From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jim Moody born September 25 1949 in Portsmouth Virginia is a television and film character actor He played the tough talking counselorteacher 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 DC 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 amp Order which he appeared in a few episodes of that TV series in each episode he played a different character Jims other appearances were Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Law amp 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Moody actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia