Career
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 others for his work in The Squid and the Whale (London Critics Circle Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Chlotrudis Awards and Gotham Awards). He played Debra Winger's husband in the 1983 Oscar-winning film Terms of Endearment.
He has focused on recording a number of songs that he has written throughout his life, apparently marking key moments. He has kept busy with frequent gigs and two full length albums, Grandfather's Hat and Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged. He is featured on the cover of the July/August 2011 issue of Making Music Magazine where there is an article about his experiences with music.
He has focused on recording a number of songs that he has written throughout his life, apparently marking key moments. He has kept busy with frequent gigs and two full length albums, Grandfather's Hat and Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged. He is featured on the cover of the July/August 2011 issue of Making Music Magazine where there is an article about his experiences with music.
Filmography:
1981 Ragtime
1983 Terms of Endearment
1985 Marie
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
1986 Something Wild
1986 Heartburn
1987 Radio Days
1988 The House on Carroll Street
1988 Sweet Hearts Dance
1989 Checking Out
1989 No Place Like Home
1990 Arachnophobia
1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1991 Love Hurts
1991 The Butcher's Wife
1992 Timescape
1992 There Goes the Neighborhood
1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1993 Rain Without Thunder
1993 Gettysburg
1994 Speed
1994 Dumb and Dumber
1995 Redwood Curtain
1996 Fly Away Home
1996 2 Days in the Valley
1996 101 Dalmatians
1997 Trial and Error
1998 Pleasantville
1999 My Favorite Martian
1999 All the Rage
2000 The Crossing
2000 Chasing Sleep
2000 Cheaters
2001 Escanaba in da Moonlight
2002 Super Sucker
2002 Blood Work
2002 The Hours
2003 Gods and Generals
2003 I Witness
2004 The Goodbye Girl
2004 Imaginary Heroes
2004 The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2005 The Squid and the Whale
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
2006 RV
2006 Infamous
2007 The Lookout
2007 Mama's Boy
2007 A Plumm Summer
2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008 Space Chimps
2008 Traitor
2009 State of Play
2009 The Answer Man
2009 Away We Go
2009 Paper Man
2010 Howl
2010 Planet Sheen
2010 The Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2011 Right Angle
2012–present The Newsroom
2012 Looper
2014 Dumb and Dumber To