About
Jeff Daniels
Overview
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
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| 2024 | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
| 2024 | A Man in Full | Actor | Charlie Croker | 67 Fair |
| 2023 | Bye Bye Barry | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The American Buffalo | Actor | (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | The Saint of Second Chances | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | American Rust | Actor | Det. Del Harris | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | 9/11: Inside the President's War Room | Actor | Narrator | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Hemingway | Actor | Ernest Hemingway (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2020 | Adam | Actor | Mickey | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule | Actor | James Comey | 69 Fair |
| 2020 | Washington | Actor | Self - Narrator | 71 Good |
| 2019 | Guest Artist | Actor | Joseph Harris | 58 Average |
| 2018 | The Emperor's Newest Clothes | Actor | The Emperor | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Actor | Bill Donovan | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | The Russian Five | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Actor | John O'Neill | 71 Good |
| 2017 | Godless | Actor | Frank Griffin | 76 Good |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge | Actor | Narrator | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge | Actor | 61 Fair |
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| 2016 | Allegiant | Actor | David | 60 Fair |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs | Actor | John Sculley | 67 Fair |
| 2015 | The Martian | Actor | Teddy Sanders | 76 Good |
| 2015 | ARES: live | Actor | Teddy Sanders | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Of Miracles and Men | Actor | Self - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Dumb and Dumber To | Actor | Harry Dunne | 56 Average |
| 2013 | James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Looper | Actor | Abe | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Actor | Will McAvoy | 79 Good |
| 2010 | Howl | Actor | Professor David Kirk | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Paper Man | Actor | Richard Dunn | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Away We Go | Actor | Jerry Farlander | 62 Fair |
| 2009 | State of Play | Actor | George Fergus | 66 Fair |
| 2009 | The Answer Man | Actor | Arlen Faber | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Traitor | Actor | Carter | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | Space Chimps | Actor | Zartog (voice) | 54 Average |
| 2008 | A Plumm Summer | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Actor | Dan Miller | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Mama's Boy | Actor | Mert Rosenbloom | 57 Average |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Actor | Lewis | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | Infamous | Actor | Alvin Dewey | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Robin Williams: A Family Affair | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | RV | Actor | Travis Gornicke | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Still Dumb After All These Years | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Actor | Bernard Berkman | 65 Fair |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Actor | Sig Mickelson | 66 Fair |
| 2005 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Actor | Preacher | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Actor | Blue Man | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | Actor | P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Actor | Ben Travis | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Goodbye Girl | Actor | Elliot Garfield | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2003 | I Witness | Actor | James Rhodes | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Gods and Generals | Actor | Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Hours | Actor | Louis Waters | 69 Fair |
| 2002 | Blood Work | Actor | Jasper 'Buddy' Noone | 60 Fair |
| 2002 | Super Sucker | Actor | Fred Barlow | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Chasing Sleep | Actor | Ed Saxon | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Escanaba in da Moonlight | Actor | Rueben Soady | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Cheaters | Actor | Dr. Gerard Plecki | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Crossing | Actor | Gen. George Washington | 59 Average |
| 1999 | It's the Rage | Actor | Warren Harding | 58 Average |
| 1999 | My Favorite Martian | Actor | Tim O'Hara | 57 Average |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Actor | Mr. Johnson | 69 Fair |
| 1998 | Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Actor | Charles Tuttle | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Actor | Roger | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Fly Away Home | Actor | Thomas Alden | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Actor | Alvin Strayer | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Redwood Curtain | Actor | Lyman Fellers | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Dumb and Dumber | Actor | Harry Dunne | 65 Fair |
| 1994 | Speed | Actor | Harry | 70 Good |
| 1993 | Gettysburg | Actor | Col. Joshua Chamberlain | 62 Fair |
| 1993 | Rain Without Thunder | Actor | Jonathan Garson | 58 Average |
| 1992 | There Goes the Neighborhood | Actor | Willis Embry | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Actor | Tom Noonan | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Timescape | Actor | Ben Wilson | 59 Average |
| 1991 | America's Classic Ballparks | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Actor | Dr. Alex Tremor | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Actor | Denton Webb | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Arachnophobia | Actor | Ross Jennings | 62 Fair |
| 1990 | Love Hurts | Actor | Paul Weaver | 58 Average |
| 1989 | No Place Like Home | Actor | Mike Cooper | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Checking Out | Actor | Ray Macklin | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Sweet Hearts Dance | Actor | Sam Manners | 58 Average |
| 1988 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Actor | Lt. Steve Maryk | 59 Average |
| 1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Actor | Cochran | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Actor | Biff Baxter | 64 Fair |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Actor | Charles Driggs | 61 Fair |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Actor | Richard | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Marie: A True Story | Actor | Eddie Sisk | 58 Average |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Actor | Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd | 69 Fair |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Actor | Flap Horton | 66 Fair |
| 1983 | An Invasion of Privacy | Actor | Francis Ryan | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Fifth of July | Actor | Jed Jenkins | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Actor | P.C. O'Donnell | 61 Fair |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Actor | Chaplain | 69 Fair |
| Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
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| Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story | Actor | Ralph Teetor (voice) | N/A N/A |
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| Reykjavik | Actor | Ronald Reagan | N/A N/A |
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| Dumb and dumber - the making of | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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| Reykjavik | Actor | U.S. President Ronald Reagan | N/A N/A |
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| 2002 | Super Sucker | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Escanaba in da Moonlight | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2019 | Guest Artist | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Super Sucker | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 2019 | Guest Artist | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
Crew |
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| 2017 | The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer | Crew | Creator | 68 Fair |