Kevin Daniels
{{short description|American actor}}
{{For|the fictional character|Anderson's Cross}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kevin Daniels
| image = Kevin Daniels 2015.jpg
| caption = Daniels in 2015
| birth_name = Kevin Dwight Daniels Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|09}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| education = Juilliard School {{small|(BFA)}}
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1998–present
}}
Kevin Dwight Daniels Jr. (born December 9, 1976, in San Diego, California), is an American actor who started his career with a supporting role in the 1998 film Twelfth Night, or What You Will by director Nicholas Hytner. He has appeared in the film Hollywood Homicide, as well as the TV series Law & Order, Frasier, Chuck, House and Modern Family, the latter in the recurring role of Longines. He has since participated in more than 20 productions. He is best known for playing Don Miller, a firefighter for the Baltimore City Fire Department in the movie Ladder 49 and the USA show Sirens where he played Hank St. Clare, a Chicago EMT.
He starred in the 2012 Broadway play Magic/Bird playing the lead role of Magic Johnson.
Daniels attended the Juilliard School as a member of the Drama Division's Group 27 (1994–1998).{{cite web | url = http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php | title = Alumni News | publisher = Juilliard School | date = September 2007 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111111121334/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php | archivedate = November 11, 2011}}
Personal life
Daniels is openly gay.{{Cite web|date=November 26, 2021|title=The Big Leap's Kevin Daniels on Dancing His Way Into Our Living Rooms|url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/11/26/big-leaps-kevin-daniels-dancing-his-way-our-living-rooms|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=advocate.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title='Sirens' Star Kevin Daniels on Hank's Persona, Raunchy Jokes and His Love for a Certain 'Game of Thrones' Actor {{!}} GALO Magazine|url=http://www.galomagazine.com/movies-tv/sirens-star-kevin-daniels-on-hanks-persona-raunchy-jokes-and-his-love-for-a-certain-game-of-thrones-actor/|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=www.galomagazine.com}}
Filmography
=Film=
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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scope="row" | 1998
| Twelfth Night, or What You Will | | |
scope="row" | 2001
| Doorman at Party | |
scope="row" | 2003
| Cuz | |
scope="row" | 2004
| Don Miller | |
scope="row" | 2004
| Neurotica | | |
scope="row" | 2005
| Censor | |
scope="row" | 2006
| Broken | Franklin | Uncredited role{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} |
scope="row" | 2007
| Paul | |
scope="row" | 2013
| Raze | Guard No. 5 | |
scope="row" | 2013
| McCanick | Undercover Tanktop | |
scope="row" | 2016
| Reggie | |
scope="row" | 2019
| The Chase | Luke | Short |
scope="row" | 2020
| Typical Detective | Detective |
scope="row" | 2021
| Shelter in Place | Ty | |
scope="row" | 2023
| Taylor Pherry and Madude Hims | |
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
---|
scope="row" | 1998
| Construction Worker No. 3 | Episode: "Season Opener" |
scope="row" | 1998
| Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Officer / Lord | TV movie |
scope="row" | 1999
| Daria | Michael "Mack" Jordan MacKenzie Hank (voice) | 4 episodes |
scope="row" | 2000
| Deadline | Tyrell Jackson | Episode: "Pilot" |
scope="row" | 2001
| Lieutenant 86 | Episode: "Honor" |
scope="row" | 2000–2001
| Chris Cody / Reporter No. 3 | 2 episodes |
scope="row" | 2002
| In-Laws | Carl | Episode: "Love Thy Neighbor" |
scope="row" | 2002
| Bouncer | Episode: "Sleeper" |
scope="row" | 2002
| JAG | Lt. Cmdr Suttles | Episode: "All Ye Faithful" |
scope="row" | 2003
| Frasier | Steve | Episode: "Farewell, Nervosa" |
scope="row" | 2003
| Baby Bob | Doorman | Episode: "Don't Pass Me By" |
scope="row" | 2003
| Detective Barrow | Episode: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" |
scope="row" | 2005
| Briar & Graves | {{TableTBA|N/A}} | Unsold TV pilot (Fox) |
scope="row" | 2005
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | Liege Moss | TV movie |
scope="row" | 2005
| Charmed | Rathbone | Episode: "Carpe Demon" |
scope="row" | 2006
| Greg Flynn | Episode: "Lockdown" |
scope="row" | 2006
| Bartender | Episode: "Restaurant Row" |
scope="row" | 2007
