Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

1955-02-19 Athens, Georgia, USA 96 Credits

Biography

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, throug...

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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

2024

as Self

8.1
Acting

Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, ...

Bye Bye Barry

Bye Bye Barry

2023

as Self

7.9
Acting

When NFL superstar Barry Sanders vanished at the height of his career, he left the NFL world in shock. He was still in his prime, chasing the all-time...

The Saint of Second Chances

The Saint of Second Chances

2023

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
Acting

Mike Veeck, son of MLB franchise owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career. Exiled from the game he loves, the younger Veeck spends the next few ...

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

2021

as Narrator

6.8
Acting

Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally detail the crucial hours an...

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Adam

Adam

2020

as Mickey

6.5
Acting

A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.

Guest Artist

Guest Artist

2019

as Joseph Harris

4.7
Acting

Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Y...

Guest Artist

Guest Artist

2019

Writer, Producer

4.7
Writing Producing

Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Y...

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

2018

as The Emperor

7.0
Acting

Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale gets a colorful, music-filled makeover in the whimsical special. Filled with bold animation, catchy musical num...

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Bill Donovan

6.2
Acting

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

The Russian Five

The Russian Five

2018

as self

7.6
Acting

The story of the five Russian hockey stars who helped the Detroit Red Wings win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and created one of the most mem...

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

10.0
Acting

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

Allegiant

Allegiant

2016

as David

6.1
Acting

Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the ...

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

2015

as John Sculley

6.8
Acting

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital...

The Martian

The Martian

2015

as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

7.7
Acting

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and ...

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

2015

as Self

7.5
Acting

An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.

Of Miracles and Men

Of Miracles and Men

2015

as Self - Narrator

7.1
Acting

On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, New York, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round of...

Dumb and Dumber To

Dumb and Dumber To

2014

as Harry Dunne

5.6
Acting

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

2013

as Self

7.3
Acting

In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June 19 at age 51. The special features clips of Gandol...

Looper

Looper

2012

as Abe

6.9
Acting

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send th...

Howl

Howl

2010

as Professor David Kirk

6.5
Acting

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the...

Paper Man

Paper Man

2009

as Richard Dunn

6.3
Acting

A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thi...

Away We Go

Away We Go

2009

as Jerry Farlander

6.7
Acting

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...

State of Play

State of Play

2009

as George Fergus

6.8
Acting

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

The Answer Man

The Answer Man

2009

as Arlen Faber

6.3
Acting

Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber wrote a book about spirituality that became wildly popular. These days, he's a curmudgeonly recluse who only enjoys the ...

Traitor

Traitor

2008

as Carter

6.6
Acting

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former ...

Space Chimps

Space Chimps

2008

as Zartog (voice)

4.9
Acting

Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.

A Plumm Summer

A Plumm Summer

2008

as Narrator

5.8
Acting

Based on a true-story - A Plumm Summer tells the remarkable tale of two young brothers, Elliott and Rocky Plumm, who go head-to-head with the FBI in o...

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

2008

as Dan Miller

6.3
Acting

Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.

Mama's Boy

Mama's Boy

2007

as Mert Rosenbloom

4.5
Acting

A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when she hears wedding bells with her self-help guru bea...

The Lookout

The Lookout

2007

as Lewis

6.7
Acting

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he ...

Infamous

Infamous

2006

as Alvin Dewey

6.5
Acting

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

2006

as Self

Acting

The cast of RV talk about how irrepressably wacky that Barry Sonnenfeld is.

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

2006

as Self

10.0
Acting

The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on the titular vehicle

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

2006

as Self

Acting

The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on how Robin Williams is "always on," "amazingly brilliantly talented," and "the sweetest guy to work with."

RV

RV

2006

as Travis Gornicke

5.9
Acting

Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patr...

Still Dumb After All These Years

Still Dumb After All These Years

2006

as Self

7.7
Acting

Through interviews with the Farrelly Brothers, the producers of the film and Jeff Daniels we learn about casting decisions, how the script was proved ...

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale

2005

as Bernard Berkman

7.0
Acting

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing w...

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

as Sig Mickelson

7.1
Acting

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005

as Preacher

6.4
Acting

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn...

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

2004

as Blue Man

7.0
Acting

On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under...

Remembering Ragtime

Remembering Ragtime

2004

as P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)

Acting

Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

Imaginary Heroes

Imaginary Heroes

2004

as Ben Travis

6.5
Acting

Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the f...

The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

2004

as Elliot Garfield

5.7
Acting

Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European m...

Dumb and Dumber - Making Of

Dumb and Dumber - Making Of

2004

as Self

Acting

The Cast and Crew talk about "Dumb and Dumber" (1994).

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

2003

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.6
Acting

He's gone-but he'll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances are here, including motivational speaker Matt Foley, ...

I Witness

I Witness

2003

as James Rhodes

5.5
Acting

After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.

