Birth Place: Chelsea, MI, USA
Jeff Daniels is an American actor, musician, and playwright whose career includes roles in films, stage productions, and television, for which he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards and received several Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Tony Award nominations. He made his film debut in Ragtime (1981), and amassed such additional credits as Terms of Endearment (1983), Arachnophobia (1990), Gettysburg (1993), Speed (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Fly Away Home (1996), Pleasantville (1998), The Hours (2002), Gods and Generals (2003), The Squid and the Whale (2005), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Infamous (2006), The Lookout (2007), 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 supporting performance in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017) and an additional nomination that year for his leading performance as John P. O'Neill in the Hulu miniseries The Looming Tower (2018). Daniels has also received a number of award nominations for his work on stage, including Tony Award nominations for Best Actor for his roles in the plays God of Carnage, Blackbird and To Kill a Mockingbird. He is the founder and current executive director of the Chelsea, Michigan–based Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jeff Daniels, Blackbird
Jeff Daniels, Blackbird
Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage
Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage
Jeff Daniels, Blackbird
Jeff Daniels, Johnny Got His Gun
Jeff Daniels, 5th of July
Jeff Daniels has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.
Jeff Daniels has not appeared in the West End.
Jeff Daniels has been nominated for several awards, including the Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Blackbird," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Blackbird," and "God of Carnage," Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for "Blackbird," Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "Johnny Got His Gun," and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "5th of July."
Jeff Daniels has written 1 shows including Time (Composer).
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