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Jeff Daniels
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American actor, musician and playwright
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Jeff Daniels is an American film actor, voice actor, musician, and playwright. Born Jeffrey Warren Daniels on February 19, 1955, in Athens, Georgia, he began his professional career in 1977. He is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. His educational background includes studies at Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University.
Daniels has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and another for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. He was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Among his notable works is the film *Dumb and Dumber*. As a writer, he has authored thirty-two works, including *My Brother the Boxer* and *The car of the future*. His musical activities have been tagged with genres such as rockabilly and Rock and Roll.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 32
Top works
- The car of the future
- My Brother the Boxer - the Terry Daniels Story
- Gem Guide to Aircraft of WWI
- My Brother the Boxer
- Gordon Stretton, Black British Transoceanic Jazz Pioneer
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Athens, Georgia, USA
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.…
Known for
- The Brink of War — Ronald Reagan2026
- Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words — Self2025
- The American Revolution — Thomas Jefferson (voice)2025
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — Self2024
- A Man in Full — Charlie Croker2024
- The Saint of Second Chances — Narrator (voice)2023
- Bye Bye Barry — Self2023
- The American Buffalo — (voice)2023
- Shrinking2023
- Shrinking — Randy2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955
Discography
- Live and Unplugged to Benefit the Purple Rose Theatre2004
- Grandfather's Hat2008
- Harry Dunne And The Songs Of A Disenchanted Hollywood Actor: Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL, USA2008
- Live at the Purple Rose2009
- Keep It Right Here2010
- Days Like These2014
- Never gone before2016
- When My Fingers Find Your Strings2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,007
- Total plays
- 58,096
Tags
Jeff Daniels is an American stage and film actor, as well as a musician. He is currently focusing on recording a number of songs that he has written throughout his life, apparently marking key moments. According to personal statements, it seems that he has undergone a complete career change, keeping busy with frequent gigs and two full length albums Grandfather's Hat and Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The rockabilly/country artist Luke McDaniel (b. 1927)
Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Warren Daniels , ( 1955-02-19 ) February 19, 1955 (age 71) , Athens, Georgia , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Spouse
- Kathleen Rosemary Treado ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
- Website
- jeffdaniels .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Daniels
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Eastern Michigan University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Dumb and Dumber
- Official website
- www.jeffdaniels.com
- Image
- Jeff Daniels at PaleyFest 2013.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1955-02-19
- Commons category
- Jeff Daniels
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- name in native language
- Jeff Daniels
- birth name
- Jeffrey Warren Daniels
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 288561
- official blog URL
- www.jeffdaniels.com/category/blog
- number of viewers/listeners
- 367867
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Warren Daniels (born February 19, 1955) 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 five Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Tony 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 Arachnophobia (1990), Gettysburg (1993), Speed (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Fly Away Home (1996), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Pleasantville (1998), Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), RV (2006) and Dumb and Dumber To (2014). He also took roles 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).
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