
Jeff Daniels
Biography
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).
Acting (90 movies)

The Hours
2002

Speed
1994

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005

Gettysburg
1993

Pleasantville
1998

The Squid and the Whale
2005

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985

The Butcher's Wife
1991

The Answer Man
2009

Terms of Endearment
1983

Fly Away Home
1996

The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004

Arachnophobia
1990

Something Wild
1986

Space Chimps
2008

Radio Days
1987

It's the Rage
1999

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990

101 Dalmatians
1996

Dumb and Dumber
1994

The Lookout
2007

Chasing Sleep
2001

Imaginary Heroes
2004

Ragtime
1981

RV
2006

Blood Work
2002

2 Days in the Valley
1996

Infamous
2006

My Favorite Martian
1999

Mama's Boy
2007

Heartburn
1986

The Crossing
2000

Timescape
1992

Cheaters
2000

I Witness
2003

Gods and Generals
2003

Howl
2010

State of Play
2009

The Saint of Second Chances
2023

Because of Winn-Dixie
2005

Paper Man
2009

Trial and Error
1997

The Goodbye Girl
2004

Escanaba in da Moonlight
2001

Sweet Hearts Dance
1988

Away We Go
2009

A Plumm Summer
2008

Checking Out
1988

The House on Carroll Street
1988

Looper
2012

Marie: A True Story
1985

Dumb and Dumber To
2014

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988

Redwood Curtain
1995

Remembering Ragtime
2004

No Place Like Home
1989

The Catcher Was a Spy
2018

Love Hurts
1990

Bye Bye Barry
2023

9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021

Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008

There Goes the Neighborhood
1992

The Martian
2015

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003

Rain Without Thunder
1993

Steve Jobs
2015

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024

America's Classic Ballparks
1991

Broadway: The Next Generation
2017

Allegiant
2016

Of Miracles and Men
2015

Traitor
2008

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992

Super Sucker
2002

The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018

Guest Artist
2019

Fifth of July
1982

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998

An Invasion of Privacy
1983

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006

Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015

Still Dumb After All These Years
2006

Adam
2020

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021

Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
2004

The Russian Five
2018

Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Super Sucker | 2002 | Writer | 
| Guest Artist | 2019 | Producer | 
| Guest Artist | 2019 | Writer |