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Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

ActingBorn February 19, 1955 (age 71)Athens, Georgia, USA

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).

Filmography

2026
The Brink of War

as Ronald Reagan

Movie
2025
The American Revolution

as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

TV
2024
A Man in Full

as Charlie Croker

TV
2023Movie
2023TV
2023
The Saint of Second Chances

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2023TV
2023
Shrinking

as Randy

TV
2021
American Rust

as Det. Del Harris

TV
2021
9/11: Inside the President's War Room

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2021
Hemingway

as Ernest Hemingway (voice)

TV
2020
The Comey Rule

as James Comey

TV
2020
Adam

as Mickey

Movie
2020
Washington

as Self - Narrator

TV
2019
Guest Artist

as Joseph Harris

Movie
2018Movie
2018
The Catcher Was a Spy

as Bill Donovan

Movie
2018Movie
2018
The Looming Tower

as John O'Neill

TV
2017
Godless

as Frank Griffin

TV
2016
Allegiant

as David

Movie
2015
Steve Jobs

as John Sculley

Movie
2015
The Martian

as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

Movie
2015TV
2015
ARES: live

as Teddy Sanders

TV
2015
Of Miracles and Men

as Self - Narrator

Movie
2014
Dumb and Dumber To

as Harry Dunne

Movie
2012
Looper

as Abe

Movie
2012
The Newsroom

as Will McAvoy

TV
2011TV
2010
Howl

as Professor David Kirk

Movie
2009
Paper Man

as Richard Dunn

Movie
2009
Away We Go

as Jerry Farlander

Movie
2009
State of Play

as George Fergus

Movie
2009
The Answer Man

as Arlen Faber

Movie
2008
Traitor

as Carter

Movie
2008
Space Chimps

as Zartog (voice)

Movie
2008
A Plumm Summer

as Narrator

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Mama's Boy

as Mert Rosenbloom

Movie
2007
The Lookout

as Lewis

Movie
2006
Infamous

as Alvin Dewey

Movie
2006
RV

as Travis Gornicke

Movie
2005TV
2005
The Squid and the Whale

as Bernard Berkman

Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2004
Remembering Ragtime

as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Imaginary Heroes

as Ben Travis

Movie
2004
The Goodbye Girl

as Elliot Garfield

Movie
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2003
I Witness

as James Rhodes

Movie
2003
Gods and Generals

as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Movie
2003TV
2002
The Hours

as Louis Waters

Movie
2002
Blood Work

as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

Movie
2002
Super Sucker

as Fred Barlow

Movie
2001
Chasing Sleep

as Ed Saxon

Movie
2001Movie
2000
Cheaters

as Dr. Gerard Plecki

Movie
2000
The Crossing

as Gen. George Washington

Movie
1999
All the Rage

as Warren Harding

Movie
1999
My Favorite Martian

as Tim O'Hara

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as Jeff Daniels (voice)

TV
1998
Pleasantville

as Mr. Johnson

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Trial and Error

as Charles Tuttle

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Fly Away Home

as Thomas Alden

Movie
1996
2 Days in the Valley

as Alvin Strayer

Movie
1996TV
1995
Redwood Curtain

as Lyman Fellers

Movie
1994
Dumb and Dumber

as Harry Dunne

Movie
1994
Speed

as Harry

Movie
1993
Gettysburg

as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Movie
1993
Frasier

as Doug (voice)

TV
1993TV
1993TV
1993
Rain Without Thunder

as Jonathan Garson

Movie
1992Movie
1992
Timescape

as Ben Wilson

Movie
1991Movie
1991
The Butcher's Wife

as Dr. Alex Tremor

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Arachnophobia

as Ross Jennings

Movie
1990
Love Hurts

as Paul Weaver

Movie
1989
No Place Like Home

as Mike Cooper

Movie
1988
Checking Out

as Ray Macklin

Movie
1988
Sweet Hearts Dance

as Sam Manners

Movie
1988Movie
1988Movie
1987TV
1987
Radio Days

as Biff Baxter

Movie
1986
Something Wild

as Charles Driggs

Movie
1986
Heartburn

as Richard

Movie
1985
Marie: A True Story

as Eddie Sisk

Movie
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd

Movie
1984
MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1983
Terms of Endearment

as Flap Horton

Movie
1983
An Invasion of Privacy

as Francis Ryan

Movie
1982
Fifth of July

as Jed Jenkins

Movie
1981
Ragtime

as P.C. O'Donnell

Movie
1980
A Rumor of War

as Chaplain

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Neal Forrester

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lyman Fellers

TV
Movie
Movie
Starman

as Ed Watkins

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 19, 1955
Place of BirthAthens, Georgia, USA
Popularity1.5