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Jeff Daniels

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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).

Jeff Daniels

Biography

Films Featuring Jeff Daniels

The Hours

Speed

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Gettysburg

Pleasantville

The Squid and the Whale

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Butcher's Wife

The Answer Man

Terms of Endearment

Fly Away Home

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Arachnophobia

Something Wild

Space Chimps

Radio Days

All the Rage

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

101 Dalmatians

Dumb and Dumber

The Lookout

Chasing Sleep

Imaginary Heroes

Ragtime

RV

Blood Work

2 Days in the Valley

Infamous

My Favorite Martian

Mama's Boy

Heartburn

The Crossing

Timescape

Cheaters

I Witness

Gods and Generals

Howl

State of Play

The Saint of Second Chances

Because of Winn-Dixie

Paper Man

Trial and Error

The Goodbye Girl

Escanaba in da Moonlight

Sweet Hearts Dance

Away We Go

A Plumm Summer

Checking Out

The House on Carroll Street

Looper

Marie: A True Story

Dumb and Dumber To

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Redwood Curtain

Remembering Ragtime

No Place Like Home

The Catcher Was a Spy

Love Hurts

Bye Bye Barry

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

There Goes the Neighborhood

The Martian

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Rain Without Thunder

Steve Jobs

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

America's Classic Ballparks

Broadway: The Next Generation

Allegiant

Of Miracles and Men

Traitor

Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Super Sucker

The Emperor's Newest Clothes