Daniel Davis

Biography

Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny, and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He also voices the intelligent Cro Magnon, Longhair from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick.

Known For

The Prestige
The Prestige
K-9
K-9
Havana
Havana
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
Chain Letters
Chain Letters
Palomino
Palomino
In Fashion
In Fashion
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember

Filmography

2024 Elsbeth
as Dr. Yablonski
2020 Stars in the House
as Self
2020 Star Trek: Picard
as Professor James Moriarty
2018 New Amsterdam
as Vic Wallace
2017 The Good Fight
as Professor Harrison
2014 Gotham
as Jacob Skolimski
2013 The Blacklist
as Baldur Magnusson
2012 Elementary
as Antoine LaGrange
2010 The Fran Drescher Show
as
2010 The Miraculous Year
as
2006 The Prestige
as Judge
2006 Ugly Betty
as Dr. Morgan Remus
2004 The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
as
2000 Longhair and Doubledome: Good Wheel Hunting
as Longhair (voice)
1997 The Practice
as Judge Barton Wolfe
1996 Remember WENN
as Desmond Quist
1994 Chicago Hope
as
1994 Duckman
as Rodney (voice)
1993 Intimate Portrait
as Niles (archive footage)
1993 The Nanny
as Niles