Tim Daly Biography

James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Animated Series, as well as his recurring role as the drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award). He starred as Pete Wilder on Private Practice from 2007 to 2012. Since 2014, he has portrayed Henry McCord, husband of the titular character, on the CBS drama Madam Secretary.

Early life

Daly was born March 1, 1956, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, the only son and youngest of four children of actor James Daly and actress Mary Hope (ne Newell) Daly. He is the younger brother of actress Tyne Daly. He has two other sisters, Mary Glynn (wife of Mark Snow) and Pegeen Michael. Daly attended The Putney School, where he started to study acting.

Daly began his professional career while a student at Vermont's Bennington College, where he studied Theatre and Literature, in which he now holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, and acted in summer stock. He graduated from college in 1979, and returned to New York to continue studying acting and singing.

Career

Daly debuted on stage when he was seven years old in Jenny Kissed Me by Jean Kerr, together with his parents and two sisters. He appeared for the first time on TV when he was 10 years old in an American Playhouse adaptation of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, which starred his father James Daly. He dreamed about a sports or music career and also considered becoming a doctor or a lawyer, but finally decided to become an actor. Daly started his professional acting career when he appeared in a 1978 adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play Equus.

His first leading film role was in the film Diner, directed by Barry Levinson, in which he shared screen time with actors including Kevin Bacon and Mickey Rourke. Starring roles soon followed in Alan Rudolph's feature, Made in Heaven, the American Playhouse production of The Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket, and the CBS dramatic series, Almost Grown created by David Chase.

In theatre he has starred in the Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances by playwright Tina Howe opposite Annette Bening and received a 1987 Theatre World Award for his performance. He has also starred in Oliver, Oliver at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis and Bus Stop by William Inge at Trinity Square Repertory, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams at the Santa Fe Festival Theatre, A Knife in the Heart and A Study in Scarlet at the Williamstown Playhouse, and Paris Bound at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. During this time, Daly also starred in the CBS television miniseries I'll Take Manhattan as Toby Amberville.

Daly describes himself as being highly self-critical in regard to his career. In an interview with New Zealand 'ZM' radio personality Polly Gillespie, Daly was quoted as saying, "I think part of it (his self-critical nature) is passed down to me from my parents who are actors. The theatre was our temple... When you entered you were expected to live up to the example of this glorious place."

1990s

Wings is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from April 19, 1990, to May 14, 1997. It starred Daly and Steven Weber as brothers Joe and Brian Hackett. The show was set at the fictional Tom Nevers Field, a small airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where the Hackett brothers operated the one-plane airline, Sandpiper Air.

Daly also became noted for voicing Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Animated Series during this time.

In 1997, he and J. Todd Harris formed Daly-Harris Productions, through which he produced such movies as: Execution of Justice (1999) (TV), Urbania (2000) and Tick Tock (2000). In 1998, Daly appeared in several episodes of the Emmy award-winning, Tom Hanks-produced HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon playing astronaut Jim Lovell, whom Hanks himself had portrayed in the film Apollo 13.

2000s

In 2002, Daly guest-starred as himself in the TV series Monk in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Airplane", briefly reuniting him with his Wings castmate Tony Shalhoub. In 2006, Daly returned to Broadway when he appeared on stage opposite David Schwimmer and eljko Ivanek in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. Daly made several appearances on The Sopranos as J.T. Dolan, an AA buddy of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). Daly received a 2007 Emmy nomination for his work on the series. He appeared on the midseason ABC crime series Eyes, which got good reviews but was canceled after only five episodes. In 2006, Daly played the role of Nick Cavanaugh on the new ABC drama The Nine. From 2007 to 2012, Daly played a love interest for Kate Walsh's character on the TV series Private Practice.

As a voice-actor, Daly portrayed superhero Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent in Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000), but was unable to return as Superman (thus being replaced by Christopher McDonald in Batman Beyond and George Newbern in Justice League), as he was already under contract to star in a remake of the 1960s TV drama The Fugitive, which aired for only one season (2000-2001). He reprised his role as Superman in the video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips and the direct-to-video releases Superman: Brainiac Attacks, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and Justice League: Doom. Daly reprised his role as Superman in an animated remake of the trailer for the 2013 film Man of Steel by the Hub Network to celebrate the release of the film and to promote the network's upcoming marathon of Superman episodes.

Daly heads Red House Entertainment. Movies produced through the company include Edge of America, which won a Peabody Award and a Humanitas Prize, and Daly's directing debut, the independent film Bereft. Daly also created Wandering Bark Productions, based at Paramount Pictures, a company designed to develop and produce a variety of film, television and theater projects. The company's producing credits include the Los Angeles premiere of Vincent J. Cardinal's play A Colorado Catechism, starring Daly. The play received favorable reviews and earned Daly the Drama-Logue Award for Best Actor. Daly co-produced a documentary, PoliWood, about the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The documentary, directed by Barry Levinson had its premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2014, Daly guest starred in recurring roles on The Mindy Project and Hot in Cleveland. Since mid-2014, he has played Henry McCord, the husband of the title character on the TV series Madam Secretary.

