Jeff Daniels
Acting
1955-02-19 · Athens, Georgia, USA
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).
movieTraitor
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movieSpace Chimps
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movieSweet Nothing in My Ear
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movieMama's Boy
as Mert Rosenbloom · 2007 · 4.6
movieThe Lookout
as Lewis · 2007 · 6.7
tvThe Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007 · 7.2
movieInfamous
as Alvin Dewey · 2006 · 6.5
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as Self · 2006 · 0.0
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as Self · 2006 · 9.3
movieRobin Williams: A Family Affair
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movieRV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
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movieRobin Williams: A Family Affair
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movieRV
as Travis Gornicke · 2006 · 5.9
movieStill Dumb After All These Years
as Self · 2006 · 7.7
tvThe Colbert Report
as Self · 2005 · 6.9
movieThe Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman · 2005 · 7.0
movieGood Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson · 2005 · 7.1
movieBecause of Winn-Dixie
as Preacher · 2005 · 6.5
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2005 · 6.8
movieThe Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Blue Man · 2004 · 7.0
movieRemembering Ragtime
as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage) · 2004 · 0.0
movieImaginary Heroes
as Ben Travis · 2004 · 6.5
movieThe Goodbye Girl
as Elliot Garfield · 2004 · 6.0