Jim Moody

Jim Moody

  • Birthday: 1949-09-25
  • Place of birth: Portsmouth, Virginia

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Moody (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Bad Boys

1983

As Gene Daniels

Personal Best

1982

As Roscoe Travis

Who's the Man?

1993

As Nick Crawford

The Last Dragon

1985

As Daddy Green

The Best Man

1999

As Uncle Skeeter

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981

As Capt. O'Donnell

Fame

1980

As Farrell

Fighting Back

1982

As Lester Baldwin

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

As Mayor Williams

D.C. Cab

1983

As Arnie

Lean On Me

1989

As Mr. Lott

28 Days

2000

As Chauffeur

First Family

1980

As Justice Haden

Celebrity

1998

As Security Guard

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