Jeff Daniels
Acting
Born: 1955-02-19 in Athens, Georgia, USA
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).
Known For
Family Guy
Jeff Daniels (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Late Show with David Letterman
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Casting Reject
The Daily Show
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Frasier
Doug (voice)
Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
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The View
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The Colbert Report
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Hawaii Five-O
Neal Forrester
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
CBS News Sunday Morning
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Morning Show
Lukas
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Shrinking
Shrinking
Randy
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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American Playhouse
Jed Jenkins
Impractical Jokers
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The Martian
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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The Newsroom
Will McAvoy
MTV Video Music Awards
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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Speed
Harry
Off Camera with Sam Jones
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The Brink of War
Ronald Reagan
Dumb and Dumber
Harry Dunne
Looper
Abe
Allegiant
David
Dumb and Dumber To
Harry Dunne
101 Dalmatians
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