| I'm With Stupid | Sheldon | TV movie |
scope="row" | 2008
| This Can't Be My Life | Jason Marshals | Episode: "The Pink Pages" |
scope="row" | 2008
| Sam | Episode: "The Missionary Implosion" |
scope="row" | 2010–2019
| Longines | Recurring role (seasons 2–11), 12 episodes |
scope="row" | 2010
| Sam | Episode: "Are You Romantic?" |
scope="row" | 2011
| Chuck | Ellyas Abshir | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff" |
scope="row" | 2011
| House | Caesar | Episode: "The Fix" |
scope="row" | 2011
| Officer Wiltern | Episode: "The Bangover" |
scope="row" | 2011
| Speaking Police Officer | Episode: "Big Time Rocker" |
scope="row" | 2011
| Bandwagon: The TV Series | Casting Director | Episode: "It's Your One Shot" |
scope="row" | 2011–2015
| The Exes | Security Guard / Bouncer | 2 episodes |
scope="row" | 2012
| Castle | Reggie Blake | Episode: "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder" |
scope="row" | 2013
| Mitch | Episode: "Money Trap" |
scope="row" | 2013
| Scott | Episode: "Pilot" |
scope="row" | 2014–2015
| Sirens | Hank | Main role |
scope="row" | 2014
| Clancy Tatum | Episode: "Black Helicopters" |
scope="row" | 2014
| One Christmas Eve | Reggie | TV movie |
scope="row" | 2015
| Noches con Planatino | Himself | 1 episode |
scope="row" | 2015–2016
| Glimpses of Greg | Hector | 2 episodes |
scope="row" | 2016
| Single Minded | Guru | TV miniseries; Episode: "Dick Letter" |
scope="row" | 2016
| Mom | Officer Bill | Episode: "Blow and a Free McMuffin" |
scope="row" | 2017
| Alfonzo Prefontaine | 4 episodes |
scope="row" | 2017
| Ken Chapman | Episode: "Not So Easy A" |
scope="row" | 2017–2021
| Atypical | Coach Briggs | 8 episodes |
scope="row" | 2017
| Scorpion | Detective Daniels | Episode: "Sci Hard" |
scope="row" | 2017
| Detective Bullock | Episode: "I Ka Wa Ma Mua Hope, I Ka Wa Ma Hope" |
scope="row" | 2018
| Leo | Episode: "Deal or No Deal" |
scope="row" | 2018
| Suits | John Billows | Episode: "Sour Grapes" |
scope="row" | 2018
| Steve | Episode: "Under Cover" |
scope="row" | 2018–2019
| Locar | 2 episodes |
scope="row" | 2018–2020
| Principal Walker | 12 episodes |
scope="row" | 2019
| Barnabus | 4 episodes |
scope="row" | 2019
| What/If | John | Episode: "What Next" |
scope="row" | 2019
| Lamar | 4 episodes |
scope="row" | 2019
| Marquis Cannon | Episode: "The Denominator" |
scope="row" | 2019
| Officer Wilkie | Episode: "Safety" |
scope="row" | 2020
| Darrell | Episode: "Jackson" |
scope="row" | 2020
| Peter Richards | 7 episodes |
scope="row" | 2021
| Wayne Fontaine | Series regular |
scope="row" | 2023–present
| Franklin | 5 episodes |
scope="row" | 2023
| Frasier | Tiny | 5 episodes |
=Videogames=
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role |
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scope="row" | 2011
| NCIS Video Game | Watch Commander David Burch |
scope="row" | 2011
| Additional Voices |
scope="row" | 2011
| Titus, Various Characters |
scope="row" | 2013
| Dr. Cecil, Various Characters |
scope="row" | 2015
| Spike, Additional Voices |
scope="row" | 2016
| Additional Voices |
Stage
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role(s) ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
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scope="row" | 1998
| Officer | Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway |
scope="row" | 2001
| Up Against the Wind | New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway |
scope="row" | 2004
| Compromise | Thomas | Gloucester Stage Company, Boston |
scope="row" | 2010
| Cornwall | Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles |
scope="row" | 2010
| Calligraphy | performer |
scope="row" | 2012
| Longacre Theatre, Broadway |
scope="row" | 2013
| Rogue Machine Theatre, Los Angeles |
scope="row" | 2016
| Bull | Tony | Rogue Machine Theatre, Los Angeles |{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Terry |title=Bull |url=https://stageraw.com/oldStageRaw/bull-theater-review/ |website=Stage Raw |access-date=19 November 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Fenton |first1=Sarah |title=Bull |url=https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3897?review_id=17909&tab=reviews |website=Hollywood Fringe |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=15 June 2016}} |
scope="row" | 2024
| Monsters of the American Cinema | Remy | Rogue Machine Theatre, Los Angeles |
References
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External links
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