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.

Filmography

• Elsbeth — Dr. Yablonski
• Star Trek: Picard — Professor James Moriarty
• New Amsterdam — Vic Wallace
• The Good Fight — Professor Harrison
• Gotham — Jacob Skolimski
• The Blacklist — Baldur Magnusson
• Elementary — Antoine LaGrange
• The Fran Drescher Show
• 2006The Prestige — Judge
• Ugly Betty — Dr. Morgan Remus
• 2004The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
• 2000Longhair and Doubledome: Good Wheel Hunting — Longhair (voice)
• The Practice — Barton Wolfe
• Remember WENN — Desmond Quist
• 1995The Nanny: Oy to the World — Niles (voice)
• Chicago Hope — Gambler #2
• Duckman — Rodney (voice)
• Frasier — Dr. Shafer
• The Nanny — Niles
• 1991Palomino — Doctor
• Rugrats — Conan McNulty / Wrestler (voice)
• 1991The Perfect Tribute — Gov. Curtin
• 1990Havana — Marion Chigwell
• 1990The Hunt for Red October — CPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
• 1989K-9 — Halstead
• Frank's Place — Arnold David Tuney
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Professor James Moriarty
• 1987The Spirit — Teasdale
• 1986Davy Crockett — Congressman
• George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation — Patrick Henry
• L.A. Law — C. Howard Grady
• Matlock — James Billings
• 1985Chain Letters — Steve
• MacGyver — Nicholas Helman
• Tall Tales & Legends — Congressman
• 1985The Eagle and The Bear — Underhill
• The Equalizer — Eddie Mason
• Highway to Heaven
• Murder, She Wrote — Neal Dishman
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• The A-Team — Phillips
• Cagney & Lacey
• Cheers — Mr. Reinhardt
• Remington Steele — Pierre Fumar
• Dynasty
• Texas — Eliot Carrington
• 1974In Fashion — Moulineaux
• Columbo — Alex Varrick
• Great Performances — Moulineaux

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Stars in the House — Self