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