Jeff Daniels

ActorProducerWriterCrewDirector Feb 19 (age 71) Athens, Georgia, USA 1968–2025 (57 year career)

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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. …

Known For

Film

The Martian

Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

Film

Looper

Abe

Film

Speed

Harry

Film

Dumb and Dumber

Harry Dunne

Film

Steve Jobs

John Sculley

Film

Pleasantville

Mr. Johnson

Film

The Hours

Louis Waters

Film

Allegiant

David

Filmography

Acting (137)

Movies (94)

Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words

2025

as Self

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

as Self

Bye Bye Barry

as Self

The Saint of Second Chances

2023

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.8

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Adam

as Mickey

Guest Artist

as Joseph Harris

The Russian Five

as self

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Bill Donovan

6.2

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

2018

as The Emperor

7.0

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

Allegiant

2016

as David

6.1

The Martian

2015

as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

Steve Jobs

as John Sculley

Of Miracles and Men

as Self - Narrator

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

as Self

Dumb and Dumber To

as Harry Dunne

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

as Self

Looper

as Abe

Howl

as Professor David Kirk

State of Play

as George Fergus

Paper Man

as Richard Dunn

The Answer Man

as Arlen Faber

Away We Go

as Jerry Farlander

Traitor

as Carter

Space Chimps

as Zartog (voice)

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

as Dan Miller

A Plumm Summer

as Narrator

The Lookout

as Lewis

Mama's Boy

as Mert Rosenbloom

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

as Self

as Travis Gornicke

Infamous

as Alvin Dewey

Still Dumb After All These Years

2006

as Self

7.7

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

2006

as Self

10.0

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

2006

as Self

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

as Sig Mickelson

7.1

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005

as Preacher

6.5

The Squid and the Whale

as Bernard Berkman

The Goodbye Girl

as Elliot Garfield

Remembering Ragtime

as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

as Blue Man

Imaginary Heroes

as Ben Travis

Dumb and Dumber - Making Of

2004

as Self

Gods and Generals

2003

as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

6.3

I Witness

2003

as James Rhodes

5.4

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

2003

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Hours

as Louis Waters

Blood Work

as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

6.2

Super Sucker

2002

as Fred Barlow

5.3

Escanaba in da Moonlight

as Rueben Soady

Chasing Sleep

as Ed Saxon

Cheaters

as Dr. Gerard Plecki

The Crossing

as Gen. George Washington

My Favorite Martian

as Tim O'Hara

All the Rage

as Warren Harding

Pleasantville

as Mr. Johnson

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

as Self

Trial and Error

as Charles Tuttle

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party

as Self

101 Dalmatians

as Roger

Fly Away Home

as Thomas Alden

2 Days in the Valley

as Alvin Strayer

Redwood Curtain

as Lyman Fellers

Dumb and Dumber

as Harry Dunne

Speed

as Harry

Gettysburg

as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Rain Without Thunder

as Jonathan Garson

Timescape

as Ben Wilson

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992

as Willis Embry

5.3

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992

as Tom Noonan

5.3

America's Classic Ballparks

1991

as Narrator

The Butcher's Wife

1991

as Dr. Alex Tremor

5.7

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Denton Webb

Arachnophobia

as Ross Jennings

Love Hurts

as Paul Weaver

No Place Like Home

as Mike Cooper

Sweet Hearts Dance

as Sam Manners

Checking Out

as Ray Macklin

The House on Carroll Street

1988

as Cochran

5.8

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

as Lt. Steve Maryk

Radio Days

as Biff Baxter

Heartburn

as Richard

Something Wild

as Charles Driggs

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd

7.4

Marie: A True Story

1985

as Eddie Sisk

5.6

An Invasion of Privacy

as Francis Ryan

Terms of Endearment

as Flap Horton

Fifth of July

as Jed Jenkins

Ragtime

as P.C. O'Donnell

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

as Ralph Teetor (voice)

Reykjavik

as Ronald Reagan

Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character

as Narrator

Television (43)

The American Revolution

2025

as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

A Man in Full

as Charlie Croker

Shrinking

as Randy

The American Buffalo

as (voice)

American Rust

as Det. Del Harris

Hemingway

as Ernest Hemingway (voice)

The Comey Rule

as James Comey

Washington

as Self - Narrator

Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party

2020

as Himself

7.5

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Looming Tower

as John O'Neill

Godless

as Frank Griffin

Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge

2017

as Narrator

6.9

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

ARES: live

as Teddy Sanders

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

as Self

4.0

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

The Newsroom

as Will McAvoy

Impractical Jokers

as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

The Colbert Report

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Family Guy

1999

as Jeff Daniels (voice)

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Frasier

as Doug (voice)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

HBO First Look

Breakfast with the Arts

1991

5.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Trying Times

as Jim

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

A Rumor of War

as Chaplain

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Hawaii Five-O

as Neal Forrester

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Lyman Fellers

8.6

Crew (7)

Movies (5)

Guest Artist

Producer

Guest Artist

Writer

Super Sucker

Director

Super Sucker

Writer

Escanaba in da Moonlight

2001

Director

5.9

Television (2)

American Rust

2021

Executive Producer

6.9

The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer

2017

Creator

6.1