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).
Acting
Movie
The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
2015
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Looper
as Abe
2012
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Allegiant
as David
2016
Movie
Speed
as Harry
1994
Movie
Dumb and Dumber
as Harry Dunne
1994
TV
Family Guy
as Jeff Daniels (voice)
1999
Movie
Steve Jobs
as John Sculley
2015
Movie
101 Dalmatians
as Roger
1996
Movie
Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne
2014
Movie
State of Play
as George Fergus
2009
Movie
Pleasantville
as Mr. Johnson
1998
Movie
The Hours
as Louis Waters
2002
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RV
as Travis Gornicke
2006
Movie
Arachnophobia
as Ross Jennings
1990
Movie
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
1985
Movie
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson
2005
Movie
The Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman
2005
Movie
Blood Work
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
2002
TV
Frasier
as Doug (voice)
1993
Movie
Terms of Endearment
as Flap Horton
1983
TV
The Newsroom
as Will McAvoy
2012
Movie
Traitor
as Carter
2008
Movie
The Lookout
as Lewis
2007
TV
Godless
as Frank Griffin
2017
