Jim Moody
Born: 1949-09-25 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jim Moody (born September 25, 1949 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a television and film character actor. He played the tough talking counselor/teacher Gene Daniels in Bad Boys. His first feature film was in the 1980 hit film Fame, which he played Mr. Farrell, a drama teacher. Jim starred in the 1983 comedy film D.C. Cab as Arnie, a member of the rival cab company, Emerald Cab. He also appeared in the 1999 drama The Best Man and as Leroy Greene, Sr. (the father) in The Last Dragon. Jim has made some guest appearances on television shows like Law & Order, which he appeared in a few episodes of that TV series, in each episode, he played a different character. Jim's other appearances were Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, and New York Undercover. He was a drama teacher at the LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and the subsequent LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts and the Performing Arts, with Adrian Brody among his more famous students. He is now a private drama coach and working actor based in New York.
Filmography
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Taft Housing Superintendent
2000
- 28 Days as Chauffeur
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Zuckerman
- Third Watch as Passerby
- The Best Man as Uncle Skeeter
1998
- Celebrity as Security Guard
1997
- Night Falls on Manhattan as Mayor Williams
1996
- Just Chill as Howard
1993
- Who's the Man? as Nick Crawford
1990
- Law & Order as Reggie Lennard
1989
- Lean On Me as Mr. Lott
1985
- The Last Dragon as Daddy Green
1982
- Fighting Back as Lester Baldwin
- Personal Best as Roscoe Travis
1981
- Rivkin: Bounty Hunter as Capt. O'Donnell
1980
- Fame as Farrell
- First Family as Justice Haden