Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor. 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 three Tony Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.He made his film debut in Miloš Forman's drama ''Ragtime'' (1981) followed by James L. Brooks's ''Terms of Endearment'' (1983), and Mike Nichols's ''Heartburn'' (1986). He then received three Golden Globe Award nominations for Woody Allen's ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' (1985), Jonathan Demme's ''Something Wild'' (1986), and Noah Baumbach's ''The Squid and the Whale'' (2005). He starred in a variety of genre films such as ''Gettysburg'' (1993), ''Speed'' (1994), ''Dumb and Dumber'' (1994), ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996), and ''Pleasantville'' (1998). He also starred in critically acclaimed films such as ''The Hours'' (2002), ''Good Night, and Good Luck'' (2005), ''Infamous'' (2006), ''Looper'' (2012), ''Steve Jobs'' (2015), and ''The Martian'' (2015).
From 2012 to 2014, Daniels starred as Will McAvoy in the HBO political drama series ''The Newsroom'', for which he won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He won a second Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 for his performance in the Netflix miniseries ''Godless'' (2017). He has portrayed real life figures such as John P. O'Neill in the Hulu miniseries ''The Looming Tower'' (2018), and FBI director James Comey in ''The Comey Rule'' (2020) for Showtime.
Daniels is also known for his roles on stage making his Broadway debut in ''Gemini'' (1977). He went on to receive three nominations for the Tony Best Actor in a Play for his roles in Yasmina Reza's ''God of Carnage'' (2009), David Harrower's ''Blackbird'' (2016), and Aaron Sorkin's ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (2018–2021). He is the founder and current executive director of the Chelsea, Michigan Purple Rose Theatre Company. Provided by Wikipedia
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