Jeff Daniels
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).
Movies (92)
The Brink of War
2026
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
Bye Bye Barry
2023
The Saint of Second Chances
2023
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Adam
2020
Guest Artist
2019
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
The Russian Five
2018
Allegiant
2016
Steve Jobs
2015
The Martian
2015
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
Of Miracles and Men
2015
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
Looper
2012
Howl
2010
Paper Man
2009
Away We Go
2009
State of Play
2009
The Answer Man
2009
Traitor
2008
Space Chimps
2008
A Plumm Summer
2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
Mama's Boy
2007
The Lookout
2007
Infamous
2006
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006
RV
2006
Still Dumb After All These Years
2006
The Squid and the Whale
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
Remembering Ragtime
2004
Imaginary Heroes
2004
The Goodbye Girl
2004
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
I Witness
2003
Gods and Generals
2003
The Hours
2002
Blood Work
2002
Super Sucker
2002
Chasing Sleep
2001
Escanaba in da Moonlight
2001
Cheaters
2000
The Crossing
2000
All the Rage
1999
My Favorite Martian
1999
Pleasantville
1998
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
Trial and Error
1997
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997
101 Dalmatians
1996
Fly Away Home
1996
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Redwood Curtain
1995
Dumb and Dumber
1994
Speed
1994
Gettysburg
1993
Rain Without Thunder
1993
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
Timescape
1992
America's Classic Ballparks
1991
The Butcher's Wife
1991
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
Arachnophobia
1990
Love Hurts
1990
No Place Like Home
1989
Checking Out
1988
Sweet Hearts Dance
1988
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988
The House on Carroll Street
1988
Radio Days
1987
Something Wild
1986
Heartburn
1986
Marie: A True Story
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Terms of Endearment
1983
An Invasion of Privacy
1983
Fifth of July
1982
Ragtime
1981
Broadway: The Next Generation
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
TV Shows (43)
The American Revolution
2025
A Man in Full
2024
The American Buffalo
2023
Shrinking
2023
Shrinking
2023
American Rust
2021
Hemingway
2021
The Comey Rule
2020
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
2020
Washington
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Looming Tower
2018
Godless
2017
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
ARES: live
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
The Newsroom
2012
Impractical Jokers
2011
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Colbert Report
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Family Guy
1999
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Frasier
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
HBO First Look
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
A Rumor of War
1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951