Jeff Daniels
Actor
- Born
- February 19, 1955 (age 71) · Athens, Georgia, USA
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
The Martian
September 30, 2015
Looper
September 26, 2012
Allegiant
March 9, 2016
Speed
June 9, 1994
Dumb and Dumber
December 16, 1994
Steve Jobs
October 9, 2015
101 Dalmatians
November 27, 1996
Dumb and Dumber To
November 12, 2014
State of Play
April 17, 2009
Pleasantville
September 17, 1998
The Hours
December 27, 2002
RV
April 28, 2006
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