Jeff Daniels
Known For
Acting
Born
1955-02-19 in Athens, Georgia, USA
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).
Most Known For
Family Guy
as Jeff Daniels (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Frasier
as Doug (voice)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The View
as Self
The Colbert Report
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Shrinking
Shrinking
as Randy
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Hawaii Five-O
as Neal Forrester
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
