Jeff Daniels
Actor
Born February 19, 1955 in Athens, Georgia, USA
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).
Filmography
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The Brink of War
Ronald Reagan
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Ralph Teetor (voice)
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
American Rust
Det. Del Harris
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Self - Narrator (voice)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
The Comey Rule
James Comey
Adam
Mickey
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Himself
Washington
Self - Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Guest Artist
Joseph Harris
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Emperor
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
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Narrator
Allegiant
David
Hunting Hitler
Steve Jobs
John Sculley
The Martian
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
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 - Narrator
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
Paper Man
Richard Dunn
Away We Go
Jerry Farlander
State of Play
George Fergus
The Answer Man
Arlen Faber
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 (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
I Witness
James Rhodes
Gods and Generals
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Hours
Louis Waters
Blood Work
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Super Sucker
Fred Barlow
Chasing Sleep
Ed Saxon
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Rueben Soady
Cheaters
Dr. Gerard Plecki
The Crossing
Gen. George Washington
All the Rage
Warren Harding
My Favorite Martian
Tim O'Hara
Family Guy
Jeff Daniels (voice)
Pleasantville
Mr. Johnson
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Self
The View
Self
Trial and Error
Charles Tuttle
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
Self
101 Dalmatians
Roger
Fly Away Home
Thomas Alden
2 Days in the Valley
Alvin Strayer
The Daily Show
Self
Redwood Curtain
Lyman Fellers
Dumb and Dumber
Harry Dunne
Speed
Harry
Gettysburg
Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Frasier
Doug (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Rain Without Thunder
Jonathan Garson
There Goes the Neighborhood
Willis Embry
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Tom Noonan
HBO First Look
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Timescape
Ben Wilson
America's Classic Ballparks
Narrator
The Butcher's Wife
Dr. Alex Tremor
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Denton Webb
Arachnophobia
Ross Jennings
Love Hurts
Paul Weaver
No Place Like Home
Mike Cooper
Checking Out
Ray Macklin
Sweet Hearts Dance
Sam Manners
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Lt. Steve Maryk
The House on Carroll Street
Cochran
Radio Days
Biff Baxter
Something Wild
Charles Driggs
Heartburn
Richard
Marie: A True Story
Eddie Sisk
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter
Terms of Endearment
Flap Horton
An Invasion of Privacy
Francis Ryan
Fifth of July
Jed Jenkins
American Playhouse
Jed Jenkins
Ragtime
P.C. O'Donnell
A Rumor of War
Chaplain
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Hawaii Five-O
Neal Forrester
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lyman Fellers