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| birth_place = Athens, Georgia, U.S.| education = Central Michigan University| occupation = Actor| children = 3weblink}}| othername =| yearsactive = 1976–presentKathleen Rosemary Treado|1979}}}}Jeffrey Warren Daniels (born February 19, 1955)WEB, Famous birthdays for Feb. 19: Smokey Robinson, Jeff Daniels, February 19, 2020, United Press International,weblink February 25, 2020, is an American actor. He is known for his work on stage and screen playing diverse characters switching between comedy and drama. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Tony Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.He made his film debut in Miloš Forman's drama Ragtime (1981) followed by James L. Brooks's Terms of Endearment (1983), and Mike Nichols's Heartburn (1986). He then received three Golden Globe Award nominations for Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986), and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale (2005). He starred in a variety of genre films such as Gettysburg (1993), Speed (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and Pleasantville (1998). He also starred in critically acclaimed films such as The Hours (2002), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Infamous (2006), Looper (2012), Steve Jobs (2015), and The Martian (2015).From 2012 to 2014, Daniels starred as Will McAvoy in the HBO political drama series The Newsroom, for which he won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He won a second Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 for his performance in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017). He has portrayed real life figures such as John P. O'Neill in the Hulu miniseries The Looming Tower (2018), and FBI director James Comey in The Comey Rule (2020) for Showtime.Daniels is also known for his roles on stage making his Broadway debut in Gemini (1977). He went on to receive three nominations for the Tony Best Actor in a Play for his roles in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage (2009), David Harrower's Blackbird (2016), and Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird (2018–2021). He is the founder and current executive director of the Chelsea, Michigan Purple Rose Theatre Company.

Early life and education

Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia, to Marjorie J. (née Ferguson) and Robert Lee "Bob" Daniels.NEWS, Ruggieri, Melissa, Jeff Daniels is no dummy when it comes to music, October 25, 2010, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,weblink February 25, 2020, WEB, Kaufman, Joanne, Firmly Anchored, June 20, 2012, The Wall Street Journal,weblink February 26, 2020, WEB,weblink Robert Lee Daniels obituary, Obits.mlive.com, January 26, 2013, WEB, Lai, Daniel,weblink Bob Daniels, Chelsea Lumber Owner, Dies at Age 83, Chelsea.patch.com, September 1, 2012, January 26, 2013, He spent the first six weeks of his life in Georgia where his father was teachingWEB,weblink NewsBank for AJC, Nl.newsbank.com, January 26, 2013, before the family moved to his parents' native Michigan where he grew up in Chelsea. His father owned the Chelsea Lumber Company and was a one-time mayor of the town.WEB,weblink Bob Daniels, Chelsea Lumber Owner, Dies at Age 83, Chelsea, MI Patch, September 2, 2012, en-US, March 16, 2016, WEB,weblink 'The Newsroom's' Jeff Daniels at home on a range of characters, Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2013, March 16, 2016, Daniels briefly attended Central Michigan University and participated in the school's theater program. In the summer of 1976, he attended the Eastern Michigan University drama school to participate in a special Bicentennial Repertory program, where he performed in The Hot L Baltimore and three other plays performed in repertoire. Marshall W. Mason was the guest director at EMU, and he invited Daniels to come to New York to work at the Circle Repertory Theatre, where he performed in Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson in the 1977–78 season. Daniels performed in New York in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre.WEB,weblink American Theatre Wing - Downstage Center - Jeff Daniels, www.americantheaterwing.com,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928164626weblink">weblink September 28, 2007, It was the first show of the inaugural season for Second Stage Theatre.

