Jim Moody
Acting

Jim Moody

Born 1949-09-25 · Portsmouth, Virginia

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Moody (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Known for

Bad Boys★ 7Viewing moment
Bad Boys
1983
Lean On Me★ 7.3Viewing moment
Lean On Me
1989
Fame★ 6.5Viewing moment
Fame
1980
Celebrity★ 6Viewing moment
Celebrity
1998
Who's the Man?★ 5.1Viewing moment
Who's the Man?
1993
The Last Dragon★ 6.4Viewing moment
The Last Dragon
1985
The Best Man★ 6.6Viewing moment
The Best Man
1999
28 Days★ 6.1Viewing moment
28 Days
2000
Night Falls on Manhattan★ 6.3Viewing moment
Night Falls on Manhattan
1996
Personal Best★ 5.9Viewing moment
Personal Best
1982
D.C. Cab★ 5.3Viewing moment
D.C. Cab
1983
First Family★ 3Viewing moment
First Family
1980
Fighting Back★ 5.4Viewing moment
Fighting Back
1982
Rivkin: Bounty HunterViewing moment
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981

Frequent collaborators