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Jeff Daniels

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1955Born, Athens

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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…

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Filmography

All Acting Directing Writing Producing

2027StarmanEd WatkinsMovie

2026The Brink of WarRonald ReaganMovie

2025The American RevolutionThomas Jefferson (voice) · 4 episodesShow

2024A Man in FullCharlie Croker · 6 episodesShow

2023The American Buffalo(voice) · 2 episodesShow

2023The Saint of Second ChancesNarrator (voice)Movie

2023ShrinkingRandy · 3 episodesShow

2021American RustDet. Del Harris · 19 episodesShow

2021HemingwayErnest Hemingway (voice) · 3 episodesShow

2020The Comey RuleJames Comey · 2 episodesShow

2020AdamMickeyMovie

2019The Morning ShowLukasShow

2019Guest ArtistJoseph HarrisMovie

2018The Emperor's Newest ClothesThe Emperor (voice)Movie

2018The Catcher Was a SpyBill DonovanMovie

2018The Looming TowerJohn O'Neill · 10 episodesShow

2017GodlessFrank Griffin · 7 episodesShow

2017Rolling Stone: Stories from the EdgeNarrator · 2 episodesShow

2016AllegiantDavidMovie

2015Steve JobsJohn SculleyMovie

2015The MartianTheodore "Teddy" SandersMovie

2015ARES: liveTeddy Sanders · 6 episodesShow

2014Dumb and Dumber ToHarry DunneMovie

2012LooperAbeMovie

2012The NewsroomWill McAvoy · 25 episodesShow

2010HowlProfessor David KirkMovie

2009The Answer ManArlen FaberMovie

2009Paper ManRichard DunnMovie

2009Away We GoJerry FarlanderMovie

2009State of PlayGeorge FergusMovie

2008TraitorCarterMovie

2008Space ChimpsZartog (voice)Movie

2008A Plumm SummerNarratorMovie

2008Sweet Nothing in My EarDan MillerMovie

2007Mama's BoyMert RosenbloomMovie

2007The LookoutLewisMovie

2006InfamousAlvin DeweyMovie

2006RVTravis GornickeMovie

2005The Squid and the WhaleBernard BerkmanMovie

2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Sig MickelsonMovie

2005Because of Winn-DixiePreacherMovie

2004The Five People You Meet In HeavenBlue ManMovie

2004Remembering RagtimeP. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)Movie

2004Imaginary HeroesBen TravisMovie

2004The Goodbye GirlElliot GarfieldMovie

2003I WitnessJames RhodesMovie

2003Gods and GeneralsLt. Col. Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainMovie

2002The HoursLouis WatersMovie

2002Blood WorkJasper 'Buddy' NooneMovie

2002Super SuckerFred BarlowMovie

2001Chasing SleepEd SaxonMovie

2001Escanaba in da MoonlightRueben SoadyMovie

2000It's the RageWarrenMovie

2000CheatersDr. Gerard PleckiMovie

2000The CrossingGen. George WashingtonMovie

1999My Favorite MartianTim O'HaraMovie

1999Family GuyJeff Daniels (voice) · 1 episodeShow

1998PleasantvilleMr. JohnsonMovie

1997Trial and ErrorCharles TuttleMovie

1996101 DalmatiansRogerMovie

1996Fly Away HomeThomas AldenMovie

19962 Days in the ValleyAlvin StrayerMovie

1995Redwood CurtainLyman FellersMovie

1994Dumb and DumberHarry DunneMovie

1994SpeedHarryMovie

1993GettysburgCol. Joshua ChamberlainMovie

1993FrasierDoug (voice) · 1 episodeShow

1993Rain Without ThunderJonathan GarsonMovie

1992There Goes the NeighborhoodWillis EmbryMovie

1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryTom NoonanMovie

1992HBO First Look1 episodeShow

1992TimescapeBen WilsonMovie

1991The Butcher's WifeDr. Alex TremorMovie

1991Breakfast with the Arts1 episodeShow

1990Welcome Home, Roxy CarmichaelDenton WebbMovie

1990ArachnophobiaRoss JenningsMovie

1990Love HurtsPaul WeaverMovie

1989No Place Like HomeMike CooperMovie

1988Checking OutRay MacklinMovie

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