Jeff Daniels
Acting
- Born:
- 1955-02-19
- Place of birth:
- Athens, Georgia, USA
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
Filmography
Starman
The Brink of War
The American Revolution
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
A Man in Full
Bye Bye Barry
The American Buffalo
The Saint of Second Chances
Shrinking
American Rust
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Hemingway
The Comey Rule
Adam
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Washington
The Morning Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Guest Artist
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Russian Five
The Looming Tower
Godless
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Allegiant
Hunting Hitler
Steve Jobs
The Martian
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
ARES: live
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Of Miracles and Men
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dumb and Dumber To
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Looper
The Newsroom
Impractical Jokers
Howl
The Answer Man
Paper Man
Away We Go
State of Play
Traitor
Space Chimps
A Plumm Summer
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Mama's Boy
The Lookout
The Graham Norton Show
Infamous
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors