Acting
Jeff Daniels
EN cinema · 100 credits
Born
19 February 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Athens, Georgia, USA
Also known as 제프 다니엘스 · 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 · Джефф Деніелс
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
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
as Ralph Teetor (voice)
2034
2034
Actor
Starman
2027
Starman
as Ed Watkins
The Brink of War
as Ronald Reagan
The Saint of Second Chances
as Narrator (voice)
Bye Bye Barry
as Self
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Adam
as Mickey
Guest Artist
as Joseph Harris, Producer, Writer
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Bill Donovan
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
as The Emperor (voice)
The Russian Five
as self
Allegiant
as David
The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
Steve Jobs
as John Sculley
Of Miracles and Men
as Self - Narrator
Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne
Looper
as Abe
Howl
as Professor David Kirk
The Answer Man
as Arlen Faber
State of Play
as George Fergus
Paper Man
as Richard Dunn
Away We Go
as Jerry Farlander
Space Chimps
as Zartog (voice)
A Plumm Summer
as Narrator
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Dan Miller
Traitor
as Carter
The Lookout
as Lewis
Mama's Boy
as Mert Rosenbloom
RV
as Travis Gornicke
Infamous
as Alvin Dewey
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson
The Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Preacher
Imaginary Heroes
as Ben Travis
The Goodbye Girl
as Elliot Garfield
Remembering Ragtime
as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
I Witness
as James Rhodes
Gods and Generals
as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hours
as Louis Waters
Blood Work
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Super Sucker
as Fred Barlow, Director, Writer
Chasing Sleep
as Ed Saxon
Escanaba in da Moonlight
as Rueben Soady, Director
It's the Rage
as Warren
The Crossing
as Gen. George Washington
Cheaters
as Dr. Gerard Plecki
My Favorite Martian
as Tim O'Hara
Pleasantville
as Mr. Johnson
Trial and Error
as Charles Tuttle
Fly Away Home
as Thomas Alden
101 Dalmatians
as Roger
2 Days in the Valley
as Alvin Strayer
Redwood Curtain
as Lyman Fellers
Speed
as Harry
Dumb and Dumber
as Harry Dunne
Gettysburg
as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Rain Without Thunder
as Jonathan Garson
Timescape
as Ben Wilson
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Willis Embry
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Tom Noonan
The Butcher's Wife
as Dr. Alex Tremor
America's Classic Ballparks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Arachnophobia
as Ross Jennings
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Denton Webb
Love Hurts
as Paul Weaver
No Place Like Home
as Mike Cooper
Sweet Hearts Dance
as Sam Manners
Checking Out
as Ray Macklin
The House on Carroll Street
as Cochran
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
as Lt. Steve Maryk
Radio Days
as Biff Baxter
Something Wild
as Charles Driggs
Heartburn
as Richard
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Marie: A True Story
as Eddie Sisk
Terms of Endearment
as Flap Horton
An Invasion of Privacy
as Francis Ryan
Fifth of July
as Jed Jenkins
Ragtime
as P.C. O'Donnell