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.

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

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

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

Last updated

2026-06-02

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