Wings

Background:

"I've always felt if my nose were more crooked, critics would focus more on my acting. Until now, my looks have been a drawback." Tim Daly

Handsome stage-trained actor Tim Daly, the youngest child of late actor James Daly (of TV's "Medical Center") and brother of award-winning actress Tyne Daly (of CBS' "Cagney and Lacey"), is popular among TV viewers as neurotic, compulsively-neat pilot Joe Hackett in the NBC sitcom "Wings" (1990-1997).

Daly provided the voice of Clark Kent/Superman on The WB animated series "Superman" (1996-2000) and "The New Batman/Superman Adventures" (1998) and received critical acclaim for portraying Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man falsely convicted of his wife's murder, in the CBS fall series remake of ABC’s original classic drama "The Fugitive" (2000-2001).

After receiving an Emmy nomination for his guest performance as J.T. Dolan in the HBO ground-breaking mob drama "The Sopranos," he went on to star as Harlan Judd, the founder of Judd Risk Management, in the short-lived ABC crime/drama series "Eyes" (2005) and played Nick Cavanaugh, a police officer with a gambling problem, in the short-lived ABC series "The Nine" (2006-2007). He now stars as alternative medicine specialist Dr. Peter Wilder in the ABC medical series, "Private Practice" (2007-Present), a spin-off of the popular show "Grey's Anatomy."

Moviegoers could catch Tim starring in such films as "Diner" (1982), "Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde" (1995), "The Associate" (1996), "The Object of My Affection" (1998), "Seven Girlfriends" (1999), "Basic" (2003) and "Against the Ropes" (2004). He will next be seen in an upcoming thriller film called "The Skeptic," alongside Tom Arnold and Zoe Saldana.

A true thespian, Daly headlined the Broadway plays “Coastal Disturbances” (1987-1988), as Leo Hart, Annette Bening's love interest, and “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” (May 2006), as Lt. Com. John Challee.

The 6' 1" good-looking actor was one of “People Magazine's” “Sexiest Men Alive” in 2006 and in the "Sexy Men with Glasses" section. He has been married to Amy Van Nostrand since 1982 and is the proud father of two.

James Timothy

Childhood and Family:

The only son and youngest child of actor James Daly (was a regular on "Medical Center," born in 1918; died in 1978) and actress Hope Newell, James Timothy Daly was born on March 1, 1956, in New York, New York. He has three older sisters, Glynnis Daly (born in 1948), Pegeen Daly (born in 1943) and Tyne Daly (born on February 21, 1946; starred in "Cagney and Lacey" on CBS). When his parents divorced in the '60s, Daly was raised on a farm in Suffern, New York.

Daly 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.

Daly attended The Putney School where he began studying acting. He then went to Bennington College, in Vermont, and received a BA degree in theater and literature in 1979. While studying, he acted constantly in theater productions. After graduation, he toured with the Rhode Island Trinity Square Repertory Company, where he met future wife Amy Von Nostrand.

"I was like a bad smell. I just wouldn't go away. I knew we were right for each other." Tim Daly (on meeting future wife Amy Van Nostrand)

On September 18, 1982, Daly married Amy Van Nostrand and they have two children, Sam Daly (born in 1984) and Emelyn Daly (born in 1989).

Daly is an activist for various liberal political and social causes. He became active in the presidential politics of the Democratic Party in 2004. In early 2007, he joined The Creative Coalition (TCC), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, politically-active group formed of members of the American film entertainment industry. As a member of TCC, he has supported the National Task Force on Children's Safety.

“America's a fantastic country and people get to say what they want, but nobody has to listen to me. What do I know? I'm just an actor.” Tim Daly

The Fugitive

Career:

Born to family of actors, Tim Daly debuted on stage when he was 7 years old in “Jenny Kissed Me” by Jean Kerr, alongside his parents and two sisters. The aspiring actor began his professional career at Vermont's Bennington College and in summer stock productions ("Fifth of July" and "Buried Child," both in 1981).

Following his graduation in 1979, Daly spent a couple of seasons at the Trinity Square Repertory in Providence, Rhode Island, and supported himself by renovating lofts while playing in a rock band. He later moved to New York City to continue studying acting and singing.

In 1982, Daly made his feature acting debut with the role of Billy, a twenty-something with a pregnant girlfriend reluctant to marry him, in Barry Levinson Academy Award-nominated feature directional debut, "Diner," alongside Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, and Kevin Bacon.

After his promising big screen debut, Daly retreated to the small screen and appeared in his first TV series, "Ryan's Four" (1983), starring Tom Skerritt. He also made his TV-movie debut as a tenacious young engineer embarking on a romantic adventure in the NBC romantic comedy movie "I Married a Centerfold" (1984).

He was then featured in the CBS miniseries "I'll Take Manhattan" (1987), playing Barry Bostwick, and became a regular on the CBS series "Almost Grown," co-starring Eve Gordon as a couple whose lives are explored. Despite being well-received by critics, the show only ran for 10 episodes. He was also featured in the CBS TV-movie "Red Earth, White Earth" (1989), an adaptation of Will Weaver's book in which Daly starred as Guy Pehrsson.

Daly made his Off-Broadway debut in "Fables for Friends" (1984) and co-starred in an adaptation of Peter Parnell's 1982 Off-Broadway play, "The Rise of Daniel Rocket" (1986), which aired on PBS as a presentation of "American Playhouse.” He eventually made his Broadway debut in Tina Howe's "Coastal Disturbances" (Mar 4, 1987-Jan 3, 1988), as Leo Hart, Annette Bening's love interest, and won a Theatre World Award.

