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Daniel Davis
Acting
Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny, and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He also voices the intelligent Cro Magnon, Longhair from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick.
Known For
The Blacklist
2013
Frasier
1993
Cheers
1982
Elementary
2012
Columbo
1971
Gotham
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Elsbeth
2024
Murder, She Wrote
1984
New Amsterdam
2018
The Nanny
1993
MacGyver
1985
The A-Team
1983
The Practice
1997
Dynasty
1981
Chicago Hope
1994
L.A. Law
1986
The Good Fight
2017
The Equalizer
1985
Matlock
1986
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Highway to Heaven
1984
Ugly Betty
2006
Remington Steele
1982
Duckman
1994
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Prestige
2006
The Hunt for Red October
1990
K-9
1989
Havana
1990
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