Jeff Daniels

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
February 19, 1955

Place of Birth:
Athens, Georgia, USA

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Jeff Daniels

Biography

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. He founded a non-profit theatre company, the Purple Rose Theatre Company, in his home state of Michigan. He has performed in a number of stage productions, both on and off Broadway. He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actor for the Broadway play God of Carnage (2009), along with his other three cast-mates.

He has had a thriving film career, from his debut in 1981 in Ragtime, through State of Play in 2009. For his film work, he has received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including as Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical for Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) (hence the name of his theatre company). He has also received nominations by the Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and several for his work in The Squid and the Whale (London Critics Circle Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Chlotrudis Awards and Gotham Awards).

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Self
2023 The Saint of Second Chances Narrator (voice)
2023 Bye Bye Barry Self
2021 9/11: Inside the President's War Room Narrator
2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Self
2020 Adam Mickey
2019 Guest Artist Joseph Harris
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Bill Donovan
2018 The Emperor's Newest Clothes The Emperor
2018 The Russian Five self
2017 Broadway: The Next Generation Self
2016 Allegiant David
2015 The Martian Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
2015 Steve Jobs John Sculley
2015 Of Miracles and Men Self - Narrator
2015 "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' Self
2014 Dumb and Dumber To Harry Dunne
2013 James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend Self
2012 Looper Abe
2010 Howl Professor David Kirk
2009 The Answer Man Arlen Faber
2009 State of Play George Fergus
2009 Paper Man Richard Dunn
2009 Away We Go Jerry Farlander
2008 Space Chimps Zartog (voice)
2008 A Plumm Summer Narrator
2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear Dan Miller
2008 Traitor Carter
2007 The Lookout Lewis
2007 Mama's Boy Mert Rosenbloom
2006 RV Travis Gornicke
2006 Infamous Alvin Dewey
2006 Robin Williams: A Family Affair Self
2006 RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors Self
2006 Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy Self
2006 Still Dumb After All These Years Self
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. Sig Mickelson
2005 The Squid and the Whale Bernard Berkman
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie Preacher
2004 The Five People You Meet In Heaven Blue Man
2004 Imaginary Heroes Ben Travis
2004 The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield
2004 Remembering Ragtime P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
2004 Dumb and Dumber - Making Of Self
2003 I Witness James Rhodes
2003 Gods and Generals Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
2003 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002 The Hours Louis Waters
2002 Blood Work Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
2002 Super Sucker Fred Barlow
2001 Chasing Sleep Ed Saxon
2001 Escanaba in da Moonlight Rueben Soady
2000 The Crossing Gen. George Washington
2000 Cheaters Dr. Gerard Plecki
1999 It's the Rage Warren Harding
1999 My Favorite Martian Tim O'Hara
1998 Pleasantville Mr. Johnson
1998 Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley Self
1997 Trial and Error Charles Tuttle
1997 Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party Self
1996 Fly Away Home Thomas Alden
1996 101 Dalmatians Roger
1996 2 Days in the Valley Alvin Strayer
1995 Redwood Curtain Lyman Fellers
1994 Speed Harry
1994 Dumb and Dumber Harry Dunne
1993 Gettysburg Col. Joshua Chamberlain
1993 Rain Without Thunder Jonathan Garson
1992 Timescape Ben Wilson
1992 There Goes the Neighborhood Willis Embry
1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story Tom Noonan
1991 The Butcher's Wife Dr. Alex Tremor
1991 America's Classic Ballparks Narrator
1990 Arachnophobia Ross Jennings
1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Denton Webb
1990 Love Hurts Paul Weaver
1989 No Place Like Home Mike Cooper
1988 Sweet Hearts Dance Sam Manners
1988 Checking Out Ray Macklin
1988 The House on Carroll Street Cochran
1988 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Lt. Steve Maryk
1987 Radio Days Biff Baxter
1986 Something Wild Charles Driggs
1986 Heartburn Richard
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
1985 Marie: A True Story Eddie Sisk
1983 Terms of Endearment Flap Horton
1983 An Invasion of Privacy Francis Ryan
1982 Fifth of July Jed Jenkins
1981 Ragtime P.C. O'Donnell
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character Narrator
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story Ralph Teetor (voice)
Reykjavik Ronald Reagan
Year TV Show Role
2024 A Man in Full Charlie Croker
2023 The American Buffalo (voice)
2023 Shrinking
2021 American Rust Det. Del Harris
2021 Hemingway Ernest Hemingway (voice)
2020 Washington Self - Narrator
2020 The Comey Rule James Comey
2020 Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party Himself
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show Self
2018 The Looming Tower John O'Neill
2017 Godless Frank Griffin
2017 Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge Narrator
2015 ARES: live Teddy Sanders
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones Self
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self
2012 The Newsroom Will McAvoy
2011 Impractical Jokers Self
2007 The Graham Norton Show Self
2005 The Colbert Report Self
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1999 Family Guy Jeff Daniels (voice)
1997 The View Self
1996 The Daily Show Self
1993 Frasier Doug (voice)
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 HBO First Look
1991 Breakfast with the Arts
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987 Trying Times Jim
1984 MTV Video Music Awards Self - Presenter
1980 A Rumor of War Chaplain
1979 CBS News Sunday Morning Self
1975 Saturday Night Live Self - Host
1975 Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1968 Hawaii Five-O Neal Forrester
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame Lyman Fellers
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