Jeff Daniels
Biography
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels 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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2024
A Man in Full
As: Charlie Croker
- 2023
The American Buffalo
As: (voice)
- 2023
The Saint of Second Chances
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2021
American Rust
As: Det. Del Harris
- 2021
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
As: Narrator
- 2021
Hemingway
As: Ernest Hemingway (voice)
- 2020
The Comey Rule
As: James Comey
- 2020
Adam
As: Mickey
- 2019
Guest Artist
As: Joseph Harris
- 2018
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
As: The Emperor
- 2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
As: Bill Donovan
- 2018
The Looming Tower
As: John O'Neill
- 2017
Godless
As: Frank Griffin
- 2017
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
As: Narrator
- 2016
Allegiant
As: David
- 2015
Steve Jobs
As: John Sculley
- 2015
The Martian
As: Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
- 2015
ARES: live
As: Teddy Sanders
- 2014
Dumb and Dumber To
As: Harry Dunne
- 2012
Looper
As: Abe
- 2012
The Newsroom
As: Will McAvoy
- 2010
Howl
As: Professor David Kirk
- 2009
Paper Man
As: Richard Dunn
- 2009
Away We Go
As: Jerry Farlander
- 2009
State of Play
As: George Fergus
- 2009
The Answer Man
As: Arlen Faber
- 2008
Traitor
As: Carter
- 2008
Space Chimps
As: Zartog (voice)
- 2008
A Plumm Summer
As: Narrator
- 2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
As: Dan Miller
- 2007
Mama's Boy
As: Mert Rosenbloom
- 2007
The Lookout
As: Lewis
- 2006
Infamous
As: Alvin Dewey
- 2006
RV
As: Travis Gornicke
- 2005
The Squid and the Whale
As: Bernard Berkman
- 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
As: Sig Mickelson
- 2005
Because of Winn-Dixie
As: Preacher
- 2004
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
As: Blue Man
- 2004
Imaginary Heroes
As: Ben Travis
- 2004
The Goodbye Girl
As: Elliot Garfield
- 2003
I Witness
As: James Rhodes
- 2003
Gods and Generals
As: Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- 2002
The Hours
As: Louis Waters
- 2002
Blood Work
As: Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
- 2002
Super Sucker
As: Fred Barlow
- 2001
Chasing Sleep
As: Ed Saxon
- 2001
Escanaba in da Moonlight
As: Rueben Soady
- 2000
Cheaters
As: Dr. Gerard Plecki
- 2000
The Crossing
As: Gen. George Washington
- 1999
It's the Rage
As: Warren Harding
- 1999
My Favorite Martian
As: Tim O'Hara
- 1999
Family Guy
As: Jeff Daniels (voice)
- 1998
Pleasantville
As: Mr. Johnson
- 1997
Trial and Error
As: Charles Tuttle
- 1996
101 Dalmatians
As: Roger
- 1996
Fly Away Home
As: Thomas Alden
- 1996
2 Days in the Valley
As: Alvin Strayer
- 1995
Redwood Curtain
As: Lyman Fellers
- 1994
Dumb and Dumber
As: Harry Dunne
- 1994
Speed
As: Harry
- 1993
Gettysburg
As: Col. Joshua Chamberlain
- 1993
Frasier
As: Doug (voice)
- 1993
Rain Without Thunder
As: Jonathan Garson
- 1992
There Goes the Neighborhood
As: Willis Embry
- 1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
As: Tom Noonan
- 1992
Timescape
As: Ben Wilson
- 1991
America's Classic Ballparks
As: Narrator
- 1991
The Butcher's Wife
As: Dr. Alex Tremor
- 1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
As: Denton Webb
- 1990
Arachnophobia
As: Ross Jennings
- 1990
Love Hurts
As: Paul Weaver
- 1989
No Place Like Home
As: Mike Cooper
- 1988
Checking Out
As: Ray Macklin
- 1988
Sweet Hearts Dance
As: Sam Manners
- 1988
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
As: Lt. Steve Maryk
- 1988
The House on Carroll Street
As: Cochran
- 1987
Radio Days
As: Biff Baxter
- 1986
Something Wild
As: Charles Driggs
- 1986
Heartburn
As: Richard
- 1985
Marie: A True Story
As: Eddie Sisk
- 1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
As: Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
- 1983
Terms of Endearment
As: Flap Horton
- 1983
An Invasion of Privacy
As: Francis Ryan
- 1982
Fifth of July
As: Jed Jenkins
- 1981
Ragtime
As: P.C. O'Donnell
- 1980
A Rumor of War
As: Chaplain
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Neal Forrester