My Take
Tim Daly is one of those actors who has been quietly excellent for decades without ever quite getting the credit he deserves. I grew up watching Wings, and his Joe Hackett — that lovably uptight, perpetually flustered Nantucket pilot — was the kind of role that sounds thin on paper but Daly made genuinely warm and funny week after week. What I find even more interesting is that he completely reinvented himself with his arc on The Sopranos, playing a self-destructive screenwriter with a kind of raw, unglamorous honesty that was a real departure. Toss in his long run on Private Practice, a Theatre World Award going back to 1987, and a solid voice acting career, and you have someone with serious range who has consistently shown up and delivered. Solid actor, underrated career.
Overview
James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos. He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama Private Practice from 2007 to 2012.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tim Daly
- Name (Japanese)
- ティモシー・デイリー
- Reading
- てぃもしー・でいりー
- Born
- March 1, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film producer / television actor / film actor / television director / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Bennington College
Awards & achievements
- 1987 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.