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

scope="row" | 1998

| Twelfth Night, or What You Will

|

|

scope="row" | 2001

| Kate & Leopold

| Doorman at Party

|

scope="row" | 2003

| Hollywood Homicide

| Cuz

|

scope="row" | 2004

| Ladder 49

| Don Miller

|

scope="row" | 2004

| Neurotica

|

|

scope="row" | 2005

| The Island

| Censor

|

scope="row" | 2006

| Broken

| Franklin

| Uncredited role{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

scope="row" | 2007

| And Then Came Love

| Paul

|

scope="row" | 2013

| Raze

| Guard No. 5

|

scope="row" | 2013

| McCanick

| Undercover Tanktop

|

scope="row" | 2016

| The Watcher

| Reggie

|

scope="row" | 2019

| The Chase

| Luke

| Short

scope="row" | 2020

| Typical Detective

| Detective

scope="row" | 2021

| Shelter in Place

| Ty

|

scope="row" | 2023

| Not Another Church Movie

| 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

| Mad About You

| 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

| Third Watch

| Lieutenant 86

| Episode: "Honor"

scope="row" | 2000–2001

| Law & Order

| Chris Cody / Reporter No. 3

| 2 episodes

scope="row" | 2002

| In-Laws

| Carl

| Episode: "Love Thy Neighbor"

scope="row" | 2002

| Buffy the Vampire Slayer

| 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

| 10-8: Officers on Duty

| 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

| Smallville

| Greg Flynn

| Episode: "Lockdown"

scope="row" | 2006

| Out of Practice

| 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

| Brothers & Sisters

| Sam

| Episode: "The Missionary Implosion"

scope="row" | 2010–2019

| Modern Family

| Longines

| Recurring role (seasons 2–11), 12 episodes

scope="row" | 2010

| 100 Questions

| 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

| Franklin & Bash

| Officer Wiltern

| Episode: "The Bangover"

scope="row" | 2011

| Big Time Rush

| 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

| Justified

| Mitch

| Episode: "Money Trap"

scope="row" | 2013

| Wendell & Vinnie

| Scott

| Episode: "Pilot"

scope="row" | 2014–2015

| Sirens

| Hank

| Main role

scope="row" | 2014

| The Mentalist

| 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

| Trial & Error

| Alfonzo Prefontaine

| 4 episodes

scope="row" | 2017

| Famous in Love

| 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

| Hawaii Five-O

| Detective Bullock

| Episode: "I Ka Wa Ma Mua Hope, I Ka Wa Ma Hope"

scope="row" | 2018

| Champions

| Leo

| Episode: "Deal or No Deal"

scope="row" | 2018

| Suits

| John Billows

| Episode: "Sour Grapes"

scope="row" | 2018

| The Guest Book

| Steve

| Episode: "Under Cover"

scope="row" | 2018–2019

| The Orville

| Locar

| 2 episodes

scope="row" | 2018–2020

| Coop & Cami Ask the World

| Principal Walker

| 12 episodes

scope="row" | 2019

| Now Apocalypse

| Barnabus

| 4 episodes

scope="row" | 2019

| What/If

| John

| Episode: "What Next"

scope="row" | 2019

| Why Women Kill

| Lamar

| 4 episodes

scope="row" | 2019

| New Amsterdam

| Marquis Cannon

| Episode: "The Denominator"

scope="row" | 2019

| The Rookie

| Officer Wilkie

| Episode: "Safety"

scope="row" | 2020

| AJ & The Queen

| Darrell

| Episode: "Jackson"

scope="row" | 2020

| Council of Dads

| Peter Richards

| 7 episodes

scope="row" | 2021

| The Big Leap

| Wayne Fontaine

| Series regular

scope="row" | 2023–present

| Will Trent

| 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

scope="row" | 2011

| NCIS Video Game

| Watch Commander David Burch

scope="row" | 2011

| Call of Juarez: The Cartel

| Additional Voices

scope="row" | 2011

| Dead Island

| Titus, Various Characters

scope="row" | 2013

| Dead Island Riptide

| Dr. Cecil, Various Characters

scope="row" | 2015

| Dying Light

| Spike, Additional Voices

scope="row" | 2016

| Mafia III

| 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.

scope="row" | 1998

| Twelfth Night

| Officer

| Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway

| {{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Twelfth Night |url=https://variety.com/1998/legit/reviews/twelfth-night-5-1200454397/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Variety |date=17 July 1998}}

scope="row" | 2001

| Up Against the Wind

| Suge Knight

| New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway

|{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Up Against the Wind |url=https://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/up-against-the-wind-1200467992/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Variety |date=3 April 2001}}

scope="row" | 2004

| Compromise

| Thomas

| Gloucester Stage Company, Boston

|{{cite news |title=Compromise |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/compromise_4964/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=TheaterMania |date=28 July 2004}}

scope="row" | 2010

| King Lear

| Cornwall

| Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles

|{{cite web |last1=Frankel |first1=Tony |title=Theater Review: KING LEAR (Antaeus Theatre Company in North Hollywood) |url=https://stageandcinema.com/2010/07/05/king-lear-anteaus/ |website=Stage and Cinema |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=5 July 2010}}

scope="row" | 2010

| Calligraphy

| performer

| Los Angeles Theatre Center

|{{cite news |last1=Brandes |first1=Philip |title=Theater review: 'Calligraphy' at Los Angeles Theatre Center |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2010-11-18/theater-review-calligraphy-at-los-angeles-theatre-center |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=18 November 2010}}

scope="row" | 2012

| Magic/Bird

| Magic Johnson

| Longacre Theatre, Broadway

|{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=Magic/Bird |url=https://variety.com/2012/legit/reviews/magic-bird-1117947374/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Variety |date=11 April 2012}}

scope="row" | 2013

| One Night in Miami

| Jim Brown

| Rogue Machine Theatre, Los Angeles

|{{cite news |last1=Meisel |first1=Myron |title='One Night In Miami…': Theater Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/one-night-miami-theater-review-565708/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=11 June 2013}}

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

|{{cite news |last1=McNulty |first1=Charles |title=Review: 'Monsters of the American Cinema' confronts grief - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-04-16/review-theater-monsters-of-the-american-cinema-rogue-machine-christian-st-croix-horror |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=16 April 2024}}

References

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