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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Louis Waters
The Hours
Harry
Speed
Sig Mickelson
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Gettysburg
Mr. Johnson
Pleasantville
Bernard Berkman
The Squid and the Whale
Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Dr. Alex Tremor
The Butcher's Wife
Arlen Faber
The Answer Man
Flap Horton
Terms of Endearment
Thomas Alden
Fly Away Home
Blue Man
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Ross Jennings
Arachnophobia
Charles Driggs
Something Wild
Zartog (voice)
Space Chimps
Biff Baxter
Radio Days
Warren Harding
It's the Rage
Denton Webb
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Roger
101 Dalmatians
Harry Dunne
Dumb and Dumber
Lewis
The Lookout
Ed Saxon
Chasing Sleep
Ben Travis
Imaginary Heroes
P.C. O'Donnell
Ragtime
Travis Gornicke
RV
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Blood Work
Alvin Strayer
2 Days in the Valley
Alvin Dewey
Infamous
Tim O'Hara
My Favorite Martian
Mert Rosenbloom
Mama's Boy
Richard
Heartburn
Gen. George Washington
The Crossing
Ben Wilson
Timescape
Dr. Gerard Plecki
Cheaters
James Rhodes
I Witness
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Gods and Generals
Professor David Kirk
Howl
George Fergus
State of Play
Narrator (voice)
The Saint of Second Chances
Preacher
Because of Winn-Dixie
Richard Dunn
Paper Man
Charles Tuttle
Trial and Error
Elliot Garfield
The Goodbye Girl
Rueben Soady
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Sam Manners
Sweet Hearts Dance
Jerry Farlander
Away We Go
Narrator
A Plumm Summer
Ray Macklin
Checking Out
Cochran
The House on Carroll Street
Abe
Looper
Eddie Sisk
Marie: A True Story
Harry Dunne
Dumb and Dumber To
Lt. Steve Maryk
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Lyman Fellers
Redwood Curtain
P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
Remembering Ragtime
Mike Cooper
No Place Like Home
Bill Donovan
The Catcher Was a Spy
Paul Weaver
Love Hurts
Self
Bye Bye Barry
Narrator
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Dan Miller
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Willis Embry
There Goes the Neighborhood
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
The Martian
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Jonathan Garson
Rain Without Thunder
John Sculley
Steve Jobs
Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Narrator
America's Classic Ballparks
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
David
Allegiant
Self - Narrator
Of Miracles and Men
Carter
Traitor
Narrator
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
Ralph Teetor (voice)
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Tom Noonan
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Fred Barlow
Super Sucker
The Emperor
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
Joseph Harris
Guest Artist
Jed Jenkins
Fifth of July
Self
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Francis Ryan
An Invasion of Privacy
Self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Self
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Self
Still Dumb After All These Years
Mickey
Adam
Self
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
Self
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Ronald Reagan
Reykjavik
Self
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
self
The Russian Five
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-02-19
Place of Birth
Athens, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
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