Career

1977–1989: Early roles and breakthrough

Daniels starred in several New York productions, on and off Broadway. On Broadway, he made his debut as the assistant stage manager and various roles in the Albert Innaurato play Gemini (1977).WEB,weblink Gemini (Broadway, 1977), Playbill, February 29, 2024, He also acted in Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (1980) alongside William Hurt, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actor, and starred in A. R. Gurney's The Golden Age (1984) with Stockard Channing. Daniels made his screen debut in Miloš Forman's Ragtime in 1981.NEWS,weblink Jeff Daniels, Coming Up Roses, Mansfield, Stephanie, April 16, 1985, The Washington Post, April 22, 2018, en-US, 0190-8286, His next film was in James L. Brooks's Terms of Endearment, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film follows an emotional relationship between mother (Shirley MacLaine) and daughter (Debra Winger). Daniels plays Winger's callow and unfaithful husband, a role which would prove to be his breakthrough.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels to Hollywood: 'If you want me, I'll be in Michigan', WZZM13.com, In 1985, Daniels starred in Woody Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo alongside Mia Farrow and Danny Aiello. The film was met with critical praise earning a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus reading, "lighthearted and sweet, Purple Rose stands as one of Woody Allen's more inventive – and enchantingly whimsical – pictures."WEB,weblink The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), www.rottentomatoes.com, Daniels garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance.NEWS,weblink Interviewing Jeff Daniels of 'Newsroom,' 'Dumb and Dumber': Guitar started as distraction, became 2nd career, Moser, John J., May 7, 2015, The Morning Call, April 22, 2018, It was the film that inspired the name for the theater company he established.WEB,weblink Detroit: Theater, Arts America, August 23, 2011, March 16, 2016, In 1986, he starred in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild as an unassuming businessman swept up into a wild night by a mysterious woman (Melanie Griffith) and earned his second Golden Globe nomination. Also that year, Daniels had a supporting role alongside Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Heartburn, directed by Mike Nichols. In 1988, he co-starred with Kelly McGillis in Peter Yates' neo-noir The House on Carroll Street, and appeared in the ensemble dramedy Sweet Hearts Dance with Susan Sarandon, Don Johnson and Elizabeth Perkins. He had the lead in Checking Out (1989), which received only a limited theatrical release.

1990–2008: Established actor

Daniels starred in a pair of romantic comedies, Love Hurts (1990) and The Butcher's Wife (1991), playing Demi Moore's love interest in the latter. His sci-fi vehicle Timescape (1992) went straight to video. His next significant role was as Colonel Joshua Chamberlain in Gettysburg (1993). Daniels reprised the role of Chamberlain 10 years later in the prequel film Gods and Generals.WEB,weblink An Interview with Jeff Daniels Writer, Director, Actor....and Student of the Civil War, Largent, Kimberly, February 2003, osu.edu, Ohio State University Department of History, March 16, 2016, Daniels continued his work in the theater with Redwood Curtain (1993). Off-Broadway, he starred in Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky with Cynthia Nixon where he received a Drama Desk nomination for and an Obie Award for his performance in the Circle Repertory Company production of Johnny Got His Gun.In 1994, Daniels would co-star with Jim Carrey in one of his most commercially successful films, Dumb and Dumber. It was a noted departure for Daniels, owing to his status as a dramatic actor. Earlier that same year, Daniels appeared with Keanu Reeves in the action blockbuster Speed; the film was an enormous hit, grossing over $350 million at the box office.WEB,weblink Speed (1994) – Box Office Mojo, www.boxofficemojo.com, March 16, 2016, Daniels would then host Saturday Night Live a second time before the release of the 1996 Disney live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians. Daniels starred as the owner of a litter of dalmatians stolen by the evil Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close). The film was successful, grossing $320 million. Daniels plays a grungy cop Alvin Strayer along with Eric Stoltz in 2 Days in the Valley. Also in 1996 was the family hit film Fly Away Home with Daniels as the supportive single father of Anna Paquin's goose-raising preteen. Daniels then had a critical and commercial misfire with Trial and Error (1997). He would rebound, however, with 1998's Pleasantville as diner owner Bill Johnson, who learns to act as an individual and rebel against the norm at the urging of Tobey Maguire's David. Also starring Reese Witherspoon, Joan Allen, and Don Knotts, Pleasantville was nominated for three Academy Awards. Daniels starred alongside Christopher Lloyd's comedy My Favorite Martian.{{Citation|last=Petrie|first=Donald|title=My Favorite Martian|date=February 12, 1999|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120764|access-date=March 16, 2016}}Daniels starred in the TV films The Crossing, Cheaters, and the direct-to-video release Chasing Sleep. At this point, in the early 2000s, he began to focus more on his theater work at The Purple Rose Theatre as well as writing, starring, and directing the films Escanaba in da Moonlight and Super Sucker.{{Citation|last=Daniels|first=Jeff|title=Escanaba in da Moonlight|date=February 9, 2001|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180679/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2|access-date=March 16, 2016}}{{Citation|last=Daniels|first=Jeff|title=Super Sucker|date=February 24, 2002|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293624/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1|access-date=March 16, 2016}} Daniels's next major film role would be in Clint Eastwood's Blood Work, which received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. He would rebound later that year with Stephen Daldry's Academy Award-winning The Hours alongside Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman. The film was also a financial success, grossing well over $100 million. Gods and Generals followed in 2003, as did the action film I Witness, which co-starred James Spader. Daniels then starred in Imaginary Heroes and the 2004 television film adaptation of fellow Michigander and friend Mitch Albom's bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven.{{Citation|last=Kramer|first=Lloyd|title=The Five People You Meet in Heaven|date=April 24, 2005|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400435/|access-date=March 16, 2016}}The year 2005 proved to be a strong year for Daniels as he garnered notice as the star of the lauded Noah Baumbach film The Squid and the Whale with Laura Linney. Daniels received his third Golden Globe nomination for the film, about a divorcing couple and the effect the split has on their children. That year Daniels also starred in the family film adaptation of Because of Winn-Dixie. He would round out the year with a supporting role in George Clooney's Oscar-nominated film Good Night and Good Luck, starring David Straithairn, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., and Frank Langella.{{Citation|last=Clooney|first=George|title=Good Night, and Good Luck|date=November 4, 2005|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/awards|access-date=March 16, 2016}}WEB,weblink Good Night, and Good Luck Movie Review (2005), Ebert, Roger, www.rogerebert.com, March 16, 2016, In 2006, Daniels appeared in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous starring Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Sigourney Weaver. The film was compared by critics to Bennett Miller's 2005 film Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, and Chris Cooper.NEWS,weblink 'Infamous' Fails Where 'Capote' Succeeded, NPR.org, November 29, 2020, Daniels appeared in an Off-Broadway production of David Harrower's Blackbird in 2007 alongside Allison Pill, with whom he would later reunite in Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom. Daniels then starred in Barry Sonnenfeld's family film RV, alongside Robin Williams, as the redneck comic foil to Williams' uptight businessman. He also starred in two other independent films, Mama's Boy and The Lookout, for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award and Traitor (2008) with Don Cheadle .WEB,weblink Satellite Award nominees, Variety Staff, Variety, November 30, 2007, en-US, March 16, 2016,

