As Actor
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
8.1
Jeff Daniels
Acting
Birth Date
February 19, 1955
Place of Birth
Athens, Georgia, USA
Biography
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) 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 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).
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Bye Bye Barry
2023
7.9
As Actor
The Saint of Second Chances
2023
6.9
As Actor
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
6.8
As Actor
Adam
2020
6.5
As Actor
Allegiant
2016
6.1
As Actor
Steve Jobs
2015
6.8
As Actor
The Martian
2015
7.7
As Actor
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
5.6
As Actor
Looper
2012
6.9
As Actor
Paper Man
2009
6.3
As Actor
Away We Go
2009
6.7
As Actor
State of Play
2009
6.8
As Actor
The Answer Man
2009
6.3
As Actor
Traitor
2008
6.7
As Actor
Space Chimps
2008
4.9
As Actor
A Plumm Summer
2008
5.8
As Actor
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
6.3
As Actor
Mama's Boy
2007
4.6
As Actor
The Lookout
2007
6.7