
Actor
Jeff Daniels
Born 1955 · 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).
Acting

The Martian
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders · 2015

Looper
Abe · 2012

Speed
Harry · 1994

Family Guy
Jeff Daniels (voice) · 1999

Dumb and Dumber
Harry Dunne · 1994

Steve Jobs
John Sculley · 2015

Pleasantville
Mr. Johnson · 1998

The Hours
Louis Waters · 2002

Allegiant
David · 2016

The Newsroom
Will McAvoy · 2012

Frasier
Doug (voice) · 1993

State of Play
George Fergus · 2009

The Purple Rose of Cairo
Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd · 1985

Godless
Frank Griffin · 2017

Shrinking
Randy · 2023

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sig Mickelson · 2005

101 Dalmatians
Roger · 1996

The Squid and the Whale
Bernard Berkman · 2005

Terms of Endearment
Flap Horton · 1983

Impractical Jokers
Self · 2011

Arachnophobia
Ross Jennings · 1990

Radio Days
Biff Baxter · 1987

Dumb and Dumber To
Harry Dunne · 2014

RV
Travis Gornicke · 2006


