Jim Moody
Acting
Born September 25, 1949, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
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.
Filmography
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Taft Housing Superintendent
- 200028 Days — Chauffeur
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dr. Zuckerman
- 1999The Best Man — Uncle Skeeter
- Third Watch — Passerby, Victor Bradley
- 1998Celebrity — Security Guard
- 1997Night Falls on Manhattan — Mayor Williams
- 1994Just Chill — Howard
- 1993Who's the Man? — Nick Crawford
- Law & Order — Reggie Lennard, Judge Stewart, Joe, Bobby Fox, Judge Langlois, Syd, Chuck
- 1989Lean On Me — Mr. Lott
- 1985The Last Dragon — Daddy Green
- 1983Bad Boys — Gene Daniels
- 1983D.C. Cab — Arnie
- American Playhouse — Seth
- 1982Fighting Back — Lester Baldwin
- 1982Personal Best — Roscoe Travis
- 1981Rivkin: Bounty Hunter — Capt. O'Donnell
- 1980Fame — Farrell
- 1980First Family — Justice Haden