Jeff Daniels

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-02-19 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Athens, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

  • 제프 다니엘스
  • 杰夫·丹尼尔斯
  • 黛安·蓮恩
  • Джефф Деніелс

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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Known For

The Martian
7.7%

The Martian

Sep 30, 2015

Looper
6.9%

Looper

Sep 26, 2012

Allegiant
6.1%

Allegiant

Mar 9, 2016

Speed
7.1%

Speed

Jun 9, 1994

Dumb and Dumber
6.6%

Dumb and Dumber

Dec 16, 1994

Family Guy
7.4%

Family Guy

Jan 31, 1999

Steve Jobs
6.8%

Steve Jobs

Oct 9, 2015

101 Dalmatians
5.9%

101 Dalmatians

Nov 27, 1996

Dumb and Dumber To
5.6%

Dumb and Dumber To

Nov 12, 2014

State of Play
6.8%

State of Play

Apr 17, 2009

The Hours
7.3%

The Hours

Dec 27, 2002

Pleasantville
7.3%

Pleasantville

Sep 17, 1998

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Acting

Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character as Narrator
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Ralph Teetor (voice)
Reykjavik as Ronald Reagan
2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story as Self
2024
A Man in Full as Charlie Croker
2023
Bye Bye Barry as Self
2023
The American Buffalo as (voice)
2023
The Saint of Second Chances as Narrator (voice)
2023
Shrinking
2021
American Rust as Det. Del Harris
2021
9/11: Inside the President's War Room as Narrator
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2021
Hemingway as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
2020
The Comey Rule as James Comey
2020
Adam as Mickey
2020
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party as Himself
2020
Washington as Self - Narrator
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
Guest Artist as Joseph Harris
2018
The Emperor's Newest Clothes as The Emperor
2018
The Catcher Was a Spy as Bill Donovan
2018
The Russian Five as self
2018
The Looming Tower as John O'Neill
2017
Godless as Frank Griffin
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2017
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge as Narrator
2016
Allegiant as David
2015
Steve Jobs as John Sculley
2015
The Martian as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015
ARES: live as Teddy Sanders
2015
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' as Self
2015
Of Miracles and Men as Self - Narrator
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Dumb and Dumber To as Harry Dunne
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend as Self
2012
Looper as Abe
2012
The Newsroom as Will McAvoy
2011
Impractical Jokers as Self
2010
Howl as Professor David Kirk
2009
Paper Man as Richard Dunn
2009
Away We Go as Jerry Farlander
2009
State of Play as George Fergus
2009
The Answer Man as Arlen Faber
2008
Traitor as Carter
2008
Space Chimps as Zartog (voice)
2008
A Plumm Summer as Narrator
2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear as Dan Miller
2007
Mama's Boy as Mert Rosenbloom
2007
The Lookout as Lewis
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
Infamous as Alvin Dewey
2006
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors as Self
2006
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy as Self
2006
Robin Williams: A Family Affair as Self
2006
RV as Travis Gornicke
2006
Still Dumb After All These Years as Self
2005
The Colbert Report as Self
2005
The Squid and the Whale as Bernard Berkman
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. as Sig Mickelson
2005
Because of Winn-Dixie as Preacher
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004
The Five People You Meet In Heaven as Blue Man
2004
Remembering Ragtime as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
2004
Imaginary Heroes as Ben Travis
2004
The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
2004
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of as Self
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
I Witness as James Rhodes
2003
Gods and Generals as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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
Cheaters as Dr. Gerard Plecki
2000
The Crossing as Gen. George Washington
1999
It's the Rage as Warren Harding
1999
My Favorite Martian as Tim O'Hara
1999
Family Guy as Jeff Daniels (voice)
1998
Pleasantville as Mr. Johnson
1998
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self
1997
The View as Self
1997
Trial and Error as Charles Tuttle
1997
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party as Self
1996
101 Dalmatians as Roger
1996
Fly Away Home as Thomas Alden
1996
2 Days in the Valley as Alvin Strayer
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1995
Redwood Curtain as Lyman Fellers
1994
Dumb and Dumber as Harry Dunne
1994
Speed as Harry
1993
Gettysburg as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
1993
Frasier as Doug (voice)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993
Rain Without Thunder as Jonathan Garson
1992
There Goes the Neighborhood as Willis Embry
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Tom Noonan
1992
HBO First Look
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Timescape as Ben Wilson
1991
America's Classic Ballparks as Narrator
1991
The Butcher's Wife as Dr. Alex Tremor
1991
Breakfast with the Arts
1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Denton Webb
1990
Arachnophobia as Ross Jennings
1990
Love Hurts as Paul Weaver
1989
No Place Like Home as Mike Cooper
1988
Checking Out as Ray Macklin
1988
Sweet Hearts Dance as Sam Manners
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial as Lt. Steve Maryk
1988
The House on Carroll Street as Cochran
1987
Trying Times as Jim
1987
Radio Days as Biff Baxter
1986
Something Wild as Charles Driggs
1986
Heartburn as Richard
1985
Marie: A True Story as Eddie Sisk
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
1984
MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Presenter
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
1980
A Rumor of War as Chaplain
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Neal Forrester
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lyman Fellers

Creator

2015
Hunting Hitler as Creator

Directing

2002
Super Sucker as Director
2001
Escanaba in da Moonlight as Director

Production

2021
American Rust as Executive Producer
2019
Guest Artist as Producer

Writing

2019
Guest Artist as Writer
2002
Super Sucker as Writer
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