Jeff Daniels
Movies
- 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Arachnophobia (1990)
- Away We Go (2009)
- Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
- Blood Work (2002)
- Chasing Sleep (2001)
- Cheaters (2000)
- Checking Out (1989)
- Dumb & Dumber (1994)
- Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001)
- Fly Away Home (1996)
- Gettysburg (1993)
- Gods and Generals (2003)
- Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
- Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1992)
- Howl (2010)
- I Witness (2003)
- Imaginary Heroes (2004)
- Infamous (2006)
- It's the Rage (2000)
- Love Hurts (1991)
- Mama's Boy (2007)
- Marie (1985)
- My Favorite Martian (1999)
- Paper Man (2010)
- Pleasantville (1998)
- Radio Days (1987)
- Rain Without Thunder (1993)
- RV (2006)
- Something Wild (1986)
- Space Chimps (2008)
- Speed (1994)
- State of Play (2009)
- Super Sucker (2002)
- Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
- Terms of Endearment (1983)
- The Answer Man (2009)
- The Butcher's Wife (1991)
- The Crossing (2000)
- The Hours (2002)
- The House on Carroll Street (1988)
- The Lookout (2007)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
- Traitor (2008)
- Trial and Error (1997)
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
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). Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia, and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, where his father, Robert Lee Daniels, still owns the local lumber yard. He was raised Methodist. Daniels attended Central Michigan
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