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Jim Moody
Jim Moody (born September 25, 1949 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a television and film character actor. He played the tough talking counselor/teacher Gene Daniels in Bad Boys. His first feature film was in the 1980 hit film Fame, which he played Mr. Farrell, a drama teacher. Jim starred in the 1983 comedy film D.C. Cab as Arnie, a member of the rival cab company, Emerald Cab. He also appeared in the 1999 drama The Best Man and as Leroy Greene, Sr. (the father) in The Last Dragon.
Jim has made some guest appearances on television shows like Law & Order, which he appeared in a few episodes of that TV series, in each episode, he played a different character. Jim's other appearances were Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, and New York Undercover.
He was a drama teacher at the LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and the subsequent LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts and the Performing Arts, with Adrian Brody among his more famous students. He is now a private drama coach and working actor based in New York.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.051 |
Birthday | 1949-09-25 |
Place of Birth | Portsmouth, Virginia, USA |
Also Known As |
![Personal Best](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tHhNwC5bUFEDAkXFvYwjLAwFchK.jpg)
1982
![Personal Best](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tHhNwC5bUFEDAkXFvYwjLAwFchK.jpg)
Personal Best
5.902/41
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![Bad Boys](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5nHZ3wflOifKJMUcTCw0isKhmCv.jpg)
1983
![Bad Boys](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5nHZ3wflOifKJMUcTCw0isKhmCv.jpg)
Bad Boys
7/259
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug deal...
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![The Last Dragon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/r5QnLY30gXlZ8luiJE3quDs1WNF.jpg)
1985
![The Last Dragon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/r5QnLY30gXlZ8luiJE3quDs1WNF.jpg)
The Last Dragon
6.401/242
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial...
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![First Family](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ezspxcWTOmKyiELWSLdDBnEMYe2.jpg)
1980
![First Family](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ezspxcWTOmKyiELWSLdDBnEMYe2.jpg)
First Family
3/5
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
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![Lean On Me](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jU7wPjF0UP2MaA0ZXiCAJhyshJH.jpg)
1989
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Lean On Me
7.3/296
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined...
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![28 Days](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tlgz7Shx0UavR5pyITeJ2mUHKFI.jpg)
2000
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28 Days
6.13/960
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. Sh...
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![Fame](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oDUTjQ2HUKh6iBYE99PUStyoRDv.jpg)
1980
![Fame](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oDUTjQ2HUKh6iBYE99PUStyoRDv.jpg)
Fame
6.443/441
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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![Who's the Man?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zgRLvO8cnPsKKPIzNwlbuoeoY0d.jpg)
1993
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Who's the Man?
5.089/28
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as fa...
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![D.C. Cab](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7ToBZQaV5qspXjM8hat8kcbNcQc.jpg)
1983
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D.C. Cab
5.261/92
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company bu...
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![Night Falls on Manhattan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sjvySDgeAOqrMmm965gdkqR5AML.jpg)
1997
![Night Falls on Manhattan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sjvySDgeAOqrMmm965gdkqR5AML.jpg)
Night Falls on Manhattan
6.2/120
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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![The Best Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ub2Njdn4kq49ndyg7QglnE8PUqT.jpg)
1999
![The Best Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ub2Njdn4kq49ndyg7QglnE8PUqT.jpg)
The Best Man
6.669/127
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based...
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![Celebrity](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3pbcMORRjqYgfx87CXexLw32gk.jpg)
1998
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Celebrity
5.992/453
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...
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Celebrity
![Rivkin: Bounty Hunter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gr8rjNPwiJcUKMGuP3EWrlqwenT.jpg)
1981
![Rivkin: Bounty Hunter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gr8rjNPwiJcUKMGuP3EWrlqwenT.jpg)
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
0/0
A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a...
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![Fighting Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ltJD95v3n6nwgxyueNrpVXCScDp.jpg)
1982
![Fighting Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ltJD95v3n6nwgxyueNrpVXCScDp.jpg)
Fighting Back
5.6/13
An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.
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