Jeff Daniels

Biography

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).

Filmografi

The Martian2015 · Theodore "Teddy" SandersDumb and Dumber1994 · Harry DunneDumb and Dumber To2014 · Harry DunneSpeed1994 · Harry101 Dalmatians1996 · RogerAllegiant2016 · DavidLooper2012 · AbeThe Brink of War2026 · Ronald ReaganRV2006 · Travis GornickeThe Hours2002 · Louis WatersState of Play2009 · George FergusSpace Chimps2008 · Zartog (voice)Timescape1992 · Ben WilsonSteve Jobs2015 · John SculleyTraitor2008 · CarterGood Night, and Good Luck.2005 · Sig MickelsonPleasantville1998 · Mr. JohnsonThe Purple Rose of Cairo1985 · Tom Baxter / Gil ShepherdThe Squid and the Whale2005 · Bernard Berkman9/11: Inside the President's War Room2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)Terms of Endearment1983 · Flap HortonThe Lookout2007 · LewisBlood Work2002 · Jasper 'Buddy' NooneThe Catcher Was a Spy2018 · Bill Donovan