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Jeff Daniels
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).
As actor
The Brink of War
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
The Saint of Second Chances
Bye Bye Barry
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Adam
Guest Artist
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Russian Five
Allegiant
The Martian
Steve Jobs
Of Miracles and Men
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Dumb and Dumber To
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Looper
Howl
The Answer Man
State of Play
Paper Man
Away We Go
Space Chimps
A Plumm Summer
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Traitor
The Lookout