Gods and Generals

Gods and Generals

2003

as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

6.3
Acting

The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from th...

The Hours

The Hours

2002

as Louis Waters

7.3
Acting

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings a...

Blood Work

Blood Work

2002

as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

6.2
Acting

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a seri...

Super Sucker

Super Sucker

2002

as Fred Barlow

5.3
Acting

Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.

Super Sucker

Super Sucker

2002

Director, Writer

5.3
Directing Writing

Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.

Chasing Sleep

Chasing Sleep

2001

as Ed Saxon

6.0
Acting

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

Escanaba in da Moonlight

Escanaba in da Moonlight

2001

as Rueben Soady

5.9
Acting

A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.

Escanaba in da Moonlight

Escanaba in da Moonlight

2001

Director

5.9
Directing

A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.

Cheaters

Cheaters

2000

as Dr. Gerard Plecki

6.2
Acting

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic compet...

The Crossing

The Crossing

2000

as Gen. George Washington

6.2
Acting

A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.

It's the Rage

It's the Rage

1999

as Warren Harding

5.3
Acting

A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of it all are Helen and Warren Harding,...

My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian

1999

as Tim O'Hara

5.6
Acting

Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a P...

Pleasantville

Pleasantville

1998

as Mr. Johnson

7.3
Acting

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and...

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

1998

as Self

4.5
Acting

Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on "Saturday Night Live," which featured Matt Foley, ev...

Trial and Error

Trial and Error

1997

as Charles Tuttle

5.4
Acting

An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party

1997

as Self

5.5
Acting

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the most magical place on earth!

101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians

1996

as Roger

5.9
Acting

An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

1996

as Thomas Alden

6.9
Acting

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is mi...

2 Days in the Valley

2 Days in the Valley

1996

as Alvin Strayer

6.2
Acting

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...

Redwood Curtain

Redwood Curtain

1995

as Lyman Fellers

5.8
Acting

Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her adopted...

Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber

1994

as Harry Dunne

6.6
Acting

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she l...

Speed

Speed

1994

as Harry

7.1
Acting

Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

1993

as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

6.9
Acting

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching t...

Rain Without Thunder

Rain Without Thunder

1993

as Jonathan Garson

3.5
Acting

This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Alli...

There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992

as Willis Embry

5.4
Acting

A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overh...

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992

as Tom Noonan

5.2
Acting

For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, the fight was on to see who could follow him. Jac...

Timescape

Timescape

1992

as Ben Wilson

6.5
Acting

Before they can complete renovations on their new inn, a father and daughter are visited by a woman seeking immediate lodging for her strange group of...

America's Classic Ballparks

America's Classic Ballparks

1991

as Narrator

Acting

Actor Jeff Daniels narrates this documentary that explores the nostalgic wonders of four beloved baseball stadiums from yesteryear: Fenway Park in Bos...

The Butcher's Wife

The Butcher's Wife

1991

as Dr. Alex Tremor

5.7
Acting

A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop i...

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990

as Denton Webb

6.2
Acting

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to de...

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

1990

as Ross Jennings

6.4
Acting

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider...

Love Hurts

Love Hurts

1990

as Paul Weaver

4.8
Acting

The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

1989

as Mike Cooper

6.5
Acting

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Da...

Checking Out

Checking Out

1988

as Ray Macklin

4.4
Acting

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an ...

Sweet Hearts Dance

Sweet Hearts Dance

1988

as Sam Manners

4.8
Acting

Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his childhood friend, is just beginning to fall i...

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988

as Lt. Steve Maryk

6.5
Acting

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

The House on Carroll Street

The House on Carroll Street

1988

as Cochran

5.8
Acting

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old l...

Radio Days

Radio Days

1987

as Biff Baxter

7.1
Acting

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

Something Wild

Something Wild

1986

as Charles Driggs

6.6
Acting

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

Heartburn

Heartburn

1986

as Richard

6.0
Acting

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reser...

Marie: A True Story

Marie: A True Story

1985

as Eddie Sisk

5.6
Acting

In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal system...

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd

7.4
Acting

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. ...

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983

as Flap Horton

7.1
Acting

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find...

An Invasion of Privacy

An Invasion of Privacy

1983

as Francis Ryan

1.0
Acting

A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded by community prejudice.

Fifth of July

Fifth of July

1982

as Jed Jenkins

7.0
Acting

Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggl...

Ragtime

Ragtime

1981

as P.C. O'Donnell

7.0
Acting

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nos...

Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

What can America learn from its past? The story of President Ford illuminates a fascinating moment in US history as the country was divided amid socia...

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

N/A

as Ralph Teetor (voice)

Acting

The documentary follows the remarkable journey in America's heartland of automotive pioneer and visionary, Ralph R. Teetor.

Reykjavik

N/A

as Ronald Reagan

Acting

At the most dangerous point of the Cold War, political enemies Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland over one long, tense weekend to dec...