James Timothy "Tim" Daly
(born March 1, 1956) is an American
stage,
screen and voice actor, director and producer. He is best
known for his television role as Joe Hackett on the
NBC sitcom
Wings and for his voice role as
Superman in
Superman: The Animated
Series, as well as his recurring role of the drug-addicted
screenwriter
J.T.
Dolan on
The Sopranos for
which he was nominated for an
Emmy
Award. He is currently starring as
Pete
Wilder on
Private
Practice.
Early life
Daly, an
Irish American, was born in New York City
, New
York
, the only son and youngest child of actors James Daly and Hope Newell. He is
the younger brother of actress
Tyne Daly,
who is 10 years his senior, and is a brother-in-law of television
and film composer
Mark Snow. He is also
related to former game show host and newsman
John Charles Daly. He has two other
sisters, Mary Glynn (Snow's wife) and Pegeen Michael. He 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, 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. The show also starred
Sharon
Laughlin and
John D. Irving.
Daly appeared for the first time on TV when he was 10 years 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 Schaffer'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.
Daly in 1995.
1990s
Wings was 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 Sandpiper
Airlines.
In 1997, he and J.
Todd Harris formed the Daly-Harris
Productions company, 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 Željko 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.
As a voice-actor, Tim Daly portrayed
Superman and his alter ego
Clark Kent in
Superman: The Animated
Series (1996-2000), but was unable to return as Superman
in
Justice
League (thus being replaced by
George Newbern), 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 2002 video game
Superman: Shadow of
Apokolips and the 2006 direct-to-video release
Superman: Brainiac
Attacks and the 2009 DC direct-to-video film
Superman/Batman: Public
Enemies.
In 2006, Daly played the role of
Nick
Cavanaugh on the new
ABC drama
The Nine. Starting May 3, 2007,
Daly began playing a new love interest for
Kate Walsh's character on the
Grey's Anatomy spinoff,
Private
Practice.
Daly is an owner of Red House Entertainment production company,
which he co-founded with wife,
Amy Van
Nostrand, and Steve Burleigh. Movies produced through the
company include
Peabody Award and
Humanitas Prize winning
Edge of
America and Daly's directing debut, the independent film
Bereft.
Daly and his wife have also created Wandering Park Productions, a
company designed to develop and produce a variety of film,
television and theater projects.
The company producing credits include the
critically acclaimed and award winning Los Angeles
premiere of Vincent Cardinal's play A Colorado
Catechism, starring both Daly and his wife. The play
received outstanding reviews and earned both Daly and his wife
Drama-Logue Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.
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.
Non-profit work
Tim 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) nonpartisan, politically-active
group formed of members of the American film entertainment
industry. 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, Tim 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, Tim 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, Tim Daly
interviewed senator John Edwards, one of the Democratic president
candidates.
In June 2008, Tim 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 and his wife, actress
Amy Van
Nostrand, married on September 18, 1982. They have two
children: son
Sam born in 1984, and
daughter Emelyn, born in 1989.
Filmography
Feature films
Television
Director credits
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 2004 |
Bereft |
also producer and actor |
Producer credits
Theatre
Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Off-Broadway
Other stage credits
Awards
References
- David Drake interview with Tim Daly for
Broadway.com
- Timothy Daly Biography on Filmreference
- Mark Snow biography on Yahoo! Music
- Mark Snow biography on ASCAP
- Putney School, Notable Alumni
- Bennington College, Selection of Notable
Alumni
- Daly-Harris Prods forming announcement in
Variety
- Tim Daly joins cast of Broadway's The Caine Mutiny
Court-Martial
- John Kerry for President members
- National Task
Force on children's Safety website
- The Creative Coalition and Safety4Kids Turn Words
into Action with Powerful Children's Safety and Media Literacy
Summit on Capitol Hill
- The Creative Coalition Names Chairs for 2008
Political Conventions at Summer Celebration
- The Creative Coalition Takes on 2008 Democratic and
Republican National Conventions
- Tim Daly interview with John Edwards
- Tim Daly and Chandra Wilson Named 2008 Lee National
Denim Day Ambassadors
- Tim Daly is Creative co-president. Accessed
2008-08-23.
- Smile! You’re in PoliWood
- Stage Credits
- Opening night of Broadway's The Caine Mutiny
Court-Martial
- Tim Daly's career milestones
- The Exonerated cast May 2003
- Henry Flamethrowa announcement in Playbill
News
- Williamstown Theatre Festival A Knife in the Heart
Credits
- Williamstown Theatre Festival A Study in Scarlet
Credits
- Williamstown Theatre Festival 50th Season
Celebration
- Theatre World Awards Recipients
- Golden Satellite Award winners announcement in
Variety
- 7th Annual SAG Awards Nominees
- Peabody Winners 2005
- Peabody Winners Book
- 33rd Daytime Emmy Nominees
- The Vail Film Festival’s 2008 tribute award
recipients
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