Jeff Daniels
Actor
Biography
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).
As Director
Filmography
The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders 2015
Looper
as Abe 2012
Allegiant
as David 2016
Speed
as Harry 1994
Dumb and Dumber
as Harry Dunne 1994
Steve Jobs
as John Sculley 2015
101 Dalmatians
as Roger 1996
Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne 2014
State of Play
as George Fergus 2009
The Hours
as Louis Waters 2002
Pleasantville
as Mr. Johnson 1998
RV
as Travis Gornicke 2006
Arachnophobia
as Ross Jennings 1990
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd 1985
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Sig Mickelson 2005
The Squid and the Whale
as Bernard Berkman 2005
Blood Work
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone 2002