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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 26, 1945
Place of Birth
Gurdon, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
- دانیل دیویس
Daniel Davis
1.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.3
Dr. Yablonski
Elsbeth
2024
0.0
Self
Stars in the House
2020
7.3
Professor James Moriarty
Star Trek: Picard
2020
8.4
Vic Wallace
New Amsterdam
2018
7.6
Professor Harrison
The Good Fight
2017
7.6
Jacob Skolimski
Gotham
2014
7.6
Baldur Magnusson
The Blacklist
2013
7.6
Antoine LaGrange
Elementary
2012
7.5
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
8.2
Judge
The Prestige
2006
Credits
Elsbeth
as Dr. Yablonski
2024
7.3
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Star Trek: Picard
as Professor James Moriarty
2020
7.3
New Amsterdam
as Vic Wallace
2018
8.4
The Good Fight
as Professor Harrison
2017
7.6
Gotham
as Jacob Skolimski
2014
7.6
The Blacklist
as Baldur Magnusson
2013
7.6
Elementary
as Antoine LaGrange
2012
7.6
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
7.5
The Prestige
as Judge
2006
8.2
Ugly Betty
as Dr. Morgan Remus
2006
6.3
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
2004
10.0
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Longhair and Doubledome: Good Wheel Hunting
as Longhair (voice)
2000
0.0
The Practice
1997
7.7
The Practice
as Judge Barton Wolfe
1997
7.7
Remember WENN
as Desmond Quist
1996
8.0
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
Duckman
1994
7.2
Intimate Portrait
as Niles (archive footage)
1993
4.5
The Nanny
as Niles
1993
8.1
Frasier
as Dr. Shafer
1993
7.7
Palomino
as Doctor
1991
4.9
The Perfect Tribute
as Gov. Curtin
1991
6.0
Havana
as Marion Chigwell
1990
5.8
The Hunt for Red October
as CPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
1990
7.4
K-9
as Halstead
1989
6.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Professor James Moriarty
1987
8.4
Frank's Place
as Arnold David Tuney
1987
5.6
The Spirit
as Teasdale
1987
4.6
Davy Crockett
as Congressman
1986
0.0
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
as Patrick Henry
1986
6.3
L.A. Law
as C. Howard Grady
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.1
MacGyver
as Nicholas Helman
1985
7.7
Tall Tales & Legends
as Congressman
1985
5.4
The Equalizer
as Eddie Mason
1985
7.2
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Chain Letters
as Steve
1985
5.9
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The Eagle and The Bear
as Underhill
1985
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Neal Dishman
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.3
The A-Team
as Phillips
1983
7.5
Remington Steele
as Pierre Fumar
1982
7.1
Cheers
as Mr. Reinhardt
1982
7.6
Cagney & Lacey
1982
6.9
Dynasty
1981
6.5
Texas
as Eliot Carrington
1980
5.7
In Fashion
as Moulineaux
1974
0.0
Columbo
as Alex Varrick
1971
8.1
Great Performances
as Moulineaux
1971
5.3