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Actor

Jeff Daniels

Born 19 February 1955 · 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).

Films and shows

  1. 2027StarmanEd Watkins
  2. 2026The Brink of War1h 57mRonald Reagan
  3. 2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words1h 30mSelf
  4. 2024A Man in Full1 seasonCharlie Croker
  5. 2024Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story1h 44mSelf
  6. 2023The Saint of Second Chances1h 34mNarrator (voice)
  7. 2023Bye Bye Barry1h 33mSelf
  8. 2023The American Buffalo1 season(voice)
  9. 2021American Rust2 seasonsDet. Del Harris
  10. 2021Hemingway1 seasonErnest Hemingway (voice)
  11. 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age1h 25mSelf
  12. 20219/11: Inside the President's War Room1h 29mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  13. 2020The Comey Rule1 seasonJames Comey
  14. 2020Washington1 seasonSelf - Narrator
  15. 2020Adam1h 40mMickey
  16. 2019Guest Artist1h 15mJoseph Harris
  17. 2018The Looming Tower1 seasonJohn O'Neill
  18. 2018The Emperor's Newest Clothes26mThe Emperor
  19. 2018The Russian Five1h 49mself
  20. 2017Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge1 seasonNarrator
  21. 2017Godless1 seasonFrank Griffin
  22. 2017The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer1 seasonCreator
  23. 2016Allegiant2hDavid
  24. 2015Of Miracles and Men1h 43mSelf - Narrator
  25. 2015The Martian2h 21mTheodore "Teddy" Sanders
  26. 2015Steve Jobs2h 3mJohn Sculley
  27. 2015ARES: live1 seasonTeddy Sanders
  28. 2015"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'45mSelf
  29. 2015Hunting Hitler3 seasonsCreator
  30. 2014Dumb and Dumber To1h 50mHarry Dunne
  31. 2013James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend35mSelf
  32. 2012The Newsroom3 seasonsWill McAvoy
  33. 2012Looper1h 58mAbe
  34. 2010Howl1h 24mProfessor David Kirk
  35. 2009Paper Man1h 50mRichard Dunn
  36. 2009The Answer Man1h 35mArlen Faber
  37. 2009Away We Go1h 38mJerry Farlander
  38. 2009State of Play2h 7mGeorge Fergus
  39. 2008Sweet Nothing in My Ear1h 27mDan Miller
  40. 2008A Plumm Summer1h 39mNarrator
  41. 2008Space Chimps1h 21mZartog (voice)
  42. 2008Traitor1h 54mCarter
  43. 2007The Lookout1h 39mLewis
  44. 2007Mama's Boy1h 33mMert Rosenbloom
  45. 2006RV1h 39mTravis Gornicke
  46. 2006Infamous1h 50mAlvin Dewey
  47. 2006Robin Williams: A Family AffairSelf
  48. 2006Still Dumb After All These Years19mSelf
  49. 2006Robin Williams: A Family Affair5mSelf
  50. 2006RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors12mSelf
  51. 2006Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy9mSelf
  52. 2006RV Nation: The Culture of Road WarriorsSelf
  53. 2005The Squid and the Whale1h 21mBernard Berkman
  54. 2005Because of Winn-Dixie1h 46mPreacher
  55. 2005Good Night, and Good Luck.1h 33mSig Mickelson
  56. 2004The Goodbye Girl1h 43mElliot Garfield
  57. 2004Imaginary Heroes1h 51mBen Travis
  58. 2004The Five People You Meet In Heaven2h 12mBlue Man
  59. 2004Dumb and Dumber - Making Of18mSelf
  60. 2004Remembering Ragtime18mP. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
  61. 2003I Witness1h 38mJames Rhodes
  62. 2003Gods and Generals3h 39mLt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
  63. 2002Super Sucker1h 33mFred Barlow
  64. 2002Blood Work1h 50mJasper 'Buddy' Noone
  65. 2001Chasing Sleep1h 44mEd Saxon
  66. 2001Escanaba in da Moonlight1h 31mRueben Soady
  67. 2000Cheaters1h 46mDr. Gerard Plecki
  68. 2000The Crossing1h 29mGen. George Washington
  69. 2000It's the Rage1h 39mWarren Harding
  70. 1999My Favorite Martian1h 34mTim O'Hara
  71. 1998Pleasantville2h 4mMr. Johnson
  72. 1998Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley1h 8mSelf
  73. 1997Trial and Error1h 38mCharles Tuttle
  74. 1997Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party56mSelf
  75. 1996Fly Away Home1h 47mThomas Alden
  76. 1996101 Dalmatians1h 43mRoger
  77. 19962 Days in the Valley1h 44mAlvin Strayer
  78. 1995Redwood Curtain1h 39mLyman Fellers
  79. 1994Dumb and Dumber1h 47mHarry Dunne
  80. 1994Speed1h 56mHarry
  81. 1993Gettysburg4h 14mCol. Joshua Chamberlain
  82. 1993Rain Without Thunder1h 25mJonathan Garson
  83. 1992Timescape1h 39mBen Wilson
  84. 1992There Goes the Neighborhood1h 28mWillis Embry
  85. 1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story1h 30mTom Noonan
  86. 1991The Butcher's Wife1h 47mDr. Alex Tremor
  87. 1991America's Classic Ballparks56mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  88. 1990Arachnophobia1h 49mRoss Jennings
  89. 1990Love Hurts1h 46mPaul Weaver
  90. 1990Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael1h 35mDenton Webb
  91. 1989No Place Like Home1h 30mMike Cooper
  92. 1988Checking Out1h 36mRay Macklin
  93. 1988The House on Carroll Street1h 41mCochran
  94. 1988The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial2h 2mLt. Steve Maryk
  95. 1988Sweet Hearts Dance1h 41mSam Manners
  96. 1987Radio Days1h 29mBiff Baxter
  97. 1986Something Wild1h 54mCharles Driggs
  98. 1986Heartburn1h 48mRichard
  99. 1985The Purple Rose of Cairo1h 22mTom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
  100. 1985Marie: A True Story1h 52mEddie Sisk
  101. 1983An Invasion of Privacy1h 40mFrancis Ryan
  102. 1983Terms of Endearment2h 12mFlap Horton
  103. 1982Fifth of July2h 9mJed Jenkins
  104. 1981Ragtime2h 35mP.C. O'Donnell
  105. Bannerman1 seasonRaymond Lesko
  106. Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story1h 31mRalph Teetor (voice)
  107. Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character57mNarrator
  108. The Reception
  109. 2034
  110. The Gettysburg Book: A Father, Son & The Killer AngelsSelf