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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-02-19 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Athens, Georgia, USA

Jeff Daniels

Biography:

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. 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).

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Known For

Acting

2024

2023

2021

American Rust as Det. Del Harris
Hemingway as Ernest Hemingway (voice)

2020

Adam as Mickey
Washington as Self - Narrator
The Comey Rule as James Comey

2019

Guest Artist as Joseph Harris

2018

The Catcher Was a Spy as Bill Donovan
The Looming Tower as John O'Neill

2017

2016

Allegiant as David

2015

2014

2013

2012

Looper as Abe
The Newsroom as Will McAvoy

2011

2010

Howl as Professor David Kirk

2009

The Answer Man as Arlen Faber
State of Play as George Fergus
Paper Man as Richard Dunn
Away We Go as Jerry Farlander

2008

Space Chimps as Zartog (voice)
A Plumm Summer as Narrator
Traitor as Carter

2007

The Lookout as Lewis
Mama's Boy as Mert Rosenbloom

2006

2005

2004

Imaginary Heroes as Ben Travis
The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
Remembering Ragtime as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)

2003

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)

2002

The Hours as Louis Waters
Blood Work as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Super Sucker as Fred Barlow

2001

Chasing Sleep as Ed Saxon
Escanaba in da Moonlight as Rueben Soady

2000

The Crossing as Gen. George Washington
Cheaters as Dr. Gerard Plecki

1999

It's the Rage as Warren Harding
My Favorite Martian as Tim O'Hara
Family Guy as Jeff Daniels (voice)

1998

1997

1996

Fly Away Home as Thomas Alden
2 Days in the Valley as Alvin Strayer

1995

Redwood Curtain as Lyman Fellers

1994

Speed as Harry
Dumb and Dumber as Harry Dunne

1993

Gettysburg as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Rain Without Thunder as Jonathan Garson
Frasier as Doug (voice)

1992

1991

1990

Arachnophobia as Ross Jennings
Love Hurts as Paul Weaver

1989

No Place Like Home as Mike Cooper

1988

1987

Radio Days as Biff Baxter

1986

Something Wild as Charles Driggs
Heartburn as Richard

1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Marie: A True Story as Eddie Sisk

1984

MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Presenter

1983

Terms of Endearment as Flap Horton
An Invasion of Privacy as Francis Ryan

1982

Fifth of July as Jed Jenkins

1981

Ragtime as P.C. O'Donnell

1980

A Rumor of War as Chaplain

1979

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Neal Forrester

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lyman Fellers

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Directing

2002

Super Sucker as Director

2001

Writing

2019

Guest Artist as Writer

2002

Super Sucker as Writer

Production

2021

American Rust as Executive Producer

2019

Guest Artist as Producer

Creator

2015

Hunting Hitler as Creator