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Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Birthday: 1955-02-19

Place of birth: Athens, Georgia, USA

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Also known as: 제프 다니엘스, 杰夫·丹尼尔斯, 黛安·蓮恩, Джефф Деніелс

The Hours
The Hours

2002-12-27

Louis Waters

Speed
Speed

1994-06-09

Harry

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005-09-16

Sig Mickelson

Gettysburg
Gettysburg

1993-10-08

Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Pleasantville
Pleasantville

1998-09-17

Mr. Johnson

The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale

2005-10-05

Bernard Berkman

The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985-03-01

Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd

The Butcher's Wife
The Butcher's Wife

1991-10-25

Dr. Alex Tremor

The Answer Man
The Answer Man

2009-01-18

Arlen Faber

Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment

1983-11-20

Flap Horton

Fly Away Home
Fly Away Home

1996-09-13

Thomas Alden

Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia

1990-07-20

Ross Jennings

Something Wild
Something Wild

1986-11-07

Charles Driggs

Space Chimps
Space Chimps

2008-06-25

Zartog (voice)

Radio Days
Radio Days

1987-01-30

Biff Baxter

It's the Rage
It's the Rage

1999-09-11

Warren Harding

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990-10-12

Denton Webb

101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians

1996-11-27

Roger

Dumb and Dumber
Dumb and Dumber

1994-12-16

Harry Dunne

The Lookout
The Lookout

2007-03-09

Lewis

Chasing Sleep
Chasing Sleep

2001-05-16

Ed Saxon

Imaginary Heroes
Imaginary Heroes

2004-09-14

Ben Travis

Ragtime
Ragtime

1981-11-20

P.C. O'Donnell

RV
RV

2006-04-28

Travis Gornicke

Blood Work
Blood Work

2002-08-09

Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley

1996-09-11

Alvin Strayer

Infamous
Infamous

2006-10-13

Alvin Dewey

My Favorite Martian
My Favorite Martian

1999-02-11

Tim O'Hara

Mama's Boy
Mama's Boy

2007-12-14

Mert Rosenbloom

Heartburn
Heartburn

1986-07-25

Richard

The Crossing
The Crossing

2000-01-10

Gen. George Washington

Timescape
Timescape

1992-01-11

Ben Wilson

Cheaters
Cheaters

2000-05-20

Dr. Gerard Plecki

I Witness
I Witness

2003-04-13

James Rhodes

Gods and Generals
Gods and Generals

2003-02-21

Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Howl
Howl

2010-08-26

Professor David Kirk

State of Play
State of Play

2009-04-17

George Fergus

The Saint of Second Chances
The Saint of Second Chances

2023-06-11

Narrator (voice)

Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie

2005-02-18

Preacher

Paper Man
Paper Man

2009-06-15

Richard Dunn

Trial and Error
Trial and Error

1997-05-30

Charles Tuttle

The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl

2004-01-16

Elliot Garfield

Escanaba in da Moonlight
Escanaba in da Moonlight

2001-01-26

Rueben Soady

Sweet Hearts Dance
Sweet Hearts Dance

1988-09-23

Sam Manners

Away We Go
Away We Go

2009-06-05

Jerry Farlander

A Plumm Summer
A Plumm Summer

2008-04-25

Narrator

Checking Out
Checking Out

1988-10-26

Ray Macklin

Looper
Looper

2012-09-26

Abe

Marie: A True Story
Marie: A True Story

1985-09-27

Eddie Sisk

Dumb and Dumber To
Dumb and Dumber To

2014-11-12

Harry Dunne

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988-05-08

Lt. Steve Maryk

Redwood Curtain
Redwood Curtain

1995-01-01

Lyman Fellers

Remembering Ragtime
Remembering Ragtime

2004-11-16

P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)

No Place Like Home
No Place Like Home

1989-12-03

Mike Cooper

The Catcher Was a Spy
The Catcher Was a Spy

2018-06-22

Bill Donovan

Love Hurts
Love Hurts

1990-04-19

Paul Weaver

Bye Bye Barry
Bye Bye Barry

2023-11-20

Self

Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sweet Nothing in My Ear

2008-04-20

Dan Miller

There Goes the Neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood

1992-10-30

Willis Embry

The Martian
The Martian

2015-09-30

Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

2003-10-26

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rain Without Thunder
Rain Without Thunder

1993-02-05

Jonathan Garson

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

2015-10-09

John Sculley

America's Classic Ballparks
America's Classic Ballparks

1991-10-29

Narrator

Allegiant
Allegiant

2016-03-09

David

Of Miracles and Men
Of Miracles and Men

2015-02-08

Self - Narrator

Traitor
Traitor

2008-08-23

Carter

Super Sucker
Super Sucker

2002-02-24

Fred Barlow

The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Emperor's Newest Clothes

2018-11-15

The Emperor

Guest Artist
Guest Artist

2019-02-07

Joseph Harris

Fifth of July
Fifth of July

1982-10-11

Jed Jenkins

An Invasion of Privacy
An Invasion of Privacy

1983-01-12

Francis Ryan

Adam
Adam

2020-07-02

Mickey

Reykjavik
Reykjavik

Ronald Reagan

The Russian Five
The Russian Five

2018-04-11

self