Private Practice (Wednesdays, 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET)
TIM DALY
Dr. Pete Wilder on the ABC Television Network's "Private Practice"
Tim Daly has taken on the screen from every angle. As an actor, he's morphed from frightening cult leader David Koresh in "In the Line of Duty: Ambush at Waco" to legendary astronaut Jim Lovell in "From the Earth to the Moon," from a corrupt Army colonel opposite John Travolta in "Basic" to the voice of iconic superhero Superman in the animated series and animated feature. Daly appeared in several episodes of the award-winning "The Sopranos" as J.T., a scriptwriter in the grips of drug and gambling addiction. For his work on "The Sopranos," he received a 2007 Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
While acting remains his truest passion, Daly has been actively producing and directing in recent years, the results of which have garnered him both a Peabody and a Humanitas Award for Showtime's "Edge of America," which opened the 2004 Sundance film festival. On the big screen his directorial debut, "Bereft" (co-directed with acclaimed cinematographer Clark Mathis), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2004 and went on to screen at the Seattle Film Festival, the Hamptons Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival and the prestigious AFI Film Festival. "Bereft" is the story of a Vermont widow haunted by the memory of her husband and stars Vinessa Shaw, Marsha Mason, Edward Herrmann, Tim Blake Nelson and Michael C. Hall. Daly played a supporting role in the film, which was financed by Showtime Independent Features and produced through Daly's production company, Red House Entertainment.
Up next on the big screen for Daly is the psychological thriller "The Skeptic," directed by Tennyson Bardwell, which recently screened at the Cannes Film festival. These films top a long list of diverse projects in which Daly has starred, including "Against the Ropes." On television he starred in the critically acclaimed series "The Nine," opposite Chi McBride, Kim Raver and Scott Wolfe. In 2001 he was nominated for a SAG Award for "The Fugitive," in which he played Dr. Richard Kimble. He starred in the telepic "The Outsider," opposite Naomi Watts, and portrayed Dan White, the 1978 assassin who murdered San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, the country's first openly gay politician, and Mayor George Moscone, in "Execution of Justice." In addition he served as executive producer on the project, which won the GLAAD Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
On the stage Daly has appeared on Broadway in "Coastal Disturbances" and "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial." Other Off-Broadway and regional credits include "Henry Flamethrowa," "The Glass Menagerie," "Buried Child," "The Exonerated" and "The Colorado Catechism," for which he received a Drama Logue Award.
Daly lives in Vermont.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN New York, NY
BIRTHDATE March 1
