Tim Daly is an American actor, producer and director. He was born James Timothy Daly on March 1, 1956 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the only son and youngest of four children of actor James Daly (1918–1978) and actress Mary Hope Daly (1921–2009). He is the younger brother of actress Tyne Daly.
Daly is best known for his roles as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos. He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama Private Practice from 2007 to 2012. He is also known for his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Animated Series and several animated Superman movies. From 2014 until 2019, he portrayed Henry McCord, husband of the Secretary of State, on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary, starring Téa Leoni.
Daly married actress Amy Van Nostrand in 1982. They have two children. In 2010, Daly and Van Nostrand divorced. In Madam Secretary, their son Sam Daly played the ex-fiancé of White House Press Secretary Daisy Grant, and their daughter, Emelyn, played the niece of Daly's character, Henry McCord. Daly married Téa Leoni, his Madam Secretary co-star, on July 12, 2025, in New York. They had been dating since 2014.
