Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. 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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Place of birth
Athens, Georgia, USA 
Date of birth
19th February 1955
Movies that starred Jeff Daniels (23 in total)
Bye Bye Barry [2023]
Self
9/11: Inside the President's War Room [2021]
Narrator
Allegiant [2016]
David
The Martian [2015]
Teddy Sanders
Dumb and Dumber To [2014]
Harry Dunne
Looper [2012]
Abe
State of Play [2009]
Senator George Fergus
Space Chimps [2008]
Zartog (voice)
Traitor [2008]
Carter
RV [2006]
Travis Gornicke
Infamous [2006]
Alvin Dewey
The Squid and the Whale [2005]
Bernard Berkman
Good Night, and Good Luck. [2005]
Sig Mickelson
Because of Winn-Dixie [2005]
Preacher
Imaginary Heroes [2004]
Ben Travis
Blood Work [2002]
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
My Favorite Martian [1999]
Tim O'Hara
Pleasantville [1998]
Mr. Johnson
101 Dalmatians [1996]
Roger Dearly
2 Days in the Valley [1996]
Alvin Strayer
Speed [1994]
Harold 'Harry' Temple
Dumb and Dumber [1994]
Harry Dunne
Terms of Endearment [1983]
Flap Horton
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