Jim Moody

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.1977

Gender

Male

Birthday

25-Sep-1949

Age

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Also Known As
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Jim Moody

Biography

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.


Credits

Just Chill Just Chill (1994) Character: Howard
After the death of his twin brother, a teen drug dealer decides to seek revenge against all those who have wronged him in the neighborhood.
Who's the Man? Who's the Man? (1993) Character: Nick Crawford
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.
First Family First Family (1980) Character: Justice Haden
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
The Last Dragon The Last Dragon (1985) Character: Daddy Green
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Celebrity Celebrity (1998) Character: Security Guard
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.
Lean On Me Lean On Me (1989) Character: Mr. Lott
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
28 Days 28 Days (2000) Character: Chauffeur
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
Fame Fame (1980) Character: Farrell
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Night Falls on Manhattan Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) Character: Mayor Williams
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Personal Best Personal Best (1982) Character: Roscoe Travis
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Fighting Back Fighting Back (1982) Character: Lester Baldwin
An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.
The Best Man The Best Man (1999) Character: Uncle Skeeter
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.
D.C. Cab D.C. Cab (1983) Character: Arnie
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981) Character: Capt. O'Donnell
A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a prospective series.
Bad Boys Bad Boys (1983) Character: Gene Daniels
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.



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