Jeff Daniels
Acting
1955-02-19 · Athens, Georgia, USA
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
TheatersThe Brink of War
2026 · Movie
The American Revolution
2025 · Series
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025 · Movie
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024 · Movie
A Man in Full
2024 · Series
Bye Bye Barry
2023 · Movie
The American Buffalo
2023 · Series
The Saint of Second Chances
2023 · Movie
Shrinking
2023 · Series
American Rust
2021 · Series
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021 · Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
Hemingway
2021 · Series
The Comey Rule
2020 · Series
Adam
2020 · Movie
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
2020 · Series
Washington
2020 · Series
The Morning Show
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Guest Artist
2019 · Movie
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018 · Movie
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Movie
The Russian Five
2018 · Movie
The Looming Tower
2018 · Series
Godless
2017 · Series
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer
2017 · Series
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017 · Series
Allegiant
2016 · Movie
Hunting Hitler
2015 · Series
Steve Jobs
2015 · Movie
The Martian
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
ARES: live
2015 · Series
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015 · Movie
Of Miracles and Men
2015 · Movie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013 · Movie
Looper
2012 · Movie
The Newsroom
2012 · Series
Impractical Jokers
2011 · Series
Howl
2010 · Movie
Paper Man
2009 · Movie
Away We Go
2009 · Movie
State of Play
2009 · Movie
The Answer Man
2009 · Movie
Traitor
2008 · Movie
Space Chimps
2008 · Movie
A Plumm Summer
2008 · Movie
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008 · Movie
Mama's Boy
2007 · Movie
The Lookout
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Infamous
2006 · Movie
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006 · Movie
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006 · Movie
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006 · Movie
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006 · Movie
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006 · Movie
RV
2006 · Movie
Still Dumb After All These Years
2006 · Movie
The Colbert Report
2005 · Series
The Squid and the Whale
2005 · Movie
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Movie
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004 · Movie
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · Movie
Imaginary Heroes
2004 · Movie
The Goodbye Girl
2004 · Movie
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
2004 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
I Witness
2003 · Movie
Gods and Generals
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The Hours
2002 · Movie
Blood Work
2002 · Movie
Super Sucker
2002 · Movie
Chasing Sleep
2001 · Movie
Escanaba in da Moonlight
2001 · Movie
Cheaters
2000 · Movie
The Crossing
2000 · Movie
All the Rage
1999 · Movie
My Favorite Martian
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Pleasantville
1998 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Trial and Error
1997 · Movie
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997 · Movie
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Movie
Fly Away Home
1996 · Movie
2 Days in the Valley
1996 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Redwood Curtain
1995 · Movie
Dumb and Dumber
1994 · Movie
Speed
1994 · Movie
The Making of 'Speed'
1994 · Movie
Gettysburg
1993 · Movie
Frasier
1993 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
Rain Without Thunder
1993 · Movie
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992 · Movie
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992 · Movie
HBO First Look
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
Timescape
1992 · Movie
America's Classic Ballparks
1991 · Movie
The Butcher's Wife
1991 · Movie
Breakfast with the Arts
1991 · Series
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 · Movie
Arachnophobia
1990 · Movie
Love Hurts
1990 · Movie
No Place Like Home
1989 · Movie
Checking Out
1988 · Movie
Sweet Hearts Dance
1988 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988 · Movie
The House on Carroll Street
1988 · Movie
Trying Times
1987 · Series
Radio Days
1987 · Movie
Something Wild
1986 · Movie
Heartburn
1986 · Movie
Marie: A True Story
1985 · Movie
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Terms of Endearment
1983 · Movie
An Invasion of Privacy
1983 · Movie
Fifth of July
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Ragtime
1981 · Movie
A Rumor of War
1980 · Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
2034
Movie
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Starman
Movie
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Movie
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
Movie