Jeff Daniels
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 (139 titles)
MovieThe Brink of War
Ronald Reagan · 2026
5.9ShowThe American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2025
8.0MoviePaddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Self · 2025
8.1MovieSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self · 2024
6.3ShowA Man in Full
Charlie Croker · 2024
7.8MovieBye Bye Barry
Self · 2023
7.4ShowThe American Buffalo
(voice) · 2023
6.9MovieThe Saint of Second Chances
Narrator (voice) · 2023
7.8ShowShrinking
2023
6.9ShowAmerican Rust
Det. Del Harris · 2021
6.8Movie9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2021
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self · 2021
7.5ShowHemingway
Ernest Hemingway (voice) · 2021
6.9ShowThe Comey Rule
James Comey · 2020
6.4MovieAdam
Mickey · 2020
7.5ShowImpractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Himself · 2020
7.2ShowWashington
Self - Narrator · 2020
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2019
4.7MovieGuest Artist
Joseph Harris · 2019
6.9MovieThe Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Emperor · 2018
6.2MovieThe Catcher Was a Spy
Bill Donovan · 2018
7.4MovieThe Russian Five
self · 2018
7.3ShowThe Looming Tower
John O'Neill · 2018
7.8ShowGodless
Frank Griffin · 2017
6.9ShowRolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Narrator · 2017
6.1MovieAllegiant
David · 2016
6.8MovieSteve Jobs
John Sculley · 2015
7.7MovieThe Martian
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders · 2015
6.1ShowThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 2015
6.2ShowClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2015