| Jeff Daniels  Born: 19-Feb-1955
Birthplace: Chelsea, MI
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Playwright Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dumb and Dumber Jeff Daniels is best known for playing dorks or hapless nice guys in films such as Something Wild, Terms of Endearment, and Dumb & Dumber. His best film seems to be Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, in which Daniels played dual roles and won rave reviews. He founded a theater company in his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan, and named it after that film. At the Purple Rose Theater, their mission is to produce plays featuring midwestern actors, directors, and stage hands, written by midwestern authors. Daniels himself has written eight of the theater's plays.
Wife: Kathleen Treado-Daniels (high school girlfriend, m. 13-Jul-1979, three children)
Son: Benjamin (b. Nov-1984)
Son: Lucas (b. 1987)
Daughter: Nellie (b. 1990)
University: Central Michigan University (dropped out)
John Kerry for President
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Super Sucker (24-Feb-2002)
Escanaba in da Moonlight (26-Jan-2001)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Godless (22-Nov-2017)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (5-Sep-2017)
Allegiant (8-Mar-2016)
The Martian (11-Sep-2015)
Steve Jobs (5-Sep-2015)
Dumb and Dumber To (7-Nov-2014)
Looper (6-Sep-2012) · Abe
Howl (21-Jan-2010) · David Kirk
Paper Man (15-Jun-2009) · Richard Dunn
Away We Go (5-Jun-2009)
State of Play (17-Apr-2009)
The Answer Man (18-Jan-2009) · Arlen Faber
Traitor (27-Aug-2008)
Space Chimps (17-Jul-2008) [VOICE]
Mama's Boy (30-Nov-2007)
A Plumm Summer (14-Oct-2007) · Narrator
The Lookout (9-Mar-2007)
Infamous (31-Aug-2006)
R. V. (28-Apr-2006)
Good Night, and Good Luck (1-Sep-2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie (26-Jan-2005)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (5-Dec-2004)
Imaginary Heroes (14-Sep-2004) · Ben Travis\
The Goodbye Girl (16-Jan-2004)
I Witness (13-Apr-2003) · Rhodes
Gods and Generals (10-Feb-2003)
The Hours (18-Dec-2002) · Louis Waters
Blood Work (6-Aug-2002) · Buddy Noone
Super Sucker (24-Feb-2002)
Escanaba in da Moonlight (26-Jan-2001)
Chasing Sleep (8-Sep-2000) · Ed Saxon
Cheaters (20-May-2000)
The Crossing (10-Jan-2000)
All the Rage (11-Sep-1999)
My Favorite Martian (12-Feb-1999) · Tim O'Hara
Pleasantville (17-Sep-1998)
Trial and Error (30-May-1997) · Charles Tuttle
101 Dalmatians (27-Nov-1996)
2 Days in the Valley (12-Sep-1996) · Alvin Strayer
Fly Away Home (5-Sep-1996) · Thomas Alden
Redwood Curtain (23-Apr-1995)
Dumb and Dumber (16-Dec-1994) · Harry
Speed (10-Jun-1994) · Harry
Gettysburg (8-Oct-1993)
There Goes the Neighborhood (30-Oct-1992)
Rain Without Thunder (15-Sep-1992) · Jonathan Garson
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (9-May-1992)
The Butcher's Wife (25-Oct-1991)
Love Hurts (9-Nov-1990)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (12-Oct-1990)
Arachnophobia (18-Jul-1990) · Ross Jennings
Checking Out (21-Apr-1989) · Ray Macklin
Sweet Hearts Dance (23-Sep-1988)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (8-May-1988)
The House on Carroll Street (5-May-1988)
Radio Days (30-Jan-1987) · Biff Baxter
Something Wild (7-Nov-1986) · Charles Driggs
Heartburn (25-Jul-1986) · Richard
Marie (Oct-1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1-Mar-1985)
Terms of Endearment (23-Nov-1983) · Flap Horton
Fifth of July (1982)
Ragtime (20-Nov-1981)
A Rumor of War (24-Sep-1980)
Official Website:
http://www.jeffdaniels.com/
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