Jeff Daniels profile
Actor profile

Jeff Daniels

19th February 1955 Athens, Georgia, USA Acting

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).

93 Movies 47 TV Shows 1 In Production 148 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Adam poster
Adam 2nd July 2020 as Mickey
The Martian poster
The Martian 30th September 2015 as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
Looper poster
Looper 26th September 2012 as Abe
Howl poster
Howl 26th August 2010 as Professor David Kirk
RV poster
RV 28th April 2006 as Travis Gornicke
Cheaters poster
Cheaters 20th May 2000 as Dr. Gerard Plecki
Speed poster
Speed 9th June 1994 as Harry
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Gettysburg 8th October 1993 as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Ragtime poster
Ragtime 20th November 1981 as P.C. O'Donnell
Hemingway poster
Hemingway 5th April 2021 as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
Godless poster
Godless 22nd November 2017 as Frank Griffin
Frasier poster
Frasier 16th September 1993 as Doug (voice)
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The Brink of War 14th August 2026 as Ronald Reagan