Non-profit work

Daly is an activist in various liberal political and social causes. In 2004, he became active in the presidential politics of the Democratic Party by joining "John Kerry for President," an organization dedicated to John Kerry's presidential candidacy for the 2004 election.

In the beginning of 2007, Daly became a member of The Creative Coalition (TCC), a nonprofit, (501(c)(3)) nonpartisan, politically active group formed of members of the American film entertainment industry; since 2008, Daly has served as President of the Creative Coalition. As a member of TCC Daly has joined the National Task Force on Children's Safety, a program co-founded by The Creative Coalition and Safety4Kids, "the first children's media brand focused solely on safety and health." According to the program website: "The Task Force is the first critical step in creating a national dialogue on safety and media literacy and determining next steps to ensure that the issues are prioritized in the minds of parents, educators and legislators." "The Task Force is dedicated to awareness, education and lasting change by impacting national policy on safety education and media literacy." In August 2007, Daly became one of the three chairs for the organization's activity at the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions. Along with actress Kerry Washington and writer/director Sue Kramer, Daly was responsible for leading "TCC's Convention efforts designed to bring issues of importance to the forefront of the 2008 presidential campaign." In November 2007, Daly interviewed Senator John Edwards, one of the Democratic presidential candidates.

In June 2008, Daly, together with Chandra Wilson, was named the 2008 ambassador for Lee National Denim Day - a fundraiser for breast cancer, benefiting the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. In August 2008, Daly was named co-president of the Creative Coalition, a nonpartisan group that works on issues such as health care reform and arts funding.

Personal life

Daly married actress Amy Van Nostrand in 1982. They have two children, Sam and Emelyn. In 2010, Daly and Van Nostrand divorced. He has been dating his Madam Secretary co-star Ta Leoni since December 2014.

In 2012, on a personal quest, Daly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. That same year, he and his sister, Tyne, endorsed the re-election campaign of Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama.

In January 2017, Daly broke both legs in a ski accident while on holiday in Sundance.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Diner	William "Billy" Howard
1984	Just the Way You Are	Frank Bantam
1987	Made in Heaven	Tom Donnelly
1988	Spellbinder	Jeff Mills
1990	Love or Money	Chris Murdoch
1989	The More You Know	Himself
1992	Year of the Comet	Oliver Plexico
1994	Caroline at Midnight	Detective Ray Dillon	a.k.a Someone's Watching
1995	Denise Calls Up	Frank Oliver
1995	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Doctor Richard Jacks
1996	The Associate	Frank Peterson
1998	The Object of My Affection	Dr. Robert Joley
1998	The Batman/Superman Movie	Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
1999	Seven Girlfriends	Jesse Campbell
2003	Basic	Colonel Bill Styles
2004	Against the Ropes	Gavin Reese
2004	Bereft	Uncle 'Happy'	Also producer and director
2004	Return to Sender	Martin North	a.k.a. Convicted
2005	My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro)	Professor Tatsuo Kusakabe (father)	Voice role (English version)
2006	Superman: Brainiac Attacks	Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
2006	The Good Student	Ronald Gibb	a.k.a. Mr. Gibb
2006	Generation Boom	Himself
2009	The Skeptic	Bryan Becket
2009	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
2009	PoliWood	Himself	Documentary
2010	Superman/Batman: Apocalypse	Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
2010	Dilf	Jake Holt	Short film
2012	Justice League: Doom	Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
2013	Waking	Jonathan
2013	After Darkness	Raymond Beaty Sr.
2014	Low Down	Dalton
2015	A Rising Tide	Tom Blake
2016	Submerged	Hank Searles

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	An Enemy of the People	Morten Stockmann	Movie
1981	Hill Street Blues	Dann	Episode: "Gatorbait"
1983	Ryan's Four	Dr. Edward Gillian	Episode: "Ryan's Four"
1984	I Married a Centerfold	Kevin Coates	Movie
1985	Mirrors	Chris Philips	Movie
1986	American Playhouse	Richard	Episode: "The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket"
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Scott	Episode: "Enough Rope for Two"
1987	I'll Take Manhattan	Toby Amberville	2 episodes
1988-1989	Almost Grown	Norman Foley	13 episodes
1989	Midnight Caller	Elliot Chase	Episode: "Watching Me, Watching You"
1989	Red Earth, White Earth	Guy Pehrsson	Movie
1990-1997	Wings	Joe Montgomery Hackett	172 episodes
1993	Alex Haley's Queen	Colonel James Jackson Jr.	2 episodes
1993	In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco	David Koresh	Movie
1994	Dangerous Heart	Angel Perno	Movie
1994	Witness to the Execution	Dennis Casterline	Movie
1995	The John Larroquette Show	Thor Merrick	Episode: "Bad Pennies"
1996-2000	Superman: The Animated Series	Clark Kent / Superman / Bizarro	52 episodes
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Jim Lovell	4 episodes
1998	Invasion America	Additional Voices	13 episodes
1999	Storm of the Century	Mike Anderson	3 episodes
1999	Execution of Justice	Dan White	Movie
1999	Intimate Portrait: Tyne Daly	Narrator	Movie
2000	A House Divided	Charles Dubose	Movie
2000-2001	The Fugitive	Dr. Richard Kimble	23 episodes
2002	Monk	Himself	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Airplane"
2002	The Outsider	Johnny Gault	Movie
2003	Judging Amy	Monty Fisher	Episode: "Shock and Awe"
2003	Edge of America	Leroy McKinney	Movie
2003	Wilder Days	John Morse	Movie
2004-2007	The Sopranos	J.T. Dolan	4 episodes
2005	Eyes	Harlan Judd	12 episodes
2006	Commander in Chief	Cameron Manchester	Episode: "Happy Birthday, Madam President"
2006-2007	The Nine	Nick Cavanaugh	13 episodes
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Reverend Jeb Curtis	Episode: "Sin"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Peter "Pete" Wilder	2 episodes
2007-2012	Private Practice		98 episodes
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Ray	Episode: "A'ale Ma'a Wau"
2014	The Mindy Project	Charlie Lang	3 episodes
2014	Hot in Cleveland	Mitch	5 episodes
2014-present	Madam Secretary	Henry McCord	Main role

