Jeff Daniels

Known for ActingBorn 1955-02-19 (age 71)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).Read more

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RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Newsroom

Shrinking

Bye Bye Barry

Impractical Jokers

Godless

The Martian

A Rumor of War

Still Dumb After All These Years

Hemingway

Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party

MTV Video Music Awards

The American Buffalo

Frasier

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

The Russian Five

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

The Looming Tower

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

Washington

Breakfast with the Arts

Family Guy

Of Miracles and Men

The Hours

The Graham Norton Show

Pleasantville

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Trying Times

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

Good Night, and Good Luck.

American Rust

The Comey Rule

The Saint of Second Chances

Speed

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge

Looper

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

The Squid and the Whale

The Colbert Report

Terms of Endearment

Steve Jobs

Radio Days

America's Classic Ballparks

Gettysburg