Jeff Daniels
Born in Athens, Georgia, USA — Feb 19 1955
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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…
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Family Guy
Jeff Daniels (voice)
Frasier
Doug (voice)
Shrinking
Hawaii Five-O
Neal Forrester
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter
The Newsroom
Will McAvoy
Impractical Jokers
Self
The Martian
Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
HBO First Look
Godless
Frank Griffin
Dumb and Dumber
Harry Dunne
The American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Speed
Harry
101 Dalmatians
Roger
Looper
Abe
American Rust
Det. Del Harris
Because of Winn-Dixie
Preacher
The Looming Tower
John O'Neill
Allegiant
David
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lyman Fellers
Steve Jobs
John Sculley
Dumb and Dumber To
Harry Dunne
RV
Travis Gornicke
The Comey Rule
James Comey
A Man in Full
Charlie Croker
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Himself
Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
State of Play
George Fergus
The Hours
Louis Waters
Terms of Endearment
Flap Horton
Pleasantville
Mr. Johnson
The Squid and the Whale
Bernard Berkman
ARES: live
Teddy Sanders
Traitor
Carter
Ragtime
P.C. O'Donnell
Fly Away Home
Thomas Alden
The American Buffalo
(voice)
Radio Days
Biff Baxter
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Gettysburg
Col. Joshua Chamberlain
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
Infamous
Alvin Dewey
A Rumor of War
Chaplain
Trying Times
Jim
Washington
Self - Narrator
The Lookout
Lewis
Space Chimps
Zartog (voice)
Heartburn
Richard
The Catcher Was a Spy
Bill Donovan
Arachnophobia
Ross Jennings
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sig Mickelson
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer
Crew
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Away We Go
Jerry Farlander
Gods and Generals
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Paper Man
Richard Dunn
Hunting Hitler
Creator
Blood Work
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Adam
Mickey
2 Days in the Valley
Alvin Strayer
Timescape
Ben Wilson
Imaginary Heroes
Ben Travis
Marie: A True Story
Eddie Sisk
Checking Out
Ray Macklin
The Crossing
Gen. George Washington
Howl
Professor David Kirk
All the Rage
Warren Harding
My Favorite Martian
Tim O'Hara
Mama's Boy
Mert Rosenbloom
A Plumm Summer
Narrator
Bye Bye Barry
Self
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Denton Webb
The Butcher's Wife
Dr. Alex Tremor
Cheaters
Dr. Gerard Plecki
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Self - Narrator (voice)
Something Wild
Charles Driggs
Chasing Sleep
Ed Saxon
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
The House on Carroll Street
Cochran
Trial and Error
Charles Tuttle
Reykjavik
Ronald Reagan
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
Narrator
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Tom Noonan
The Saint of Second Chances
Narrator (voice)
Love Hurts
Paul Weaver
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self
There Goes the Neighborhood
Willis Embry
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Dan Miller
Rain Without Thunder
Jonathan Garson
No Place Like Home
Mike Cooper
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Blue Man
Redwood Curtain
Lyman Fellers
The Goodbye Girl
Elliot Garfield
Sweet Hearts Dance
Sam Manners
Guest Artist
Joseph Harris
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Emperor
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Lt. Steve Maryk
I Witness
James Rhodes
Breakfast with the Arts
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Self
Remembering Ragtime
P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
An Invasion of Privacy
Francis Ryan
Still Dumb After All These Years
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Self
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
Self
Super Sucker
Fred Barlow
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Self
The Answer Man
Arlen Faber
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Self
The Russian Five
self
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
Self
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Ralph Teetor (voice)
Fifth of July
Jed Jenkins
Of Miracles and Men
Self - Narrator
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Rueben Soady
America's Classic Ballparks
Narrator
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
Narrator