Jeff Daniels
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).
Filmography
The Brink of War
2026
as Ronald Reagan
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
as Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self
Bye Bye Barry
2023
as Self
The Saint of Second Chances
2023
as Narrator (voice)
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Adam
2020
as Mickey
Guest Artist
2019
as Joseph Harris
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018
as The Emperor
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Bill Donovan
The Russian Five
2018
as self
Allegiant
2016
as David
Steve Jobs
2015
as John Sculley
The Martian
2015
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
as Self
Of Miracles and Men
2015
as Self - Narrator
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
as Harry Dunne
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
as Self
Looper
2012
as Abe
Howl
2010
as Professor David Kirk
Paper Man
2009
as Richard Dunn
Away We Go
2009
as Jerry Farlander
State of Play
2009
as George Fergus