Jeff Daniels

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Jeff Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor.

Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia; he grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, where his father ran a local lumberyard.

After Daniels attended Central Michigan University he began gaining respect as a stage actor in and outside of New York. One of his early performances was in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre. It was the first show of the innaugural season for Second Stage Theatre.

Daniels is best known for his roles in Terms of Endearment, Gettysburg, Arachnophobia and Dumb & Dumber. Although primarily a dramatic actor, some of Daniels' most well-known scenes are from the comedy Dumb & Dumber, in which he gets his tongue stuck to a ski-lift and has an attack of explosive diarrhea.

Daniels currently resides in Chelsea, where he is Founder and Executive director of the regionally-acclaimed Purple Rose Theatre Company, a not-for-profit professional theatre company. He wrote, directed, and starred in Escanaba in da Moonlight and Super Sucker with Purple Rose Films. He was inducted into the Michigan Walk of Fame on May 25, 2006 in Lansing, Michigan.

He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Kathleen Treado, since 1979, and they have three children: Benjamin (b. 1984), Lucas (b. 1987), and Nellie (b. 1990). Daniels married Treado on Friday the 13th because he wore the number 13 on his baseball uniform. Daniels is a die hard baseball fan who follows the Detroit Tigers.

[edit] Partial filmography

• RV (2006) - Travis Gornicke
• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Sig Mickelson
• The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Bernard Berkman
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) - Preacher
• Imaginary Heroes (2004) - Ben Travis
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven (TV) (2004) - Blue Man
• Gods and Generals (2003) - Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
• The Hours (2002) - Louis Waters
• Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001)- Rueben Soady
• Chasing Sleep (2000) - Ed Saxon
• Cheaters (2000) - Dr. Gerald Plecki
• My Favorite Martian (1999) - Tim O'Hara
• The Crossing (1999) - George Washington
• Pleasantville (1998) - Mr. Bill Johnson
• Trial and Error (1997) - Charlie Tuttle
• 101 Dalmatians (1996) - Roger
• Fly Away Home (1996) - Thomas Alden
• 2 Days in the Valley (1996) - Alvin Strayer
• Dumb & Dumber (1994) - Harry Dunne
• Speed (1994) - Det. Harry Temple
• Gettysburg (1993) - Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
• Rain Without Thunder (1992) - Jonathan Garson
• The Butcher's Wife (1991) - Dr. Alex Tremor
• Love Hurts (1991) - Paul Weaver
• Arachnophobia (1990) - Ross Jennings
• Tanner '88 (1988) - Ranger (episode The Girlfriend Factor)
• Heartburn (1986) - Richard
• Something Wild (1986) - Charles Driggs
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - Tom Baxter & Gil Shepherd
• Terms of Endearment (1983) - Flap Horton

[edit] External link

• Jeff Daniels at the Internet Movie Database