After beating out Kevin Conroy, Daly won his most popular roles to date, that of Joe Hackett, a neurotic, compulsively-neat pilot who runs a charter flight business, in the NBC sitcom "Wings." The show ran from April 19, 1990, to May 14, 1997.

During his "Wings" tenure, Daly co-starred with Halle Berry in the CBS miniseries version of Alex Haley's novel, "Queen" (1993), played cult leader David Koresh in the NBC movie "Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty" (1993), and was cast as a condemned man in the controversial NBC crime/drama movie "Witness to the Execution" (1994). He also returned to stage and won a DramaLogue Award for Outstanding Actor in 1993 for his performance in “The Colorado Catechism.”

1996 saw Daly nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (shared with Sean Young) for his performance as Dr. Richard Jacks in David Price's comedy film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror novel, “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde,” and was featured as Whoopi Goldberg's yuppie co-worker in the "The Associate," Donald Petrie's remake of René Gainville's 1979 film "L'Associé." He also began providing the voice of Clark Kent/Superman on The WB animated series "Superman" that ran from 1996 to 2000, and reprised his voice role in the WB animated series "The New Batman/Superman Adventures" (1998).

On providing the voice of Superman, Daly once said, “Initially, I thought, ‘Oh, this is a fun little job doing a little cartoon.' I didn't realize the grave responsibility that was bestowed upon me. I've found that the majority of my work is just a series of grunting, groaning and straining noises. Because, you know, Superman is forever getting clobbered with force fields, nuclear weapons, trains, whatever large, blunt, heavy objects are at hand to clobber him. I have to dig deep for those special noises.”

When "Wings" ended in 1997, Daly formed Daly-Harris Productions with J. Todd Harris and executive produced and starred (as Dan White, a former Democratic San Francisco City Supervisor who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978) in the Showtime production of Emily Mann's award-winning ensemble play, "Execution of Justice" (1999), for which Daly won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie (for his capacity as a producer). Daly is also an owner of Red House Entertainment Production Company, which he co-founded with wife Amy Van Nostrand and Steve Burleigh. Additionally, Daly and his wife created Wandering Park Productions, a company designed to develop and produce a variety of film, television and theater projects.

Meanwhile, he played Dr Robert Joely, the arrogant boyfriend of Paul Rudd's nice guy George, in Nicholas Hytner's romantic comedy movie adapted from the book by Stephen McCauley, "The Object of My Affection" (1998; also starring Jennifer Aniston), and portrayed real-life astronaut Jim Lovell in the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998). He also starred in the ABC horror miniseries, "Stephen King's Storm of the Century" (1999).

Hitting the new millennium, Daly had the pivotal role of Charles Dubose in the Showtime movie "A House Divided," and starred as a charming and romantic bachelor in Paul Lazarus' independent romantic comedy "Seven Girlfriends." He also received critical acclaim for playing Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty, in the CBS fall series remake of ABC’s original classic drama, "The Fugitive" (2000-2001), which won Daly a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama. He also received nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and at the TV Guide Awards for Actor of the Year in a New Series. Produced by Warner Bros. Television, CBS canceled the show after one season.

Daly subsequently appeared with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in John McTiernan's action/mystery film "Basic" (2003), playing base commander Bill Styles, and was spotted as a guest in an episode of the CBS drama "Judging Amy" that stars his sister Tyne Daly. He also executive-produced and starred in the true story-based TV movie "Edge of America" (2003), which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special and won a Peabody Image Award for his work as an executive producer.

From 2004 to 2007, Daly appeared in season four and five of the HBO ground-breaking mob drama, "The Sopranos.” His performance in the hit show earned Daly an Emmy nomination in 2007 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

During this time, Daly also played sports journalist Gavin in Charles S. Dutton's motion-picture directorial debut, "Against the Ropes" (2004), a fictional story inspired by the first female to become a success as a boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen (played by Meg Ryan), and starred as Harlan Judd, the founder of Judd Risk Management, in the short-lived ABC crime/drama series "Eyes" (2005), which was canceled after 5 episodes aired. He then was cast as Nick Cavanaugh, a police officer with a gambling problem, in the short-lived ABC series "The Nine" (2006-2007), which was canceled after one season due to poor ratings.

On stage, he portrayed the role of Peter in John Belluso's "Henry Flamethrowa" (June 2005) at Studio Dante, in New York City. He also returned to Broadway as Lt. Cmdr. John Challee in a revival of Herman Wouk's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (May 7, 2006-May 21, 2006) at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, in New York City.

Daly originated the role of alternative medicine specialist Dr. Peter Wilder in two guest star appearances on a 2007 special two-hour episode of ABC's Emmy and Golden Globe-winning primetime television medical drama "Grey's Anatomy." He later reprised the role in its spin-off series, “Private Practice.” Premiering on September 26, 2007, "Private Practice" has been picked up for the 2008-2009 television seasons.

Next, moviegoers will catch him starring as a skeptic lawyer named Bryan Becket in Tennyson Bardwell's upcoming thriller film, "The Skeptic," alongside Tom Arnold and Zoe Saldana.

Awards:

• Vail Film Festival: Excellence in Acting, 2008

• Peabody: Peabody Award Image (as an executive producer), “Edge of America,” 2005

• Golden Satellite: Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama, "The Fugitive," 2001

• GLAAD Media: Outstanding TV Movie, (as a producer), “Execution of Justice,” 2000

• DramaLogue: Outstanding Actor, “The Colorado Catechism by Vincent J. Cardinal,” 1993

• Theatre World: “Coastal Disturbances,” 1987