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Jeff Daniels
4 FOLLOWERS • 54 CREDITS • FEB 19, 1955 • 69
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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Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Family Guy
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Frasier
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Hawaii Five-O
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MTV Video Music Awards
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The Colbert Report
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HBO First Look
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Impractical Jokers
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Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
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The Catcher Was a Spy
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A Rumor of War
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James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
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Ragtime
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The Hours
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Tanner '88
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Godless
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Looper
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Allegiant
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Traitor
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RV
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Terms of Endearment
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Speed
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Steve Jobs
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The Martian
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Bye Bye Barry
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101 Dalmatians
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The Butcher's Wife
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A Man in Full
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My Favorite Martian
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
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Fifth of July
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Dumb and Dumber To
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Dumb and Dumber
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The Newsroom
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There Goes the Neighborhood
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The Looming Tower
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Fly Away Home
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Cheaters
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The Comey Rule
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American Rust
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Gettysburg
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