Jeff Daniels
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Feb 19, 1955 In Athens, Georgia, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 109
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dumb and dumber - the making of
- Latest Project:
- Movie Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024-09-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Dumb and dumber - the making of | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
| Series | A Man in Full | Charlie Croker | 2024-05-02 |
| Movie | The Saint of Second Chances | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-11 |
| Series | The American Buffalo | (voice) | 2023-10-16 |
| Movie | Bye Bye Barry | Self | 2023-11-20 |
| Movie | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
| Movie | 9/11: Inside the President's War Room | Narrator | 2021-08-31 |
| Series | American Rust | Det. Del Harris | 2021-09-12 |
| Series | The Comey Rule | James Comey | 2020-09-27 |
| Series | Washington | Self - Narrator | 2020-02-16 |
| Movie | Guest Artist | Joseph Harris | 2019-02-07 |
| Series | The Looming Tower | John O'Neill | 2018-02-28 |
| Movie | The Russian Five | Himself | 2018-04-11 |
| Movie | The Catcher Was a Spy | Bill Donovan | 2018-06-22 |
| Movie | The Emperor's Newest Clothes | The Emperor | 2018-11-15 |
| Series | Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge | Narrator | 2017-11-06 |
| Series | Godless | Frank Griffin | 2017-11-22 |
| Movie | Broadway: The Next Generation | Self | 2017-11-16 |
| Movie | Allegiant | David | 2016-03-09 |
| Movie | Of Miracles and Men | Self - Narrator | 2015-02-08 |
| Movie | "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' | Self | 2015-02-17 |
| Movie | The Martian | Teddy Sanders | 2015-09-30 |
| Series | ARES: live | Teddy Sanders | 2015-06-07 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Himself | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Steve Jobs | John Sculley | 2015-10-09 |
| Movie | Dumb and Dumber To | Harry Dunne | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend | Self | 2013-12-22 |
| Movie | Looper | Abe | 2012-09-26 |
| Series | The Newsroom | Will McAvoy | 2012-06-24 |
| Movie | Howl | Professor David Kirk | 2010-08-26 |
| Movie | The Answer Man | Arlen Faber | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | State of Play | George Fergus | 2009-04-17 |
| Movie | Paper Man | Richard Dunn | 2009-06-15 |
| Movie | Away We Go | Jerry Farlander | 2009-06-05 |
| Movie | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Dan Miller | 2008-04-20 |
| Movie | Space Chimps | Zartog (voice) | 2008-06-25 |
| Movie | Traitor | Carter | 2008-08-23 |
| Movie | A Plumm Summer | Narrator | 2008-04-25 |
| Movie | The Lookout | Lewis | 2007-03-09 |
| Movie | Mama's Boy | Mert Rosenbloom | 2007-12-14 |
| Movie | RV | Travis Gornicke | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Robin Williams: A Family Affair | Self | 2006-08-15 |
| Movie | Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy | Self | 2006-08-15 |
| Movie | RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors | Self | 2006-08-15 |
| Movie | Infamous | Alvin Dewey | 2006-10-13 |
| Movie | Because of Winn-Dixie | Preacher | 2005-02-18 |
| Movie | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Sig Mickelson | 2005-09-16 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | The Squid and the Whale | Bernard Berkman | 2005-10-05 |
| Movie | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield | 2004-01-16 |
| Movie | The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Blue Man | 2004-12-05 |
| Movie | Imaginary Heroes | Ben Travis | 2004-09-14 |
| Movie | Gods and Generals | Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain | 2003-02-21 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | I Witness | James Rhodes | 2003-04-13 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-10-26 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Super Sucker | Fred Barlow | 2002-02-24 |
| Movie | Blood Work | Jasper 'Buddy' Noone | 2002-08-09 |
| Movie | The Hours | Louis Waters | 2002-12-27 |
| Movie | Chasing Sleep | Ed Saxon | 2001-05-16 |
| Movie | Escanaba in da Moonlight | Rueben Soady | 2001-01-26 |
| Movie | Cheaters | Dr. Gerard Plecki | 2000-05-20 |
| Movie | The Crossing | Gen. George Washington | 2000-01-10 |
| Movie | It's the Rage | Warren Harding | 1999-09-11 |
| Movie | My Favorite Martian | Tim O'Hara | 1999-02-11 |
| Movie | Pleasantville | Mr. Johnson | 1998-09-17 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Trial and Error | Charles Tuttle | 1997-05-30 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | 2 Days in the Valley | Alvin Strayer | 1996-09-11 |
| Movie | 101 Dalmatians | Roger | 1996-11-27 |
| Movie | Fly Away Home | Thomas Alden | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | Redwood Curtain | Lyman Fellers | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Speed | Harry | 1994-06-09 |
| Movie | Dumb and Dumber | Harry Dunne | 1994-12-16 |
| Movie | Rain Without Thunder | Jonathan Garson | 1993-02-05 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Gettysburg | Col. Joshua Chamberlain | 1993-10-08 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Doug | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Timescape | Ben Wilson | 1992-01-11 |
| Movie | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Tom Noonan | 1992-09-12 |
| Movie | There Goes the Neighborhood | Willis Embry | 1992-10-30 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Series | Breakfast with the Arts | Unknown | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | The Butcher's Wife | Dr. Alex Tremor | 1991-10-25 |
| Movie | Love Hurts | Paul Weaver | 1990-04-19 |
| Movie | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Denton Webb | 1990-10-12 |
| Movie | Arachnophobia | Ross Jennings | 1990-07-20 |
| Movie | No Place Like Home | Mike Cooper | 1989-12-03 |
| Movie | Checking Out | Ray Macklin | 1988-10-26 |
| Series | Tanner '88 | 1988-02-15 | |
| Movie | The House on Carroll Street | Cochran | 1988-03-04 |
| Movie | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Lt. Steve Maryk | 1988-05-08 |
| Movie | Sweet Hearts Dance | Sam Manners | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Radio Days | Biff Baxter | 1987-01-30 |
| Movie | Heartburn | Richard | 1986-07-25 |
| Movie | Something Wild | Charles Driggs | 1986-11-07 |
| Movie | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd | 1985-03-01 |
| Movie | Marie: A True Story | Eddie Sisk | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Terms of Endearment | Flap Horton | 1983-11-20 |
| Movie | Fifth of July | Jed Jenkins | 1982-10-11 |
| Movie | Ragtime | P.C. O'Donnell | 1981-11-20 |
| Series | A Rumor of War | Chaplain | 1980-09-24 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |