Jeff Daniels
78 movies · 23 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 19, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Athens, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- 제프 다니엘스 · 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 · Джефф Деніелс
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
Jeff Daniels: movies and TV shows
Acting (100)
- Upcoming Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
as Narrator
- Upcoming Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
as Ralph Teetor (voice)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Starman
as Ed Watkins
- Upcoming
- 2026 The Brink of War
as Ronald Reagan
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 The Saint of Second Chances
as Narrator (voice)
- 2023
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020 Adam
as Mickey
- 2019
- 2019 Guest Artist
as Joseph Harris
- 2018 The Emperor's Newest Clothes
as The Emperor (voice)
- 2018 The Catcher Was a Spy
as Bill Donovan
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016 Allegiant
as David
- 2015 Steve Jobs
as John Sculley
- 2015 The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
- 2015
- 2014 Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne
- 2012 Looper
as Abe
- 2012
- 2010 Howl
as Professor David Kirk
- 2009 The Answer Man
as Arlen Faber
- 2009 Paper Man
as Richard Dunn
- 2009 Away We Go
as Jerry Farlander
- 2009 State of Play
as George Fergus
- 2008 Traitor
as Carter
- 2008 Space Chimps
as Zartog (voice)
- 2008 A Plumm Summer
as Narrator
- 2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Dan Miller
- 2007 Mama's Boy
as Mert Rosenbloom
- 2007 The Lookout
as Lewis
- 2006 Infamous
as Alvin Dewey
- 2006 RV
as Travis Gornicke
- 2005 The Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson
- 2005 Because of Winn-Dixie
as Preacher
- 2004 The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Blue Man
- 2004 Remembering Ragtime
as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
- 2004 Imaginary Heroes
as Ben Travis
- 2004 The Goodbye Girl
as Elliot Garfield
- 2003 I Witness
as James Rhodes
- 2003 Gods and Generals
as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- 2002 The Hours
as Louis Waters
- 2002 Blood Work
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
- 2002 Super Sucker
as Fred Barlow
- 2001 Chasing Sleep
as Ed Saxon
- 2001 Escanaba in da Moonlight
as Rueben Soady
- 2000 It's the Rage
as Warren
- 2000 Cheaters
as Dr. Gerard Plecki
- 2000 The Crossing
as Gen. George Washington
- 1999 My Favorite Martian
as Tim O'Hara
- 1999
- 1998 Pleasantville
as Mr. Johnson
- 1997 Trial and Error
as Charles Tuttle
- 1996 101 Dalmatians
as Roger
- 1996 Fly Away Home
as Thomas Alden
- 1996 2 Days in the Valley
as Alvin Strayer
- 1995 Redwood Curtain
as Lyman Fellers
- 1994 Dumb and Dumber
as Harry Dunne
- 1994 Speed
as Harry
- 1993 Gettysburg
as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
- 1993
- 1993 Rain Without Thunder
as Jonathan Garson
- 1992 There Goes the Neighborhood
as Willis Embry
- 1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Tom Noonan
- 1992
- 1992 Timescape
as Ben Wilson
- 1991 The Butcher's Wife
as Dr. Alex Tremor
- 1991
- 1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Denton Webb
- 1990 Arachnophobia
as Ross Jennings
- 1990 Love Hurts
as Paul Weaver
- 1989 No Place Like Home
as Mike Cooper
- 1988 Checking Out
as Ray Macklin
- 1988 Sweet Hearts Dance
as Sam Manners
- 1988 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
as Lt. Steve Maryk
- 1988 The House on Carroll Street
as Cochran
- 1987
- 1987 Radio Days
as Biff Baxter
- 1986 Something Wild
as Charles Driggs
- 1986 Heartburn
as Richard
- 1985 Marie: A True Story
as Eddie Sisk
- 1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
- 1983 Terms of Endearment
as Flap Horton
- 1983 An Invasion of Privacy
as Francis Ryan
- 1982 Fifth of July
as Jed Jenkins
- 1982
- 1981 Ragtime
as P.C. O'Donnell
- 1980
- 1969
- 1951
Behind the camera (6)
- 2021
- 2019 Guest Artist
Producer, Writer
- 2017
- 2015
- 2002 Super Sucker
Director, Writer
- 2001 Escanaba in da Moonlight
Director
Talk shows and appearances (45)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020 Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
1 episode
- 2020 Washington
3 episodes
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2018
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6 episodes
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
4 episodes
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
1 episode
- 2013
- 2011 Impractical Jokers
1 episode
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005 The Colbert Report
2 episodes
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2 episodes
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 1998
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1997
- 1996 The Daily Show
2 episodes
- 1994
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
3 episodes
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 episode
- 1991
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards
1 episode
- 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
3 episodes