Jeff Daniels
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 19, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Athens, Georgia, USA
- Credits
- 145
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
2026Movie
Ronald Reagan
The American Revolution
2025TV
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025Movie
Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024Movie
Self
A Man in Full
2024TV
Charlie Croker
Bye Bye Barry
2023Movie
Self
The American Buffalo
2023TV
(voice)
The Saint of Second Chances
2023Movie
Narrator (voice)
Shrinking
2023TV
Randy
American Rust
2021TV
Det. Del Harris
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021Movie
Self
Hemingway
2021TV
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
The Comey Rule
2020TV
James Comey
Adam
2020Movie
Mickey
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
2020TV
Himself
Washington
2020TV
Self - Narrator
The Morning Show
2019TV
Lukas
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Guest Artist
2019Movie
Joseph Harris
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018Movie
The Emperor (voice)
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018Movie
Bill Donovan
The Russian Five
2018Movie
self
The Looming Tower
2018TV
John O'Neill
Godless
2017TV
Frank Griffin
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017TV
Narrator
Allegiant
2016Movie
David
Steve Jobs
2015Movie
John Sculley
The Martian
2015Movie
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self, Casting Reject
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
ARES: live
2015TV
Teddy Sanders
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015Movie
Self
Of Miracles and Men
2015Movie
Self - Narrator
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Dumb and Dumber To
2014Movie
Harry Dunne
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013Movie
Self
Looper
2012Movie
Abe
The Newsroom
2012TV
Will McAvoy
Impractical Jokers
2011TV
Self
Howl
2010Movie
Professor David Kirk
The Answer Man
2009Movie
Arlen Faber
Paper Man
2009Movie
Richard Dunn
Away We Go
2009Movie
Jerry Farlander
State of Play
2009Movie
George Fergus
Traitor
2008Movie
Carter
Space Chimps
2008Movie
Zartog (voice)
A Plumm Summer
2008Movie
Narrator
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008Movie
Dan Miller
Mama's Boy
2007Movie
Mert Rosenbloom
The Lookout
2007Movie
Lewis
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Infamous
2006Movie
Alvin Dewey
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006Movie
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006Movie
Self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006Movie
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006Movie
Self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006Movie
Self
RV
2006Movie
Travis Gornicke
Still Dumb After All These Years
2006Movie
Self
The Colbert Report
2005TV
Self
The Squid and the Whale
2005Movie
Bernard Berkman
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005Movie
Sig Mickelson
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005Movie
Preacher
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004Movie
Blue Man
Remembering Ragtime
2004Movie
P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
Imaginary Heroes
2004Movie
Ben Travis
The Goodbye Girl
2004Movie
Elliot Garfield
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
2004Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
I Witness
2003Movie
James Rhodes
Gods and Generals
2003Movie
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Guest
The Hours
2002Movie
Louis Waters
Blood Work
2002Movie
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Super Sucker
2002Movie
Fred Barlow
Chasing Sleep
2001Movie
Ed Saxon
Escanaba in da Moonlight
2001Movie
Rueben Soady
It's the Rage
2000Movie
Warren
Cheaters
2000Movie
Dr. Gerard Plecki
The Crossing
2000Movie
Gen. George Washington
My Favorite Martian
1999Movie
Tim O'Hara
Family Guy
1999TV
Jeff Daniels (voice)
Pleasantville
1998Movie
Mr. Johnson
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998Movie
Self
The View
1997TV
Self
Trial and Error
1997Movie
Charles Tuttle
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997Movie
Self
101 Dalmatians
1996Movie
Roger
Fly Away Home
1996Movie
Thomas Alden
2 Days in the Valley
1996Movie
Alvin Strayer
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Redwood Curtain
1995Movie
Lyman Fellers
Dumb and Dumber
1994Movie
Harry Dunne
Speed
1994Movie
Harry
The Making of 'Speed'
1994Movie
Self
Gettysburg
1993Movie
Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Frasier
1993TV
Doug (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest
Rain Without Thunder
1993Movie
Jonathan Garson
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992Movie
Willis Embry
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992Movie
Tom Noonan
HBO First Look
1992TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Timescape
1992Movie
Ben Wilson
America's Classic Ballparks
1991Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Butcher's Wife
1991Movie
Dr. Alex Tremor
Breakfast with the Arts
1991TV
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990Movie
Denton Webb
Arachnophobia
1990Movie
Ross Jennings
Love Hurts
1990Movie
Paul Weaver
No Place Like Home
1989Movie
Mike Cooper
Checking Out
1988Movie
Ray Macklin
Sweet Hearts Dance
1988Movie
Sam Manners
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988Movie
Lt. Steve Maryk
The House on Carroll Street
1988Movie
Cochran
Trying Times
1987TV
Jim
Radio Days
1987Movie
Biff Baxter
Something Wild
1986Movie
Charles Driggs
Heartburn
1986Movie
Richard
Marie: A True Story
1985Movie
Eddie Sisk
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985Movie
Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self - Presenter
Terms of Endearment
1983Movie
Flap Horton
An Invasion of Privacy
1983Movie
Francis Ryan
Fifth of July
1982Movie
Jed Jenkins
American Playhouse
1982TV
Jed Jenkins
Ragtime
1981Movie
P.C. O'Donnell
A Rumor of War
1980TV
Chaplain
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Neal Forrester
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Lyman Fellers
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Starman
Movie
Ed Watkins
2034
Movie
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Movie
Ralph Teetor (voice)
The Reception
Movie
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
Movie
Narrator