Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 19, 1955
Place of Birth
Athens, Georgia, USA
Credits
145 titles
Jeff Daniels
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Brink of War
Ronald Reagan
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
Creator
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Narrator
Allegiant
David
Hunting Hitler
Creator
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)