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