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Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels is an American actor who rose to prominence in 1983, in the film "Terms of Endearment." He has exercised both his comedy ad drama skills in movies like "Dumb and Dumber," "The Hours," and "Good Night, and Good Luck." He starred in Aaron Sorkin's TV series for HBO called "The Newsroom" as well.

English

Allegiant

2016
as David

The Martian

2015
as Teddy Sanders

101 Dalmatians

1996
as Roger

Dumb and Dumber

1994
as Harry Dunne

The Newsroom (2012)

2012
as Will McAvoy

Speed

1994
as Harold 'Harry' Temple

Godless

2017
as Frank Griffin

Looper

2012
as Abe

Dumb and Dumber To

2014
as Harry Dunne

Steve Jobs

2015
as John Sculley

American Rust

2021
as Del Harris

Pleasantville

1998
as Bill Johnson

The Hours

2002
as Louis Waters

The Looming Tower

2018
as John O'Neill

RV

2006
as Travis Gornicke

Imaginary Heroes

2004
as Ben Travis

No Place Like Home

1989
as Mike Cooper

Arachnophobia

1990
as Dr. Ross Jennings

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005
as Sig Mickelson

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018
as William J. Donovan

Trial and Error

1997
as Charles 'Charlie' Tuttle

I Witness

2003
as James Rhodes

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005
as Mr. Bulloni

Love Hurts

1990
as Paul Weaver

My Favorite Martian

1999
as Tim O'Hara

Washington

2020
as Self - Narrator

Fifth Of July

1982
as Jed Jenkins

Sweet Hearts Dance

1988
as Sam Manners

A Man in Full

2024
as Charlie Croker

Infamous

2006
as Alvin Dewey

Hemingway

2021
as Voice of Ernest Hemingway

An Invasion of Privacy

1983
as Francis Ryan

Blood Work

2002
as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

Marie

1985
as Eddie Sisk

Traitor

2008
as Carter

The Comey Rule

2020
as James Comey

Radio Days

1987
as Biff Baxter

Terms of Endearment

1983
as Flap Horton

Howl

2010
as Professor David Kirk

Ragtime

1981
as P.C. O'Donnel

Space Chimps

2008
as Zartog (voice)

The Answer Man

2009
as Arlen Faber

The Squid and the Whale

2005
as Bernard Berkman

Fly Away Home

1996
as Thomas 'Tom' Alden

Timescape

1992
as Ben Wilson

Gods and Generals

2003
as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

The Crossing

2000
as Gen. George Washington

The Lookout

2007
as Lewis

2 Days in the Valley

1996
as Alvin Strayer

Adam

2020
as Mickey

Something Wild

1986
as Charles Driggs

Checking Out

1989
as Ray Macklin

Chasing Sleep

2000
as Ed Saxon

The Butcher's Wife

1991
as Dr. Alex Tremor

Ares III: Refocused

2016
as Teddy Sanders

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988
as Lt. Stephen Maryk

Paper Man

2009
as Richard Dunn

Escanaba in da Moonlight

2001
as Rueben Soady

Gettysburg

1993
as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Redwood Curtain

1995
as Lyman Fellers

Rain Without Thunder

1993
as Jonathan Garson

The Goodbye Girl

2004
as Elliot Garfield

State of Play

2009
as Senator George Fergus

Heartburn

1986
as Richard

Mama's Boy

2007
as Mert Rosenbloom

Guest Artist

2019
as Joseph Harris

A Plumm Summer

2007
as Narrator

Cheaters

2000
as Dr. Gerard Plecki

It's the Rage

1999
as Warren Harding

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985
as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd

Super Sucker

2002
as Fred Barlow

Away We Go

2009
as Jerry Farlander

Director

Movie Mother With A Gun 2016
Movie The 10 Conditions of Love 2009
Movie Fair Game 2017
Movie Escanaba in da Moonlight 2001

Writer

Movie Mother With A Gun 2016
Movie The 10 Conditions of Love 2009
Movie Fair Game 2017
Movie Guest Artist 2019

Producer

Movie Mother With A Gun 2016
Movie The 10 Conditions of Love 2009
Movie Fair Game 2017
Movie Guest Artist 2019

Guest Star

Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
DNC, Jeff Daniels, Bassem Youssef, Aurora
2016
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Mackenzie Foy, The New Basement Tapes
2014
Episode Tony Awards
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jeff Daniels; John Irving
2012
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Jeff Daniels, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Garry Marshall
1991
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Mary J. Blige, Taylor Swift
2017
Episode Off Camera with Sam Jones
Jeff Daniels
2017
Episode Hawaii Five-O
The Flight Of The Jewels
1980
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jeff Daniels, Summer Walker
2020
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Jeff Daniels, Benjamin Walker, Walk the Moon
2012
Episode Today
October 20, 2015
2015
Episode The Talk
Jeff Daniels & Aaron Sorkin
2015
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Captain Maurice Seddon, Jeff Daniels, Lyle Lovett
1989
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Mark Wahlberg, Sloane Crosley
2012
Episode Chelsea Lately
Jeff Daniels
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jeff Daniels, Wolf Blitzer, Charlie Puth
2018
Episode Family Guy
A Fistful of Meg
2013
Episode Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
The Steak and Potatoes Episode
2020
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 11
2014
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Larry King, Jeff Daniels, Tom Dreesen
1990
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Jamie Foxx and Corinne Foxx, Maluma
2019
Episode Conan (2010)
Fear and Loathing and Boredom in Albany
2012
Episode Frasier
Here's Looking at You
1993
Episode Impractical Jokers
Rock Bottom
2020
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Taylor Schilling, Ed Sheeran
2014
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Actors
2018
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jeff Daniels, Vijay Amritraj, Rufus Hussey
1986
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jeff Daniels, Kirsten Dunst, FFS
2015
Episode Chelsea Lately
Jeff Daniels
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jeff Daniels, Paula Poundstone
2014
Episode The Daily Show
Jeff Daniels
2003
Episode The Colbert Report
Jeff Daniels
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Jeff Daniels, Nancy Giles, Andy Williams
1989
Episode Saturday Night Live
Jim Carrey/Iggy Azalea
2014
Episode Tanner '88
The Girlfriend Factor
1988
Episode The Colbert Report
Jeff Daniels
2005
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Penelope Cruz, Jeff Daniels, Dierks Bentley, Musiq Soulchild
2016
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Whoopi Goldberg, Nelly
2015
Episode Saturday Night Live
Jeff Daniels/Luscious Jackson
1995
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Lilly Singh, St. Lucia
2016
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Nick Swardson, Jeff Musial, Preservation Hall Jazz Band
2013
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Jeff Daniels; Ken Jeong; Jim James
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Joe Manganiello, Mike Vecchione
2018
Episode Today
October 8, 2015
2015
Episode Saturday Night Live
Jeff Daniels/Color Me Badd
1991
Episode Today
June 11, 2014
2014
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jeff Daniels, Nate Burleson
2021
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Episode 2
2018
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jeff Daniels, Tracee Ellis Ross
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Chloe Fineman, The Flaming Lips
2021
Episode Today
October 2, 2015
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jeff Daniels; Sarah Tiana
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Daniels, Paul Shaffer, Wallows
2019
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jeff Daniels, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Audra McDonald
2016