Jeff Daniels
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-02-19 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Athens, Georgia, USA
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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Acting
Reykjavik
as Ronald Reagan
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
as Narrator
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
as Ralph Teetor (voice)
(2024)
(2023)
Bye Bye Barry
as Self
(2023)
The Saint of Second Chances
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
as Narrator
(2021)
(2020)
Adam
as Mickey
(2019)
Guest Artist
as Joseph Harris
(2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Bill Donovan
(2018)
The Russian Five
as self
(2018)
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
as The Emperor
(2017)
(2016)
Allegiant
as David
(2015)
The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
(2015)
Steve Jobs
as John Sculley
(2015)
(2015)
Of Miracles and Men
as Self - Narrator
(2014)
Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne
(2013)
(2012)
Looper
as Abe
(2010)
Howl
as Professor David Kirk
(2009)
State of Play
as George Fergus
(2009)
Away We Go
as Jerry Farlander
(2009)
Paper Man
as Richard Dunn
(2009)
The Answer Man
as Arlen Faber
(2008)
Space Chimps
as Zartog (voice)
(2008)
Traitor
as Carter
(2008)
A Plumm Summer
as Narrator
(2008)
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Dan Miller
(2007)
The Lookout
as Lewis
(2007)
Mama's Boy
as Mert Rosenbloom
(2006)
RV
as Travis Gornicke
(2006)
Infamous
as Alvin Dewey
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson
(2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Preacher
(2005)
The Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman
(2004)
Imaginary Heroes
as Ben Travis
(2004)
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Blue Man
(2004)
The Goodbye Girl
as Elliot Garfield
(2004)
Remembering Ragtime
as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
(2004)
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
as Self
(2003)
Gods and Generals
as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
(2003)
I Witness
as James Rhodes
(2003)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
The Hours
as Louis Waters
(2002)
Blood Work
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
(2002)
Super Sucker
as Fred Barlow
(2001)
Chasing Sleep
as Ed Saxon
(2001)
Escanaba in da Moonlight
as Rueben Soady
(2000)
The Crossing
as Gen. George Washington
(2000)
Cheaters
as Dr. Gerard Plecki
(1999)
My Favorite Martian
as Tim O'Hara
(1999)
It's the Rage
as Warren Harding
(1998)
Pleasantville
as Mr. Johnson
(1998)
(1997)
Trial and Error
as Charles Tuttle
(1997)
(1996)
101 Dalmatians
as Roger
(1996)
Fly Away Home
as Thomas Alden
(1996)
2 Days in the Valley
as Alvin Strayer
(1995)
Redwood Curtain
as Lyman Fellers
(1994)
Speed
as Harry
(1994)
Dumb and Dumber
as Harry Dunne
(1993)
Gettysburg
as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
(1993)
Rain Without Thunder
as Jonathan Garson
(1992)
Timescape
as Ben Wilson
(1992)
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Willis Embry
(1992)
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Tom Noonan
(1991)
The Butcher's Wife
as Dr. Alex Tremor
(1991)
America's Classic Ballparks
as Narrator
(1990)
Arachnophobia
as Ross Jennings
(1990)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Denton Webb
(1990)
Love Hurts
as Paul Weaver
(1989)
No Place Like Home
as Mike Cooper
(1988)
The House on Carroll Street
as Cochran
(1988)
Checking Out
as Ray Macklin
(1988)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
as Lt. Steve Maryk
(1988)
Sweet Hearts Dance
as Sam Manners
(1987)
Radio Days
as Biff Baxter
(1986)
Heartburn
as Richard
(1986)
Something Wild
as Charles Driggs
(1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
(1985)
Marie: A True Story
as Eddie Sisk
(1983)
Terms of Endearment
as Flap Horton
(1983)
An Invasion of Privacy
as Francis Ryan
(1982)
Fifth of July
as Jed Jenkins
(1981)
Ragtime
as P.C. O'Donnell
Crew
(2019)
Guest Artist
Producer, Writer
(2002)
Super Sucker
Director, Writer
(2001)
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Director