2009–2015: Resurgence with The Newsroom

File:Jeff Daniels at PaleyFest 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Daniels promoting The Newsroom at the 2013 PaleyFestPaleyFestIn 2009, after a 16-year-long absence, Daniels returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's original play God of Carnage alongside Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, and Marcia Gay Harden. The play centers around two sets of parents who agree to meet because of a fight among their respective sons. Their meeting starts out civilized, however, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening's devolving into chaos. The play debuted at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in previews on February 28, 2009, and officially on March 22, 2009. Originally planned for a limited engagement to close July 19, 2009, the run was extended through February 28, 2010, before converting to an open-ended run. Daniels received his first Tony Award nomination, for Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance. The show won the Tony Award for Best Play. That same year Daniels acted in four films indie hit Away We Go, State of Play (2008) In 2010, Daniels continued his theater work and had a starring role in the little-seen indie Howl, alongside James Franco as Allen Ginsberg.WEB,weblink Howl, with Jeff Daniels, James Franco, Mary-Louise Parker, Aaron Tveit, et al. to Open Outfest 2010, TheaterMania.com, May 3, 2010, March 16, 2016, Daniels was featured on the cover of the April–May 2011 issue of Guitar Aficionado magazineNEWS,weblink Jeff Daniels: March/April 2011 Cover Story, GuitarPlayer.com, June 17, 2018, en-us, as well as the July–August 2011 issue of Making Music, where he discussed his experiences with music. In 2012 Daniels became the new announcing voice for Apple with the iPhone 5 ads.Daniels had a career resurgence with his turn in Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014) as fictional news anchor Will McAvoy. The opening scene of the pilot episode "We Just Decided To", in which Daniels gives a monologue on the state of American greatness, has been viewed more than 21 million times.WEB,weblink The Most Honest Three Minutes in Television History, YouTube, While the show received mixed reviews, Daniels won the Primetime Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the first season.WEB,weblink Emmys: 'Newsroom' Star Jeff Daniels Reacts to Surprise Win, Admits He Was 'Neutral' | Hollywood Reporter, www.hollywoodreporter.com, September 22, 2013, The series ran for two more seasons, for which Daniels was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award. The show also starred Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Sam Waterston, Olivia Munn, Alison Pill, Dev Patel, and Jane Fonda. In 2015, Daniels reunited with Sorkin in the biographical drama film Steve Jobs, portraying CEO John Sculley. Daniels starred alongside Michael Fassbender, and Kate Winslet, both of whom received Academy Award nominations for their performances. The film was directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin. The film was a critical success earning an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus reading, "Like the tech giant co-founded by its subject, Steve Jobs gathers brilliant people to deliver a product whose elegance belies the intricate complexities at its core."WEB,weblink Steve Jobs (2015), www.rottentomatoes.com, Sorkin won the Golden Globe for its screenplay.WEB,weblink Golden Globes: 'Steve Jobs' Wins Best Screenplay, Motion Picture | Hollywood Reporter, www.hollywoodreporter.com, January 10, 2016, He played David in (The Divergent Series: Allegiant) and was set to reprise the role in the planned The Divergent Series: Ascendant.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels Joining 'Divergent' Series in Key Role (Exclusive)′, The Hollywood Reporter, April 28, 2015, April 28, 2015, In 2014 he reprised his role as Harry Dunne in Dumb and Dumber To reuniting with Jim Carrey.

