Jeff Daniels
Birthday: 1955-02-19
Place of Birth: Athens, Georgia, USA
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, 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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The Hours
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Speed
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist wi...
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Gettysburg
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Pleasantville
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The Squid and the Whale
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
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The Butcher's Wife
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The Answer Man
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Terms of Endearment
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Fly Away Home
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The Five People You Meet In Heaven
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Arachnophobia
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Something Wild
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Space Chimps
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Radio Days
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It's the Rage
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
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101 Dalmatians
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Dumb and Dumber
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The Lookout
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Chasing Sleep
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Imaginary Heroes
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Ragtime
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RV
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Blood Work
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2 Days in the Valley
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Infamous
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with co...
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My Favorite Martian
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Mama's Boy
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Heartburn
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The Crossing
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Timescape
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Cheaters
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I Witness
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Gods and Generals
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Howl
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State of Play
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The Saint of Second Chances
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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Paper Man
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard ...
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Trial and Error
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The Goodbye Girl
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Escanaba in da Moonlight
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Sweet Hearts Dance
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Away We Go
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A Plumm Summer
Based on a true-story - A Plumm Summer tells the remarkable tale of two young brothers, Elliott and ...
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Checking Out
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The House on Carroll Street
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Looper
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Marie: A True Story
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Dumb and Dumber To
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discov...
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "...
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Redwood Curtain
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Remembering Ragtime
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime"....
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No Place Like Home
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The Catcher Was a Spy
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic...
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Love Hurts
The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family....
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Bye Bye Barry
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9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advis...
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Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their dea...
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There Goes the Neighborhood
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the ...
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The Martian
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and lef...
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
He's gone-but he'll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances are...
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Rain Without Thunder
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Steve Jobs
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
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America's Classic Ballparks
Actor Jeff Daniels narrates this documentary that explores the nostalgic wonders of four beloved bas...
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Broadway: The Next Generation
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way....
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Allegiant
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into prote...
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Of Miracles and Men
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Traitor
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international ...
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Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character
What can America learn from its past? The story of President Ford illuminates a fascinating moment i...
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Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
The documentary follows the remarkable journey in America's heartland of automotive pioneer and visi...
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared,...
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Super Sucker
The rivalry between two door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors gets out of hand as competing sales...
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The Emperor's Newest Clothes
Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale gets a colorful, music-filled makeover in the whimsical speci...
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Guest Artist
Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to...
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Fifth of July
Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with h...
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Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on "S...
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An Invasion of Privacy
A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded by c...
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Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
The cast of RV talk about how irrepressably wacky that Barry Sonnenfeld is....
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RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on the titular vehicle...
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Robin Williams: A Family Affair
The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on how Robin Williams is "always on," "amazingly brilliantly...
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"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews....
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Still Dumb After All These Years
Through interviews with the Farrelly Brothers, the producers of the film and Jeff Daniels we learn a...
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Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the most magical place on earth!...
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James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June ...
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as ...
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Reykjavik
At the most dangerous point of the Cold War, political enemies Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev m...
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The Russian Five
The story of the five Russian hockey stars who helped the Detroit Red Wings win back-to-back Stanley...
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Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
A feature documentary profiling the most revered screenwriter in movie history, Paddy Chayefsky stan...
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