Jim Moody

Jim Moody

Birthdate
September 25, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
September 25, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
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.

Jim Moody's LGBTQ+ Titles

Personal Best
Personal Best
Roscoe Travis

Acting (25)

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Taft Housing Superintendent (1 episode)
2000
28 Days as Chauffeur
1999
The Best Man as Uncle Skeeter
1999
Third Watch as Passerby (1 episode)
1999
Third Watch as Victor Bradley (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Zuckerman (1 episode)
1998
Celebrity as Security Guard
1997
Night Falls on Manhattan as Mayor Williams
1993
Who's the Man? as Nick Crawford
1990
Law & Order as Bobby Fox (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Chuck (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Joe (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Judge Langlois (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Judge Stewart (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Reggie Lennard (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Syd (1 episode)
1989
Lean On Me as Mr. Lott
1985
The Last Dragon as Daddy Green
1983
D.C. Cab as Arnie
1983
Bad Boys as Gene Daniels
1982
Fighting Back as Lester Baldwin
1982
Personal Best as Roscoe Travis
1981
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter as Capt. O'Donnell
1980
First Family as Justice Haden
1980
Fame as Farrell