2016–present: Career expansion

File:Martian 07 (21370983775).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Daniels attending the premiere of The Martian at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival2015 Toronto International Film FestivalIn 2016, Daniels returned to Broadway in the Revival of David Harrower's Blackbird alongside Michelle Williams.WEB,weblink Blackbird, Starring Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams, Ends Broadway Run, Gans, Andrew, June 11, 2016, Playbill, en, January 3, 2020, The play depicts a young woman (Williams) meeting a middle-aged man (Daniels), 15 years after being sexually abused by him when she was twelve. The play ran at the Belasco Theatre on February 5, 2016 (37 previews), and opened officially on March 10 (through June 11, 108 performances) where it was directed by Joe Mantello and received widespread critical acclaim. Daniels was nominated for his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Williams received a Tony Award nomination as well. In 2017, Daniels starred in Netflix's western miniseries Godless where he portrayed the villain Frank Griffin. He starred alongside Michelle Dockery, Merritt Wever, and Sam Waterston. Daniels won critical praise for his performance and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Supporting Actor in a Miniseries, which he won. In 2018, Daniels's Hulu miniseries The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. Daniels played John O'Neill, the chief of the New York FBI's Counter-terrorism Center. The ensemble included Bill Camp, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Peter Sarsgaard. Daniels won widespread critical acclaim and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Limited Series.In 2018, Daniels starred as Atticus Finch, reuniting with Aaron Sorkin in his stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. The play opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. The production began previews on November 1, 2018, prior to its official opening on December 13, 2018. During the week ending on December 23, 2018, the production grossed over $1.5 million, breaking the record for box office grosses for a non-musical play in a theater owned by The Shubert Organization. Daniels received his third Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. The show received 8 other Tony Award nominations. In June 2019, producer Scott Rudin announced that Daniels would leave the production in November 2019 and would be succeeded by Ed Harris.WEB,weblink Ed Harris to succeed Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch in Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird', EW.com, en, December 11, 2019, His last performance was on November 3, 2019.Daniels narrated the History Channel miniseries on George Washington titled Washington (2020). The 3 part documentary series premiered on February 16, 2020. On September 27, 2020, Daniels portrayed FBI director James Comey in the 2 part limited series, The Comey Rule which debuted on Showtime. The project is based on Comey's memoir, A Higher Loyalty (2018), and was written and directed by Billy Ray. The cast included Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump, Jennifer Ehle as Patrice Comey, Holly Hunter as Sally Yates, and Michael Kelly as Andrew McCabe. Daniels won critical praise for his performance as Comey and received a Golden Globe Award nomination.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels' 'Instant Credibility' Makes James Comey a Hero in 'The Comey Rule', IndieWire, September 28, 2020, November 29, 2020, WEB,weblink 'The Comey Rule' Review: Jeff Daniels-Led Event Series May Be Most Important Drama Of This Election Year, Deadline Hollywood, September 2020, November 29, 2020, In 2019, it was announced that Showtime had given a straight-to-series order to American Rust, a drama based on Philipp Meyer’s debut novel of the same name. Daniels was an executive producer on the project and starred alongside Maura Tierney and Bill Camp.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels To Star & Executive Produce 'Rust' Drama Series At Showtime, Deadline Hollywood, July 31, 2019, November 29, 2020, In June 2021, it was announced that Daniels would be returning to his role of Atticus Finch in the Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird starting in October.WEB,weblink 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Sets Broadway Return With Jeff Daniels As Atticus, Deadline Hollywood, June 10, 2021, June 10, 2021, Daniels narrated the 9/11 documentary from Apple TV+ entitled (9/11: Inside the President's War Room); it was released on September 1, 2021.NEWS,weblink '9/11: Inside the President's War Room' Documentary Narrated by Jeff Daniels to Premiere on Apple TV Plus and BBC, Haley, Bosselman, Variety, July 8, 2021,

