Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American screen and voice actor and producer.
Daly was born in New York City, the son of actor James Daly and younger brother of actress Tyne Daly, who is ten years his senior. Daly began his professional career while a student at Vermont's Bennington College, where he studied theater and literature and acted in summer stock.
His first leading film role was in the film Diner, directed by Barry Levinson, which also launched the careers of some of today's most respected actors, including Kevin Bacon. Starring roles soon followed in Alan Rudolph's feature, Made in Heaven, the American Playhouse production of The Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket, and the CBS dramatic series, Almost Grown.
He has starred in the Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances by playwright Tina Howe, Oliver, Oliver at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis and Bus Stop by William Inge at Trinity Square Repertory, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (at the Santa Fe Festival Theatre), A Knife in the Heart and A Study in Scarlet (at the Williamstown Playhouse) and Paris Bound (at the Berkshire Theatre Festival).
Daly is well known for his role as straight-laced pilot Joe Hackett on the long-running NBC sitcom Wings. He beat Kevin Conroy for the part. Daly has also made several appearances on The Sopranos as J.T. Dolan, an old friend of Christopher Moltisanti. Dolan was a struggling screen writer conflicted with gambling and drug issues, who was shot dead by Christopher in a drunken rage.
Daly most recently appeared on stage opposite David Schwimmer and Ċ½eljko Ivanek in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. He also appeared on the midseason ABC crime series Eyes, which got good reviews but was canceled after only 5 episodes. He is also known as the voice of Superman in Superman: The Animated Series. Coincidentally, both Daly and Conroy have worked with each other in a couple of crossover episodes. Daly was unable to return as Superman in Justice League (the role then went to actor George Newbern), as Daly was already under contract to star in a remake of the 1960s classic TV drama The Fugitive, a remake that aired for only one season (2000-2001). He reprised the role of Superman in the 2002 video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips and the 2006 direct-to-video release Superman: Brainiac Attacks.
As of 2006, Daly is playing the role of Nick Cavanaugh on the new ABC Drama The Nine. Starting May 3, 2007, Tim Daly plays a new love interest for Kate Walsh (Addison Montgomery) on the new Grey's Anatomy spinoff, Private Practice.
Daly and wife, actress Amy Van Nostrand have two children, and have both won DramaLogue Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in the Coast Playhouse's The Colorado Catechism by Vincent J. Cardinal in Los Angeles. They married on September 18, 1982.
