Jeff Daniels
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).
Filmography (136 Appearances)
The Brink Of War
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Broadway: The Next Generation
Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
The American Revolution
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
A Man in Full
Bye Bye Barry
The American Buffalo
The Saint of Second Chances
Shrinking
American Rust
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Hemingway
The Comey Rule
Adam
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Washington
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Guest Artist
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Russian Five
The Looming Tower
Godless
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
Allegiant
Steve Jobs
The Martian
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
ARES: live
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Of Miracles and Men
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dumb and Dumber To
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Looper
The Newsroom
Impractical Jokers
Howl
Paper Man
Away We Go
State of Play
The Answer Man
Traitor
Space Chimps
A Plumm Summer
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Mama's Boy
The Lookout
The Graham Norton Show
Infamous
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
RV
Still Dumb After All These Years
The Colbert Report
The Squid and the Whale
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Remembering Ragtime
Imaginary Heroes
The Goodbye Girl
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
I Witness
Gods and Generals
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Hours
Blood Work
Super Sucker
Chasing Sleep
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Cheaters
The Crossing
All the Rage
My Favorite Martian
Family Guy
Pleasantville
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
The View
Trial and Error
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
101 Dalmatians
Fly Away Home
2 Days in the Valley
The Daily Show
Redwood Curtain
Dumb and Dumber
Speed
Gettysburg
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
Rain Without Thunder
There Goes the Neighborhood
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
HBO First Look
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Timescape
America's Classic Ballparks
The Butcher's Wife
Breakfast with the Arts
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Arachnophobia
Love Hurts
No Place Like Home
Checking Out
Sweet Hearts Dance
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The House on Carroll Street
Trying Times
Radio Days
Something Wild
Heartburn
Marie: A True Story
The Purple Rose of Cairo
MTV Video Music Awards
Terms of Endearment
An Invasion of Privacy
Fifth of July
Ragtime
A Rumor of War
CBS News Sunday Morning
Saturday Night Live
Hawaii Five-O