Jeff Daniels

Acting · 2.9 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: February 19, 1955
From: Athens, Georgia, USA

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).

Works

99 films

The Martian

20157.7

Dumb and Dumber

19946.7

Looper

20126.9

Speed

19947.2

101 Dalmatians

19965.9

Dumb and Dumber To

20145.6

Allegiant

20166.1

The Hours

20027.3

Arachnophobia

19906.5

State of Play

20096.8

20065.9

Steve Jobs

20156.8

Pleasantville

19987.3

Terms of Endearment

19837.1

Space Chimps

20085.0

Blood Work

20026.2

The Brink of War

2026

The Squid and the Whale

20056.9

Fly Away Home

19967.0

Paper Man

20096.3

The Lookout

20076.7

Gettysburg

19937.0

Good Night, and Good Luck.

20057.1

Because of Winn-Dixie

20056.5

My Favorite Martian

19995.7

2 Days in the Valley

19966.2

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

The Purple Rose of Cairo

19857.4

Heartburn

19866.0

Traitor

20086.7

Mama's Boy

20074.6

Timescape

19926.5

Away We Go

20096.7

All the Rage

19995.5

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

20248.1

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

20216.9

Gods and Generals

20036.4

Something Wild

19866.6

Radio Days

19877.0

Infamous

20066.5

2034

2026

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

19906.2

The Butcher's Wife

19915.7

Adam

20206.4

Broadway: The Next Generation

2026

The House on Carroll Street

19885.9

Cheaters

20006.3

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

20047.0

Ragtime

19817.0

The Saint of Second Chances

20236.9

Howl

20106.4

There Goes the Neighborhood

19925.5

I Witness

20035.5

The Crossing

20006.4

Redwood Curtain

19956.5

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

20037.6

Sweet Hearts Dance

19885.0

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

2006

Imaginary Heroes

20046.5

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

2006

Love Hurts

19904.6

Trial and Error

19975.5

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

20186.9

The Goodbye Girl

20046.0

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

20137.4

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

19886.5

Marie: A True Story

19855.8

Still Dumb After All These Years

20067.7

Chasing Sleep

20016.0

Checking Out

19884.4

Super Sucker

20025.7

The Answer Man

20096.2

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

19984.5

A Plumm Summer

20085.8

No Place Like Home

19896.7

Starman

2026

Bye Bye Barry

20237.8

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

20086.3

An Invasion of Privacy

19835.5

Of Miracles and Men

20157.2

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

2006

Rain Without Thunder

19934.3

Escanaba in da Moonlight

20016.1

Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words

20257.5

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

20157.3

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

20069.3

Remembering Ragtime

2004

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

19925.8

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

2006

The Making of 'Speed'

19946.3

Dumb and Dumber - Making Of

2004

The Russian Five

20187.4

Guest Artist

20194.7

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party

19975.5

Fifth of July

19827.0

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

2026

America's Classic Ballparks

19917.0

Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character

2026