
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Film | Allegiant | David | 2016-03-09 |
Film | The Martian | Teddy Sanders | 2015-09-30 |
Film | Steve Jobs | John Sculley | 2015-10-09 |
Film | Of Miracles and Men | Narrator | 2015-02-08 |
Film | Dumb and Dumber To | Harry Dunne | 2014-11-12 |
Film | Looper | Abe | 2012-09-26 |
Serial | The Newsroom | Will McAvoy | 2012-06-24 |
Film | Howl | Professor David Kirk | 2010-08-26 |
Film | Paper Man | Richard Dunn | 2009-06-15 |
Film | Away We Go | Jerry Farlander | 2009-06-05 |
Film | State of Play | Senator George Fergus | 2009-04-17 |
Film | The Answer Man | Arlen Faber | 2009-01-18 |
Film | Space Chimps | Zartog (voice) | 2008-07-17 |
Film | Traitor | Carter | 2008-08-23 |
Film | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Dan Miller | 2008-04-20 |
Film | Mama's Boy | Mert Rosenbloom | 2007-12-14 |
Film | The Lookout | Lewis | 2007-03-09 |
Film | A Plumm Summer | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
Film | Infamous | Alvin Dewey | 2006-11-16 |
Film | RV | Travis Gornicke | 2006-04-28 |
Film | Because of Winn-Dixie | Preacher | 2005-02-18 |
Film | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Sig Mickelson | 2005-09-16 |
Film | The Squid and the Whale | Bernard Berkman | 2005-10-05 |
Serial | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Film | The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Blue Man | 2004-12-05 |
Film | Imaginary Heroes | Ben Travis | 2004-09-14 |
Film | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield | 2004-01-16 |
Film | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-10-26 |
Serial | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Film | I Witness | James Rhodes | 2003-04-13 |
Film | Gods and Generals | Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain | 2003-02-21 |
Serial | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Film | The Hours | Louis Waters | 2002-12-27 |
Film | Blood Work | Jasper 'Buddy' Noone | 2002-08-04 |
Film | Escanaba in da Moonlight | Rueben Soady | 2001-01-26 |
Film | Chasing Sleep | Ed Saxon | 2000-09-08 |
Film | Cheaters | Dr. Gerard Plecki | 2000-05-20 |
Film | The Crossing | Gen. George Washington | 2000-01-10 |
Film | My Favorite Martian | Tim O'Hara | 1999-02-11 |
Film | All the Rage | Warren Harding | 1999-09-11 |
Film | Pleasantville | Bill Johnson | 1998-09-17 |
Film | Trial and Error | Charles 'Charlie' Tuttle | 1997-05-30 |
Serial | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Serial | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Film | 101 Dalmatians | Roger | 1996-11-17 |
Film | 2 Days in the Valley | Alvin Strayer | 1996-09-11 |
Film | Fly Away Home | Thomas 'Tom' Alden | 1996-09-13 |
Film | Redwood Curtain | Lyman Fellers | 1995-01-01 |
Film | Dumb and Dumber | Harry Dunne | 1994-12-16 |
Film | Speed | Harold 'Harry' Temple | 1994-06-09 |
Serial | Frasier | Unknown | 1993-09-16 |
Serial | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Film | Rain Without Thunder | Jonathan Garson | 1993-02-05 |
Film | Gettysburg | Col. Joshua Chamberlain | 1993-10-08 |
Film | There Goes the Neighborhood | Willis Embry | 1992-10-30 |
Serial | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Film | Timescape | Ben Wilson | 1992-05-09 |
Film | The Butcher's Wife | Dr. Alex Tremor | 1991-10-25 |
Film | Arachnophobia | Dr. Ross Jennings | 1990-08-09 |
Film | Love Hurts | Paul Weaver | 1990-11-09 |
Film | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Denton Webb | 1990-10-12 |
Film | Checking Out | Ray Macklin | 1989-04-21 |
Film | No Place Like Home | Mike Cooper | 1989-12-03 |
Film | Sweet Hearts Dance | Sam Manners | 1988-09-23 |
Film | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Lt. Steve Maryk | 1988-05-08 |
Film | The House on Carroll Street | Cochran | 1988-03-04 |
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Film | Radio Days | Biff Baxter | 1987-01-30 |
Film | Something Wild | Charles Driggs | 1986-11-07 |
Film | Heartburn | Richard | 1986-07-25 |
Film | Marie | Eddie Sisk | 1985-09-27 |
Film | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd | 1985-03-01 |
Film | Terms of Endearment | Flap Horton | 1983-11-20 |
Film | Ragtime | P.C. O'Donnel | 1981-11-20 |
Serial | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Serial | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Serial | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |