Jeff Daniels
- Acting
- February 19, 1955 · Athens, Georgia, USA
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Starman · Ed Watkins
- The Brink of War · Ronald Reagan
- The American Revolution · Thomas Jefferson (Voice)
- Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words · Self
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story · Self
- A Man in Full · Charlie Croker
- Bye Bye Barry · Self
- The American Buffalo · Voice
- The Saint of Second Chances · Narrator (Voice)
- Shrinking · Randy
- American Rust · Det. Del Harris, Executive producer
- 9/11: Inside the President's War Room · Self
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Hemingway · Ernest Hemingway (Voice)
- The Comey Rule · James Comey
- Adam · Mickey
- Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party · Self
- Washington · Self
- The Morning Show · Lukas
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Guest Artist · Joseph Harris, Producer
- The Emperor's Newest Clothes · The Emperor (Voice)
- The Catcher Was a Spy · Bill Donovan
- The Russian Five · Self
- The Looming Tower · John O'Neill
- Godless · Frank Griffin
- The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer · Creator
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge · Narrator
- Allegiant · David
- Hunting Hitler · Creator
- Steve Jobs · John Sculley
- The Martian · Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self, Casting Reject
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- ARES: live · Teddy Sanders
- "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' · Self
- Of Miracles and Men · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Dumb and Dumber To · Harry Dunne
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend · Self
- Looper · Abe
- The Newsroom · Will McAvoy
- Impractical Jokers · Self
- Howl · Professor David Kirk
- The Answer Man · Arlen Faber
- Paper Man · Richard Dunn
- Away We Go · Jerry Farlander
- State of Play · George Fergus
- Traitor · Carter
- Space Chimps · Zartog (Voice)
- A Plumm Summer · Narrator
- Sweet Nothing in My Ear · Dan Miller
- Mama's Boy · Mert Rosenbloom
- The Lookout · Lewis
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Infamous · Alvin Dewey
- Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy · Self
- RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors · Self
- Robin Williams: A Family Affair · Self
- RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors · Self
- Robin Williams: A Family Affair · Self
- RV · Travis Gornicke
- Still Dumb After All These Years · Self
- The Colbert Report · Self
- The Squid and the Whale · Bernard Berkman
- Good Night, and Good Luck. · Sig Mickelson
- Because of Winn-Dixie · Preacher
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson · Self
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven · Blue Man
- Remembering Ragtime · P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
- Imaginary Heroes · Ben Travis
- The Goodbye Girl · Elliot Garfield
- Dumb and Dumber - Making Of · Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- I Witness · James Rhodes
- Gods and Generals · Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self