Jeff Daniels
Born 1955 · American actor, musician and playwright
Jeffrey Warren Daniels is an American actor and musician. 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.
Jeff Daniels, in order
- 1981 Ragtime: acted · directed by Miloš Forman · critics 85%, audiences 77%
- 1983 Terms of Endearment: acted · directed by James L. Brooks
- 1985 Marie: acted · directed by Roger Donaldson
- 1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 93%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
- 1986 Heartburn: acted · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 48%, audiences 46% · streaming on Kanopy
- 1986 Something Wild: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 92%, audiences 69% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
- 1987 Radio Days: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 1988 Sweet Hearts Dance: acted · directed by Robert Greenwald · critics 44%, audiences 33%
- 1988 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: acted · directed by Robert Altman · streaming on Tubi
- 1988 The House on Carroll Street: acted · directed by Peter Yates · critics 75%, audiences 29% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1989 Checking Out: acted · directed by David Leland
- 1990 Arachnophobia: acted · directed by Frank Marshall · critics 92%, audiences 55% · streaming on Prime Video
- 1990 Love Hurts: acted · directed by Bud Yorkin
- 1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael: acted · directed by Jim Abrahams
- 1991 The Butcher's Wife: acted · directed by Terry Hughes
- 1992 Rain Without Thunder: acted · directed by Gary O. Bennett
- 1992 The Player: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 97%, audiences 84% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1992 There Goes the Neighborhood: acted · directed by Bill Phillips
- 1992 Timescape: acted · directed by David Twohy
- 1993 Gettysburg: acted · directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
- 1994 Dumb and Dumber: acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · critics 69%, audiences 84%
- 1994 Speed: acted · directed by Jan de Bont · critics 95%, audiences 77% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
- 1995 Redwood Curtain (TV movie): acted · directed by John Korty
- 1996 101 Dalmatians: acted · directed by Stephen Herek · critics 40%, audiences 40% · streaming on Disney+
- 1996 2 Days in the Valley: acted · directed by John Herzfeld · critics 58%, audiences 54% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1996 Fly Away Home: acted · directed by Carroll Ballard
- 1997 Trial and Error: acted · directed by Jonathan Lynn
- 1998 Pleasantville: acted · directed by Gary Ross · critics 85%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex
- 1999 It's the Rage: acted · directed by James D. Stern
- 1999 My Favorite Martian: acted · directed by Donald Petrie
- 2000 Chasing Sleep: acted · directed by Michael Walker
- 2000 Cheaters (TV movie): acted · directed by John Stockwell
- 2000 The Crossing (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Harmon
- 2001 Escanaba in da Moonlight: directed, wrote, acted
- 2002 Blood Work: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood
- 2002 Super Sucker: directed
- 2002 The Hours: acted · directed by Stephen Daldry · critics 79%, audiences 84% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2003 Gods and Generals: acted · directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
- 2003 I Witness: acted · directed by Rowdy Herrington
- 2004 Imaginary Heroes: acted · directed by Dan Harris
- 2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven: acted · directed by Lloyd Kramer
- 2005 Because of Winn-Dixie: acted · directed by Wayne Wang
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.: acted · directed by George Clooney
- 2005 The Squid and the Whale: acted · directed by Noah Baumbach · critics 91%, audiences 81%
- 2006 Infamous: acted · directed by Douglas McGrath · critics 75%, audiences 69%
- 2006 RV: acted · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- 2007 A Plumm Summer: acted · directed by Caroline Zelder
- 2007 Mama's Boy: acted · directed by Tim Hamilton
- 2007 The Lookout: acted · directed by Scott Frank · critics 87%, audiences 74% · streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV
- 2008 Space Chimps: acted · directed by Kirk DeMicco
- 2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear (TV movie): acted · directed by Joseph Sargent
- 2008 Traitor: acted · directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff · critics 63%, audiences 64% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2009 Away We Go: acted · directed by Sam Mendes · critics 67%, audiences 74%
- 2009 Paper Man: acted · directed by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney
- 2009 State of Play: acted · directed by Kevin Macdonald · critics 84%, audiences 73%
- 2009 The Answer Man: acted · directed by John Hindman
- 2010 Howl: acted · directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein · critics 63%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2012 Looper: acted · directed by Rian Johnson · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Netflix, Starz
- 2012 The Newsroom (TV series): acted · audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2014 Dumb and Dumber To: acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
- 2015 Steve Jobs: acted · directed by Danny Boyle · critics 85%, audiences 73%
- 2015 The Martian: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 91%, audiences 91% · streaming on fuboTV
- 2016 The Divergent Series: Allegiant: acted · directed by Robert Schwentke
- 2016 The Long Way Home: Making the Martian: acted · directed by Charles de Lauzirika
- 2017 Godless (TV series): acted · directed by Scott Frank · critics 83%, audiences 85% · streaming on Netflix
- 2018 The Catcher Was a Spy: acted · directed by Ben Lewin
- 2020 Adam: acted · directed by Michael Uppendahl
- 2020 The Comey Rule (TV series): acted · directed by Billy Ray · critics 66%, audiences 65%
- 2021 American Rust (TV series): acted
- 2024 A Man in Full (TV series): acted · directed by Regina King
- 2026 The Brink of War: acted · directed by Michael Russell Gunn