Jeff Daniels
ActingAlso Known As
제프 다니엘스, 杰夫·丹尼尔斯, 黛安·蓮恩, Джефф Деніелс
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).
Movies
(94 total)
The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
Looper
as Abe
Allegiant
as David
Speed
as Harry
Dumb and Dumber
as Harry Dunne
Steve Jobs
as John Sculley
101 Dalmatians
as Roger
Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne
State of Play
as George Fergus
The Hours
as Louis Waters
Pleasantville
as Mr. Johnson
RV
as Travis Gornicke
Arachnophobia
as Ross Jennings
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson
The Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman
Blood Work
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Terms of Endearment
as Flap Horton
Traitor
as Carter
The Lookout
as Lewis
TV Shows
(45 total)
Family Guy
as Jeff Daniels (voice)
Frasier
as Doug (voice)
The Newsroom
as Will McAvoy
Godless
as Frank Griffin
The Daily Show
as Self
Shrinking
as Randy
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Impractical Jokers
as Self
The Colbert Report
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
The Looming Tower
as John O'Neill
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Hawaii Five-O
as Neal Forrester
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest