
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.

Bad Boys
1983 · as Gene Daniels

Celebrity
1998 · as Security Guard

Lean On Me
1989 · as Mr. Lott

28 Days
2000 · as Chauffeur

Fame
1980 · as Farrell

The Last Dragon
1985 · as Daddy Green

Personal Best
1982 · as Roscoe Travis

The Best Man
1999 · as Uncle Skeeter

Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 · as Mayor Williams

Who's the Man?
1993 · as Nick Crawford

Fighting Back
1982 · as Lester Baldwin

First Family
1980 · as Justice Haden

D.C. Cab
1983 · as Arnie

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981 · as Capt. O'Donnell

Just Chill
1996 · as Howard