Acting credits
131
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jeff Daniels
Acting
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Movies: 91Series: 42Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 8447
IMDb ID: nm0001099
Known for: Acting
Born: February 19, 1955
Age: 70
Place of birth: Athens, Georgia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q53680
Also known as
제프 다니엘스 • 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 • 黛安·蓮恩 • Джефф Деніелс
Other jobs
Creator (2)Director (2)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Jeff Daniels.
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
as Self
2025 Movie
8.1
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
as Self
2024 Movie
7.9
Bye Bye Barry
as Self
2023 Movie
6.9
The Saint of Second Chances
as Narrator (voice)
2023 Movie
6.8
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
6.4
Adam
as Mickey
2020 Movie
4.7
Guest Artist
as Joseph Harris
2019 Movie
7.0
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
as The Emperor
2018 Movie
6.2
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Bill Donovan
2018 Movie
7.4
The Russian Five
as self
2018 Movie
10.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017 Movie
6.1
Allegiant
as David
2016 Movie
6.8
Steve Jobs
as John Sculley
2015 Movie
7.7
The Martian
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
2015 Movie
7.5
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
as Self
2015 Movie
7.2
Of Miracles and Men
as Self - Narrator
2015 Movie
5.6
Dumb and Dumber To
as Harry Dunne
2014 Movie
7.3
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
as Self
2013 Movie
6.9
Looper
as Abe
2012 Movie
6.5
Howl
as Professor David Kirk
2010 Movie
6.3
Paper Man
as Richard Dunn
2009 Movie
6.7
Away We Go
as Jerry Farlander
2009 Movie
6.8
State of Play
as George Fergus
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jeff Daniels.
5.6
The American Revolution
as Thomas Jefferson (voice) • 4 eps
2025 Series
6.3
A Man in Full
as Charlie Croker • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.1
The American Buffalo
as (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.8
Shrinking
2023 Series
6.9
American Rust
as Det. Del Harris • 19 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Hemingway
as Ernest Hemingway (voice) • 3 eps
2021 Series
6.9
The Comey Rule
as James Comey • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.5
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
as Himself • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.1
Washington
as Self - Narrator • 3 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.3
The Looming Tower
as John O'Neill • 10 eps
2018 Series
7.7
Godless
as Frank Griffin • 7 eps
2017 Series
6.1
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer
Creator • 5 eps
2017 Series
6.9
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
as Narrator • 2 eps
2017 Series
6.6
Hunting Hitler
Creator
2015 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.3
ARES: live
as Teddy Sanders • 6 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 3 eps
2014 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
The Newsroom
as Will McAvoy • 25 eps
2012 Series
7.9
Impractical Jokers
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series