Moriarty
- Frank's Place as Arnold David Tuney
- The Spirit as Teasdale
1986
- Matlock as James Billings
- L.A. Law as C. Howard Grady
- Davy Crockett as Congressman
- George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as Patrick Henry
1985
- MacGyver as Nicholas Helman
- The Equalizer as Eddie Mason
- Chain Letters as Steve
- Tall Tales & Legends as Congressman
- The Eagle and The Bear as Underhill
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Neal Dishman
- Highway to Heaven
1983
- The A-Team as Phillips
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1982
- Cheers as Mr. Reinhardt
- Remington Steele as Pierre Fumar
- Cagney & Lacey
1981
1980
- Texas as Eliot Carrington
1974
- In Fashion as Moulineaux
1971
- Columbo as Alex Varrick
- Great Performances as Moulineaux