Personal life

Marriage

In 1979, Daniels married his college sweetheart, a fellow Michigan resident also from Chelsea, Kathleen Rosemary Treado.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels' Wife and Children, wagcelebrity.com, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140302115009weblink">weblink March 2, 2014, August 26, 2013, The couple have three children: Benjamin (born 1984), Lucas (born 1987), and Nellie (born 1990).In 1986, he moved back to his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan; as of 2016, he still primarily resides there.EPISODE, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 1, 109, March 11, 2016, 29:35, CBS, Jeff, Daniels, For 30 years, I've lived in a little town called Chelsea, Michigan., Daniels has appeared as the TV spokesman for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, promoting Michigan's effectiveness in bringing in new companies, featured on CNBC. He was inducted into the Michigan Walk of Fame on May 25, 2006, in Lansing, Michigan, and delivered the winter commencement address at the University of Michigan on December 20, 2009, at which he was granted an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts.NEWS, Lichterman, Joseph, Actor and Michigan native Jeff Daniels challenges graduates to make a difference at Winter Commencement,weblink May 19, 2010, The Michigan Daily, December 20, 2009, In 2022, a nematode parasite that kills tarantulas was named Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi to honor his role in Arachnophobia.JOURNAL, Schurkman, Jacob, Anesko, Kyle, Abolafia, Joaquín, De Ley, Irma Tandingan, Dillman, Adler R., 2022, Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi n. sp. (Panagrolaimomorpha; Panagrolaimidae), a nematode parasite of tarantulas,weblink Journal of Parasitology, 108, 1, 30–43, 10.1645/21-42, 35038325, 246352651, 0022-3395, subscription, WEB, Spangler, Todd, 2022-01-19, Newly Discovered Parasitic Worm Named After Jeff Daniels,weblink 2022-01-19, Variety, en-US,

Political beliefs

In 2020, Daniels endorsed Joe Biden in the presidential election against Donald Trump. He narrated a campaign ad for Biden titled "America Needs Michigan", focusing on the swing state of Michigan. In the ad Daniels states, "Michigan deserves a president who believes in things like decency, honesty and respect", adding that he voted for Biden.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels narrates new Biden campaign ad for Michigan, the Hill, October 27, 2020, November 8, 2020, MAGAZINE,weblink Jeff Daniels narrates blistering anti-Trump video for his home state of Michigan, Entertainment Weekly, November 8, 2020,

Activism

In 1991, Daniels founded the Purple Rose Theatre Company, a nonprofit stage company in Chelsea, Michigan.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels Play Nommed for ATCA Award; Purple Rose Greenhouse Grows New Plays, Playbill, November 4, 2002, April 10, 2016, He has written more than a dozen plays for the company.WEB,weblink About Jeff Daniels, Jeff Daniels, April 10, 2016, Originally known as the Garage Theatre, The Rose takes its name from Woody Allen's 1985 film The Purple Rose of Cairo, which starred Daniels and Mia Farrow. The theater provides resources for training actors, playwrights, and other theater artists residing in the Midwest and develops new plays based on life in the Great Lakes Basin. The main performance space and administrative offices occupy a building in Chelsea, Michigan, once owned by Daniels' grandfather. The theater produces four shows a year on a 3/4 thrust stage in a 168-seat house. The PRTC is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and operates under a Small Professional Theatre (SPT) Agreement with the Actors' Equity Association (AEA).WEB,weblink Auditions, The Purple Rose Theater Company, March 9, 2016, March 16, 2016, The Purple Rose offers a year-long apprenticeship program for young artists entering a career in theater. Apprentices are paid a modest stipend and work as many as 80 hours per week gaining experience in lighting, sound, stage management, design, set construction, and administrative/box office work. The seven apprentices also maintain and clean the theater's facilities. The program was inspired by Daniels' experience as an apprentice with the Circle Repertory Company in New York City.

