
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.
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).

The Martian
2015 · as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

Speed
1994 · as Harry

Looper
2012 · as Abe

Dumb and Dumber
1994 · as Harry Dunne

101 Dalmatians
1996 · as Roger

Blood Work
2002 · as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

Because of Winn-Dixie
2005 · as Preacher

RV
2006 · as Travis Gornicke

Allegiant
2016 · as David

Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · as Harry Dunne

State of Play
2009 · as George Fergus

Space Chimps
2008 · as Zartog (voice)

Gettysburg
1993 · as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

The Hours
2002 · as Louis Waters

Fly Away Home
1996 · as Thomas Alden

Pleasantville
1998 · as Mr. Johnson

Traitor
2008 · as Carter

Steve Jobs
2015 · as John Sculley