Producer credits

Year	Title	Notes
1999	Execution of Justice	Executive producer, also actor
2000	Tick Tock
2003	Edge of America	Executive producer, also actor
2004	Bereft	Also director and actor
2009	PoliWood	Documentary

Theatre

(Source: Broadway.com)

Broadway

Year	Production	Playwright	Role	Notes
1987-88	Coastal Disturbances	Tina Howe	Leo Hart	Circle in the Square Theatre (February 14, 1987 - January 3, 1988)
2006	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial	Herman Wouk	prosecutor Lt. Cmdr. John Challee	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (May 7, 2006 - May 21, 2006)

Off-Broadway

Year	Production	Playwright	Role	Notes
1984	Fables For Friends		Trevor/Chris/Nicky/Victor/Eddie	Playwrights Horizons
1985	Oliver, Oliver	Paul Osborn	Oliver Oliver	Manhattan Theatre Club (Stage 73) City Center
1986	The Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket	Peter Parnell	Richard
1986-87	Coastal Disturbances	Tina Howe	Leo Hart	McGinn-Cazale Theatre (Second Stage Theatre) (from November 19, 1986 - ran for 45 performances, then transferred to Broadway)
2003	Fear of Flying at 30	Erica Jong		Manhattan Theatre Club (May 2003)
2003	The Exonerated	Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen		Theatres at 45 Bleecker/Bleecker Street Theatre

Other stage credits

Year	Production	Playwright	Role	Notes
1963	Jenny Kissed Me	Jean Kerr		Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania
1978	Equus	Peter Shaffer	Alan Strang	Summer Stock (with Kevin McCarthy)
1981	The Fifth of July	Lanford Wilson		Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1981	The Buried Child	Sam Shepard		Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1981	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck		Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1983	Mass Appeal	Bill C. Davis		Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1983	Bus Stop	William Inge		Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1983	The Cabaret			Williamstown Playhouse
1983	A Knife in the Heart	Susan Yankowitz	Donald Holt	Williamstown Playhouse
	Christmas Carol	Charles Dickens/Hall and Cumming adaptation		Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1985	Paris Bound	Philip Barry		Berkshire Theatre Festival
	The Glass Menagerie	Tennessee Williams		Santa Fe Festival Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico
	The Lion in Winter	James Goldman		Windham Repertory
1987	A Study in Scarlet	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Jefferson Hope	Williamstown Playhouse
	Dugout			Mark Taper Forum Los Angeles
1993	The Colorado Catechism	Vincent J. Cardinal	Ty Wain	Coast Playhouse Los Angeles
	Love Letters	A. R. Gurney	Andrew Makepiece Ladd III	Canon Theater Los Angeles
2000	Ancestral Voices	A. R. Gurney		George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey
	Love Letters	A. R. Gurney	Andrew Makepiece Ladd III	Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
2004	Cabaret & Main		Darius de Haas	Williamstown Playhouse
2010	Six Degrees of Separation	John Guare	Flan Kittredge	Williamstown Theatre Festival, July 14-25
2016	The Ruins of Civilization
2017	Downstairs	Theresa Rebeck		Dorset Theatre Festival

Awards and honors

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1987	Theatre World Awards	Best Debut Performance in a Broadway production	Coastal Disturbances
1993	Drama-Logue Awards	Outstanding Actor	The Colorado Catechism
2000	Golden Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Television Series Drama	The Fugitive
2001	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	The Fugitive
	TV Guide Awards	Actor of the Year in a New Series	The Fugitive
2005	TV Land Awards	Favorite Airborne Character(s)	Wings
	Peabody Awards	Peabody Award Image	Edge of America
2006	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special	Edge of America
2007	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The Sopranos
2008	Vail Film Festival	Excellence in Acting Award	an annual award