Jeff Daniels
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1955-02-19 (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
TV Shows (44)
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Casting Reject
Family Guy
1999
as Jeff Daniels (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Frasier
1993
as Doug (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Neal Forrester
Impractical Jokers
2011
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Shrinking
2023
as Randy
The Newsroom
2012
as Will McAvoy
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Presenter
American Playhouse
1982
as Jed Jenkins
HBO First Look
1992
Godless
2017
as Frank Griffin
American Rust
2021
as Det. Del Harris
The American Revolution
2025
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lyman Fellers
The Looming Tower
2018
as John O'Neill
The Comey Rule
2020
as James Comey
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
2020
as Himself
A Man in Full
2024
as Charlie Croker
Washington
2020
as Self - Narrator
ARES: live
2015
as Teddy Sanders
Hemingway
2021
as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
A Rumor of War
1980
as Chaplain
Trying Times
1987
as Jim
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017
as Narrator
Breakfast with the Arts
1991
Movies (98)
The Martian
2015
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
Dumb and Dumber
1994
as Harry Dunne
Speed
1994
as Harry
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
as Harry Dunne
Looper
2012
as Abe
101 Dalmatians
1996
as Roger
Allegiant
2016
as David
RV
2006
as Travis Gornicke
Pleasantville
1998
as Mr. Johnson
State of Play
2009
as George Fergus
The Brink of War
2026
as Ronald Reagan
Terms of Endearment
1983
as Flap Horton
Blood Work
2002
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
The Hours
2002
as Louis Waters
Gettysburg
1993
as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Arachnophobia
1990
as Ross Jennings
2034
The Squid and the Whale
2005
as Bernard Berkman
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as Sig Mickelson
Fly Away Home
1996
as Thomas Alden
My Favorite Martian
1999
as Tim O'Hara
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Traitor
2008
as Carter
Space Chimps
2008
as Zartog (voice)
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
as Preacher
2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Alvin Strayer
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Bill Donovan
Steve Jobs
2015
as John Sculley
The Lookout
2007
as Lewis
Something Wild
1986
as Charles Driggs
Heartburn
1986
as Richard
Gods and Generals
2003
as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Timescape
1992
as Ben Wilson
Radio Days
1987
as Biff Baxter
Mama's Boy
2007
as Mert Rosenbloom
Infamous
2006
as Alvin Dewey
Away We Go
2009
as Jerry Farlander
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Dr. Alex Tremor
Paper Man
2009
as Richard Dunn
Cheaters
2000
as Dr. Gerard Plecki
The House on Carroll Street
1988
as Cochran
All the Rage
1999
as Warren Harding
The Goodbye Girl
2004
as Elliot Garfield
The Answer Man
2009
as Arlen Faber
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
as Denton Webb
Adam
2020
as Mickey
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Redwood Curtain
1995
as Lyman Fellers
The Crossing
2000
as Gen. George Washington
Marie: A True Story
1985
as Eddie Sisk
Sweet Hearts Dance
1988
as Sam Manners
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self
Howl
2010
as Professor David Kirk
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
as Blue Man
Imaginary Heroes
2004
as Ben Travis
Trial and Error
1997
as Charles Tuttle
Chasing Sleep
2001
as Ed Saxon
Starman
as Ed Watkins
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006
as Self
Remembering Ragtime
2004
as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
Ragtime
1981
as P.C. O'Donnell
A Plumm Summer
2008
as Narrator
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
as Self
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
as Willis Embry
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
as Dan Miller
Escanaba in da Moonlight
2001
as Rueben Soady
Rain Without Thunder
1993
as Jonathan Garson
An Invasion of Privacy
1983
as Francis Ryan
Super Sucker
2002
as Fred Barlow
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Checking Out
1988
as Ray Macklin
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988
as Lt. Steve Maryk
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018
as The Emperor
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006
as Self
I Witness
2003
as James Rhodes
Love Hurts
1990
as Paul Weaver
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Guest Artist
2019
as Joseph Harris
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
2004
as Self
The Russian Five
2018
as self
Of Miracles and Men
2015
as Self - Narrator
The Saint of Second Chances
2023
as Narrator (voice)
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Place Like Home
1989
as Mike Cooper
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
as Self
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Tom Noonan
Still Dumb After All These Years
2006
as Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
as Self
Fifth of July
1982
as Jed Jenkins
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006
as Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006
as Self
Bye Bye Barry
2023
as Self
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006
as Self
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
as Ralph Teetor (voice)
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
as Narrator
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997
as Self
America's Classic Ballparks
1991
as Narrator
About Jeff Daniels
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 Gl… With 142 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Jeff Daniels has appeared in 98 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jeff Daniels Movies
- The Martian (2015) — as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
- Dumb and Dumber (1994) — as Harry Dunne
- Speed (1994) — as Harry
- Dumb and Dumber To (2014) — as Harry Dunne
- Looper (2012) — as Abe
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