Jeff Daniels
Acting
Born: February 19, 1955 (age 71) · Athens, Georgia, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Martian
2015
Looper
2012
Allegiant
2016
Speed
1994
Dumb and Dumber
1994
Family Guy
1999
Steve Jobs
2015
101 Dalmatians
1996
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
State of Play
2009
Pleasantville
1998
The Hours
2002
Photos (8)
Movies (73)
The Martian
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
Dumb and Dumber
Harry Dunne
Speed
Harry
Looper
Abe
Allegiant
David
101 Dalmatians
Roger
Dumb and Dumber To
Harry Dunne
The Brink of War
Ronald Reagan
State of Play
George Fergus
Steve Jobs
John Sculley
RV
Travis Gornicke
The Catcher Was a Spy
Bill Donovan
Pleasantville
Mr. Johnson
Terms of Endearment
Flap Horton
The Squid and the Whale
Bernard Berkman
Fly Away Home
Thomas Alden
The Hours
Louis Waters
Space Chimps
Zartog (voice)
Traitor
Carter
Arachnophobia
Ross Jennings
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sig Mickelson
Blood Work
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
The Lookout
Lewis
Gettysburg
Col. Joshua Chamberlain
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Heartburn
Richard
My Favorite Martian
Tim O'Hara
Paper Man
Richard Dunn
Something Wild
Charles Driggs
Gods and Generals
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Timescape
Ben Wilson
Radio Days
Biff Baxter
Because of Winn-Dixie
Preacher
Infamous
Alvin Dewey
Away We Go
Jerry Farlander
2 Days in the Valley
Alvin Strayer
Mama's Boy
Mert Rosenbloom
The Butcher's Wife
Dr. Alex Tremor
The House on Carroll Street
Cochran
Howl
Professor David Kirk
Adam
Mickey
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Denton Webb
Cheaters
Dr. Gerard Plecki
The Crossing
Gen. George Washington
There Goes the Neighborhood
Willis Embry
The Saint of Second Chances
Narrator (voice)
The Goodbye Girl
Elliot Garfield
All the Rage
Warren Harding
Trial and Error
Charles Tuttle
Ragtime
P.C. O'Donnell
The Answer Man
Arlen Faber
Super Sucker
Fred Barlow
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Blue Man
Redwood Curtain
Lyman Fellers
Imaginary Heroes
Ben Travis
I Witness
James Rhodes
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Rueben Soady
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Lt. Steve Maryk
Checking Out
Ray Macklin
Love Hurts
Paul Weaver
Chasing Sleep
Ed Saxon
A Plumm Summer
Narrator
Marie: A True Story
Eddie Sisk
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Dan Miller
Rain Without Thunder
Jonathan Garson
Guest Artist
Joseph Harris
Sweet Hearts Dance
Sam Manners
Remembering Ragtime
P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Tom Noonan
An Invasion of Privacy
Francis Ryan
Fifth of July
Jed Jenkins
No Place Like Home
Mike Cooper
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Emperor
TV Shows (24)
Family Guy
Jeff Daniels (voice) · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Casting Reject · 1 eps
Frasier
Doug (voice) · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Neal Forrester · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
American Playhouse
Jed Jenkins · 1 eps
Shrinking
2023
Shrinking
Randy · 3 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
The Morning Show
Lukas
The Newsroom
Will McAvoy · 25 eps
American Rust
Det. Del Harris · 19 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Godless
Frank Griffin · 7 eps
The American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 4 eps
A Man in Full
Charlie Croker · 6 eps
The Looming Tower
John O'Neill · 10 eps
The Comey Rule
James Comey · 2 eps
The American Buffalo
(voice) · 2 eps
ARES: live
Teddy Sanders · 6 eps
A Rumor of War
Chaplain · 2 eps
Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway (voice) · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lyman Fellers · 1 eps
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Narrator · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (44)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 4 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 5 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 2 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 2 eps
The Colbert Report
Self · 2 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · 1 eps
Impractical Jokers
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Self - Narrator (voice)
Washington
Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Himself · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Self
Bye Bye Barry
Self
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
Self
The Russian Five
self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Self
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Self
Of Miracles and Men
Self - Narrator
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Self
The Making of 'Speed'
Self
Still Dumb After All These Years
Self
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
Self
America's Classic Ballparks
Self - Narrator (voice)
