Jeff Daniels
Acting
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).
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Filmography of
Jeff Daniels
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Self
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Narrator (voice)
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Self - Narrator (voice)
... 2021
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Mickey
... 2020
Joseph Harris
... 2019
The Emperor
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Bill Donovan
... 2018
self
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David
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John Sculley
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Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
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Self - Narrator
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Harry Dunne
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Abe
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Professor David Kirk
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Richard Dunn
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Jerry Farlander
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George Fergus
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Arlen Faber
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Carter
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Zartog (voice)
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Narrator
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Dan Miller
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Mert Rosenbloom
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Lewis
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Alvin Dewey
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Travis Gornicke
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Bernard Berkman
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Sig Mickelson
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Preacher
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Blue Man
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P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)
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Ben Travis
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Elliot Garfield
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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James Rhodes
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Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Louis Waters
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Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
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Fred Barlow
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Ed Saxon
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Rueben Soady
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Dr. Gerard Plecki
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Gen. George Washington
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Warren Harding
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Tim O'Hara
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Mr. Johnson
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Charles Tuttle
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Roger
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Thomas Alden
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Alvin Strayer
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Lyman Fellers
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Harry Dunne
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Harry
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Col. Joshua Chamberlain
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Jonathan Garson
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Willis Embry
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Tom Noonan
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Ben Wilson
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Dr. Alex Tremor
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Denton Webb
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Ross Jennings
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Paul Weaver
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Mike Cooper
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Ray Macklin
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Sam Manners
... 1988
Lt. Steve Maryk
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Cochran
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Biff Baxter
... 1987
Charles Driggs
... 1986
Richard
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Eddie Sisk
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Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
... 1985
Flap Horton
... 1983
Francis Ryan
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Jed Jenkins
... 1982
P.C. O'Donnell
... 1981
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Ralph Teetor (voice)
Ronald Reagan