Tim Daly

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.

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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

Occupation

film producer / television actor / film actor / television director / voice actor

University

Bennington College

Awards & achievements

• 1987 Theatre World Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Daly
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351479

Tags

• New York
• film producer
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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