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Jeff Daniels

b. 1955 · 68 titles in the catalogue

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).

Their work

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  1. The Martian2015as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
  2. Looper2012as Abe
  3. Allegiant2016as David
  4. Speed1994as Harry
  5. Dumb and Dumber1994as Harry Dunne
  6. Family Guy1999as Jeff Daniels (voice)
  7. Steve Jobs2015as John Sculley
  8. 101 Dalmatians1996as Roger
  9. Dumb and Dumber To2014as Harry Dunne
  10. State of Play2009as George Fergus
  11. Pleasantville1998as Mr. Johnson
  12. The Hours2002as Louis Waters
  13. RV2006as Travis Gornicke
  14. Arachnophobia1990as Ross Jennings
  15. The Purple Rose of Cairo1985as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
  16. Good Night, and Good Luck.2005as Sig Mickelson
  17. The Squid and the Whale2005as Bernard Berkman
  18. Blood Work2002as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
  19. Frasier1993as Doug (voice)
  20. Terms of Endearment1983as Flap Horton
  21. The Newsroom2012as Will McAvoy
  22. Traitor2008as Carter
  23. Godless2017as Frank Griffin
  24. The Lookout2007as Lewis
  25. Shrinking2023as Randy
  26. Radio Days1987as Biff Baxter
  27. The Daily Show1996as Self
  28. Away We Go2009as Jerry Farlander
  29. Fly Away Home1996as Thomas Alden
  30. Saturday Night Live1975as Self - Host
  31. Space Chimps2008as Zartog (voice)
  32. Impractical Jokers2011as Self
  33. Something Wild1986as Charles Driggs
  34. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014as Self
  35. Paper Man2009as Richard Dunn
  36. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015as Self
  37. My Favorite Martian1999as Tim O'Hara
  38. Gettysburg1993as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
  39. The Catcher Was a Spy2018as Bill Donovan
  40. The Colbert Report2005as Self
  41. 2 Days in the Valley1996as Alvin Strayer
  42. The Graham Norton Show2007as Self
  43. Because of Winn-Dixie2005as Preacher
  44. Infamous2006as Alvin Dewey
  45. Heartburn1986as Richard
  46. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story2024as Self
  47. Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003as Self - Guest
  48. Gods and Generals2003as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
  49. Howl2010as Professor David Kirk
  50. The Looming Tower2018as John O'Neill
  51. Ragtime1981as P.C. O'Donnell
  52. The Butcher's Wife1991as Dr. Alex Tremor
  53. The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003as Self
  54. Late Show with David Letterman1993as Self - Guest
  55. Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993as Self - Guest
  56. Hawaii Five-O1968as Neal Forrester
  57. The Answer Man2009as Arlen Faber
  58. Imaginary Heroes2004as Ben Travis
  59. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005as Self
  60. The View1997as Self
  61. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael1990as Denton Webb
  62. The Five People You Meet In Heaven2004as Blue Man
  63. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992guest actor
  64. A Man in Full2024as Charlie Croker
  65. 9/11: Inside the President's War Room2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
  66. Chasing Sleep2001as Ed Saxon
  67. Trial and Error1997as Charles Tuttle
  68. The Comey Rule2020as James Comey