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Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Actor · Born 1955-02-19 · Athens, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor. 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).

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Martian (2015) — Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
  2. Looper (2012) — Abe
  3. Allegiant (2016) — David
  4. Speed (1994) — Harry
  5. Dumb and Dumber (1994) — Harry Dunne
  6. Family Guy (1999) — Jeff Daniels (voice)
  7. Steve Jobs (2015) — John Sculley
  8. 101 Dalmatians (1996) — Roger
  9. Dumb and Dumber To (2014) — Harry Dunne
  10. State of Play (2009) — George Fergus
  11. Pleasantville (1998) — Mr. Johnson
  12. The Hours (2002) — Louis Waters
  13. RV (2006) — Travis Gornicke
  14. Arachnophobia (1990) — Ross Jennings
  15. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) — Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
  16. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) — Sig Mickelson
  17. The Squid and the Whale (2005) — Bernard Berkman
  18. Blood Work (2002) — Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
  19. Frasier (1993) — Doug (voice)
  20. Terms of Endearment (1983) — Flap Horton
  21. The Newsroom (2012) — Will McAvoy
  22. Traitor (2008) — Carter
  23. Godless (2017) — Frank Griffin
  24. The Lookout (2007) — Lewis
  25. Shrinking (2023)
  26. Radio Days (1987) — Biff Baxter
  27. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  28. Away We Go (2009) — Jerry Farlander
  29. Fly Away Home (1996) — Thomas Alden
  30. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  31. Space Chimps (2008) — Zartog (voice)
  32. Impractical Jokers (2011) — Self
  33. Something Wild (1986) — Charles Driggs
  34. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
  35. Paper Man (2009) — Richard Dunn
  36. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
  37. My Favorite Martian (1999) — Tim O'Hara
  38. Gettysburg (1993) — Col. Joshua Chamberlain
  39. The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) — Bill Donovan
  40. The Colbert Report (2005) — Self

Directed

  1. Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001) — Director
  2. Super Sucker (2002) — Director