Acting credits
139
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jeff Daniels
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 96Series: 45Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 8447
IMDb ID: nm0001099
Known for: Acting
Born: February 19, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Athens, Georgia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2026
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
Wikidata: Q53680
Also known as
제프 다니엘스 • 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 • Джефф Деніелс
Other jobs
Creator (2)Director (2)Executive Producer (1)Producer (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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jeff Daniels.
as Ronald Reagan
The Brink of War
2026 • Movie
as Self
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025 • Movie
as Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024 • Movie
as Self
Bye Bye Barry
2023 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Saint of Second Chances
2023 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021 • Movie
as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Movie
as Mickey
Adam
2020 • Movie
as Joseph Harris
Guest Artist
2019 • Movie
as The Emperor
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018 • Movie
as Bill Donovan
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 • Movie
as self
The Russian Five
2018 • Movie
as David
Allegiant
2016 • Movie
as John Sculley
Steve Jobs
2015 • Movie
as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
The Martian
2015 • Movie
as Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015 • Movie
as Self - Narrator
Of Miracles and Men
2015 • Movie
as Harry Dunne
Dumb and Dumber To
2014 • Movie
as Self
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013 • Movie
as Abe
Looper
2012 • Movie
as Professor David Kirk
Howl
2010 • Movie
as Richard Dunn
Paper Man
2009 • Movie
as Jerry Farlander
Away We Go
2009 • Movie
as George Fergus
State of Play
2009 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jeff Daniels.
as Thomas Jefferson (voice) • 4 eps
The American Revolution
2025 • Series
as Charlie Croker • 6 eps
A Man in Full
2024 • Series
as (voice) • 2 eps
The American Buffalo
2023 • Series
Shrinking
2023 • Series
as Det. Del Harris • 19 eps
American Rust
2021 • Series
as Ernest Hemingway (voice) • 3 eps
Hemingway
2021 • Series
as James Comey • 2 eps
The Comey Rule
2020 • Series
as Himself • 1 eps
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
2020 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 3 eps
Washington
2020 • Series
as Lukas
The Morning Show
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as John O'Neill • 10 eps
The Looming Tower
2018 • Series
as Frank Griffin • 7 eps
Godless
2017 • Series
Creator • 5 eps
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer
2017 • Series
as Narrator • 2 eps
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017 • Series
Creator
Hunting Hitler
2015 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Teddy Sanders • 6 eps
ARES: live
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Will McAvoy • 25 eps
The Newsroom
2012 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Impractical Jokers
2011 • Series