Filmography

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! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes! 1981Ragtime (film)>Ragtime| P.C. O'Donnell|! 1983| Terms of Endearment| Flap Horton|! rowspan=2|1985| The Purple Rose of Cairo| Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd|Marie (1985 film)>Marie| Eddie Sisk|! rowspan=2|1986Something Wild (1986 film)>Something Wild| Charles Driggs|Heartburn (film)>Heartburn| Richard|! 1987| Radio Days| Biff Baxter|! rowspan=2|1988| The House on Carroll Street| Cochran|| Sweet Hearts Dance| Sam Manners|! 1989Checking Out (1989 film)>Checking Out| Ray Macklin|! rowspan=3|1990Arachnophobia (film)>Arachnophobia| Dr. Ross Jennings|| Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael| Denton Webb|Love Hurts (1990 film)>Love Hurts| Paul Weaver|! 1991| The Butcher's Wife| Dr. Alex Tremor|! rowspan=2|1992Timescape (1992 film)>Timescape| Ben Wilson| There Goes the Neighborhood (film)>There Goes the Neighborhood| Willis Embry|! rowspan=2|1993| Rain Without Thunder| Jonathan Garson|Gettysburg (1993 film)>Gettysburg| Colonel Joshua Chamberlain|! rowspan=2|1994Speed (1994 film)>Speed| Officer Harry Temple|| Dumb and Dumber| Harry Dunne|! 1995| Redwood Curtain| Lyman Fellers|! rowspan=3|1996| Fly Away Home| Thomas Alden|| 2 Days in the Valley| Alvin Strayer|101 Dalmatians (1996 film)>101 Dalmatians| Roger Dearly|! 1997Trial and Error (1997 film)>Trial and Error| Charlie Tuttle|! 1998Pleasantville (film)>Pleasantville| Bill Johnson|! rowspan=2|1999My Favorite Martian (film)>My Favorite Martian| Tim O'Hara|| It's the Rage| Warren Harding|! 2000| Chasing Sleep| Ed Saxon|! 2001| Escanaba in da Moonlight| Reuben SoadyAlso co-writer and director! rowspan=3|2002| Super Sucker| Fred BarlowBlood Work (film)>Blood Work| Jasper 'Buddy' Noone|The Hours (film)>The Hours| Louis Waters|! rowspan=2|2003Gods and Generals (film)>Gods and Generals| Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain|| I Witness| James Rhodes|! 2004| Imaginary Heroes| Ben Travis|! rowspan=3|2005| The Squid and the Whale| Bernard Berkman|Because of Winn-Dixie (film)>Because of Winn-Dixie| Mr. Buloni|| Good Night, and Good Luck| Sig Mickelson|! rowspan=2|2006RV (film)>RV| Travis Gornicke|Infamous (2006 film)>Infamous| Alvin Dewey|! rowspan=3|2007The Lookout (2007 film)>The Lookout| Lewis|| Mama's Boy| Mert Rosenbloom|| A Plumm Summer| Narrator|! rowspan=2|2008| Space Chimps| Zartog| VoiceTraitor (film)>Traitor| Carter|! rowspan=4|2009State of Play (film)>State of Play| Rep. George Fergus|The Answer Man (film)>The Answer Man| Arlen Faber|| Away We Go| Jerry Farlander|Paper Man (2009 film)>Paper Man| Richard Dunn|! 2010Howl (2010 film)>Howl| Professor David Kirk|! 2012Looper (film)>Looper| Abe|! 2014| Dumb and Dumber To| Harry Dunne|! rowspan=2|2015Steve Jobs (film)>Steve Jobs| John Sculley|The Martian (film)>The Martian| Teddy Sanders|! 2016| (The Divergent Series: Allegiant)List of Divergent characters#David>David|! 2018The Catcher Was a Spy (film)>The Catcher Was a SpyWilliam J. Donovan>Bill Donovan|! 2019| Guest Artist| Joseph Harris| Also writer and producer! 2020Adam (2020 film)>Adam| Mickey|">

