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 of Jeff Daniels

  • The Brink of War (2026)
  • Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025)
  • The American Revolution (2025)
  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
  • A Man in Full (2024)
  • The Saint of Second Chances (2023)
  • Bye Bye Barry (2023)
  • The American Buffalo (2023)
  • Shrinking (2023)
  • 9/11: Inside the President's War Room (2021)
  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
  • American Rust (2021)
  • Hemingway (2021)
  • Adam (2020)
  • Washington (2020)
  • The Comey Rule (2020)
  • Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party (2020)
  • Guest Artist (2019)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
  • The Morning Show (2019)
  • The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
  • The Emperor's Newest Clothes (2018)
  • The Russian Five (2018)
  • The Looming Tower (2018)
  • Godless (2017)
  • Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge (2017)
  • Allegiant (2016)
  • The Martian (2015)
  • Steve Jobs (2015)
  • Of Miracles and Men (2015)
  • "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' (2015)
  • ARES: live (2015)
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
  • Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
  • Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
  • James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend (2013)
  • Looper (2012)