Television{| class"wikitable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes! rowspan=3|1980Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)>Hawaii Five-O| Neal Forrester| Episode: "The Flight of the Jewels"A Rumor of War (miniseries)>A Rumor of War|Chaplain|2 episodesBreaking Away (TV series)>Breaking Away| College Kid| Episode: "Pilot"! rowspan=2|1982 |Catalina C-Lab|Rick Guthrie| Television film| American Playhouse| Jed Jenkins| Episode: "The Fifth of July"! 1983| An Invasion of Privacy| Francis RyanTelevision film! rowspan=2|1988The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial#Production history>The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialLieutenant>Lt. Stephen Maryk| Tanner '88| Park Ranger| Episode: "The Girlfriend Factor"! 1989No Place Like Home (1989 film)>No Place Like Home| Mike Cooper| Television film! 1991| Saturday Night Live| Himself (host)| Episode: "Jeff Daniels/Color Me Badd"! 1992| (Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story)| Tom Noonan| Television film! 1993| Frasier| Doug| Voice; Episode: "Here's Looking at You"! 1995| Saturday Night Live| Himself (host)| Episode: "Jeff Daniels/Luscious Jackson"! rowspan=2|2000The Crossing (2000 film)>The Crossing| George WashingtonTelevision filmCheaters (2000 film)>Cheaters| Dr. Gerard Plecki! rowspan=2|2004The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)>The Goodbye Girl| Elliot Garfield| The Five People You Meet in Heaven| The Blue Man! 2008| Sweet Nothing in My Ear| Dan Miller! 2012–2014The Newsroom (American TV series)>The Newsroom| Will McAvoy| Main role! 2013| Family Guy| Himself | Voice; Episode: "A Fistful of Meg"! 2014 | The Graham Norton Show| Guest| Episode: "Jim Carrey/Jeff Daniels/Jude Law"! 2017Godless (miniseries)>Godless| Frank GriffinMain role! rowspan=2|2018The Looming Tower (miniseries)>The Looming TowerJohn P. O'Neill>John O'Neill| The Emperor's Newest Clothes| The Emperor| Voice; television special! rowspan=4|2020Washington (miniseries)>Washington| Narrator| 3 episodes| The Comey Rule| James ComeyWEBSITE= THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERACCESS-DATE= APRIL 22, 2020, | Impractical Jokers| Himself| Episode: "Rock Bottom"| Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party| Himself| Episode: "The Steak and Potatoes Episode"! 2021| (9/11: Inside the President's War Room)| Narrator| Television documentary! 2021–presentAmerican Rust (TV series)>American Rust| Del HarrisWEBSITE= THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERACCESSDATE= FEBRUARY 21, 2021, ! 2024A Man in Full (TV series)>A Man in Full| Charlie Croker| Netflix miniseries{{pending series key}}">

Theatre{| class"wikitable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Theatre! 1976| The Farm| ArthurCircle Repertory Company>Circle Theatre, Off-Broadway! rowspan=2|1977 Gemini (play)>Gemini| Asst. Stage Manager | Little Theatre, Broadway| My Life| Young EddieCircle Theatre, Off-Broadway! rowspan=3|1978| Lulu| Schwarz / Mr. Hunidei| Two from the Late Show| Nephew (Brontosaurus)Fifth of JulyJed Jenkins ! 1980–1982| New Apollo Theatre, Broadway! rowspan=2|1982Johnny Got His Gun#Adaptations>Johnny Got His Gun| Joe Bonham|Circle Repertory Theatre, Off-BroadwayThree Sisters (play)>Three Sisters| Andrei Sergeevich Prozorov| New York City Center, Off-Broadway! 1984|The Golden Age| Tom | Jack Lawrence Theatre, Broadway! 1985| Lemon Sky| Alan| McGinn/Cazale Theatre, Off-Broadway! 1993|Redwood Curtain| Lyman| Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway! 2007Blackbird (play)>Blackbird| Ray Brooks|New York City Center, Off-Broadway! 2009–2010|God of Carnage| Alan / Michael| Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway! 2016|Blackbird| Ray Brooks| Belasco Theatre, Broadway! 2018–2019, 2021To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)>To Kill a Mockingbird| Atticus FinchShubert Theatre (New York City)>Shubert Theatre, Broadway

Discography

Daniels has written and recorded six full-length albums with proceeds benefitting The Purple Rose Theater.WEB,weblink Jeff Daniels parties outside, Biography.com, July 7, 2016,

• Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged
• Jeff Daniels Live at The Purple Rose Theatre
• Grandfather's Hat
• Keep It Right Here
• Together Again
• Days Like These

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Awards and nominations{| class"wikitable plainrowheaders"Awards received by Jeff Daniels}}

! scope="col" | Award! scope="col" | Year! scope="col" | Category! scope="col" | Title! scope="col" | Result! scope="col" | {{Ref heading|multi=no}}! scope="row" rowspan=5|Golden Globe Awards 1986Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical |The Purple Rose of Cairo| {{nom}} HTTPS://WWW.GOLDENGLOBES.COM/PERSON/JEFF-DANIELS>TITLE= WINNERS & NOMINEES - JEFF DANIELS ACCESS-DATE= APRIL 28, 2020, 1987Something Wild (1986 film)>Something Wild {{nom}} 2006| The Squid and the Whale| {{nom}} 2013Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama>Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)>The Newsroom | {{nom}} 2021Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film>Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film| The Comey Rule| {{nom}}! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Primetime Emmy Award 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series >The Newsroom | {{won}} HTTPS://WWW.EMMYS.COM/BIOS/JEFF-DANIELS>TITLE= JEFF DANIELS - EMMY AWARDS, NOMINATIONS AND WINSACCESS-DATE= APRIL 28, 2020, 2014}}| {{nom}}2015}}| {{nom}} {{center70th Primetime Emmy Awards>2018}}Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or MovieThe Looming Tower (miniseries)>The Looming Tower| {{nom}}Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or MovieGodless (TV series)>Godless| {{won}}! scope="row" rowspan=5|Screen Actors Guild Awards 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards > Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture >The Hours (film)>The Hours {{nom}} style="text-align:center;" WEBSITE= SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS, February 29, 2024, 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards >Good Night, and Good Luck > HTTPS://WWW.SAGAWARDS.ORG/AWARDS/NOMINEES-AND-RECIPIENTS/12TH-ANNUAL-SCREEN-ACTORS-GUILD-AWARDS>TITLE= 12TH SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDSSCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS>ACCESSDATE= FEBRUARY 29, 2024, 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards >Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series >The Newsroom {{nom}} style="text-align:center;" WEBSITE= SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS, February 29, 2024, 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards > HTTPS://WWW.SAGAWARDS.ORG/AWARDS/NOMINEES-AND-RECIPIENTS/20TH-ANNUAL-SCREEN-ACTORS-GUILD-AWARDS>TITLE= 20TH SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDSSCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS>ACCESSDATE= FEBRUARY 29, 2024, 2017Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie>Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Godless| {{nom}} HTTPS://WWW.SAGAWARDS.ORG/AWARDS/NOMINEES-AND-RECIPIENTS/24TH-ANNUAL-SCREEN-ACTORS-GUILD-AWARDS>TITLE= 24TH SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDSSCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS>ACCESSDATE= FEBRUARY 29, 2024, ! scope="row" rowspan=3|Tony Awards2009}}Best Actor in a Play | God of Carnage| {{nom}} HTTPS://WWW.PLAYBILL.COM/ARTICLE/NOMINATIONS-FOR-2009-TONY-AWARDS-ANNOUNCED-BILLY-ELLIOT-EARNS-15-NOMINATIONS-COM-160583>TITLE= NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 TONY AWARDS ANNOUNCED; BILLY ELLIOT EARNS 15 NOMINATIONSPLAYBILL.COM>DATE= MAY 5, 2009, April 28, 2020, 2016}}Blackbird (play)>Blackbird| {{nom}} HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2016/LEGIT/NEWS/2016-TONY-AWARDS-NOMINATIONS-FULL-LIST-AWARD-NOMINEES-1201765161/>TITLE= TONY AWARDS NOMINATIONS: COMPLETE LISTVARIETY (MAGAZINE)>VARIETYACCESS-DATE= APRIL 28, 2020, 2019}}To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)>To Kill a Mockingbird| {{nom}} HTTPS://WWW.CBS.COM/SHOWS/TONY_AWARDS/NEWS/1008494/72ND-ANNUAL-TONY-AWARDS-THE-COMPLETE-LIST-OF-NOMINEES-/>TITLE= 72ND ANNUAL TONY AWARDS: THE COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEESCBS.COM>ACCESS-DATE= APRIL 28, 2020,

References

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External links

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