Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels is an American actor, musician and playwright whose career includes roles in films, stage productions and television, winner of two Emmy Awards, multiple Screen Actors Guild Award nominees, Tony and Golden Globe Awards for Best Male role, founder and CEO of the Purple Rose Theater Company.

Jeffrey Warren Daniels (Jeffrey Warren Daniels) was born on February 19, 1955 in the American city of Athens, Georgia. When the baby was 6 weeks old, parents Robert Lee Bob Daniels and Marjorie Ferguson moved to Chelsea, Michigan, where his father became the owner of a lumber warehouse and mayor of the city. Jeff was brought up according to the canons of the Methodist church, to which his family belonged.

The young man studied at Central Michigan University, where he participated in a theater program. In the summer of 1976, Jeff attended the School of Performing Arts at Eastern Michigan University, participated in the special program Bicentennial Repertory program, in which he was involved in the play "The Hot l Baltimore" by Lanford Wilson and other productions of the student troupe. Guest director Marshall W. Mason saw the young actor's potential and helped him launch a career on the big stage.

Before leaving his native Michigan, Jeff assembled his first car and started playing the guitar.

Daniels moved to New York, where he first appeared at the Circle Repertory Theater in The Fifth of July in the 1977-1978 season before joining the newly opened Second Stage in Manhattan.

Then the young actor took part in several productions on Broadway: "The Golden Age", "Mahogany Curtain", "The Fifth of July". For his role in the last play, Daniels was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1981. Outside of Broadway, for the performances Johnny Got His Pistol, Lemon Sky and God of Carnage, the actor was noted as a contender for the prestigious theater awards Obie Award, Tony and Drama Desk.

Daniels made his film debut in 1981 in Ragtime by Milos Forman. The next film, Oscar-winning Tongue of Tenderness, in which Jeff played Debra Winger's callous and unfaithful husband, was a breakthrough in the actor's career.

In 1986, the young artist received a Golden Globe nomination for the star of the film The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen. In honor of this film, Daniels named his theater troupe "Purple Rose Theater Company", founded in 1991.

Jeff turned out to be a talented master of transformation, in 1987 he received a 2nd Golden Globe nomination for his lead role in Jonathan Demme's Wild Thing, with the beautiful Melanie Griffith as his filming partner. From that moment on, the actor's filmography began to grow rapidly. He once again starred with Woody Allen in The Age of Radio, then in the horror comedy Fear of Spiders. In 1991, two films were released with the participation of Daniels: "The Butcher's Wife" and "A Wonderful Trip".

In the film about the civil war by Ron Maxwell "Gettysburg" Jeff played the role of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, hero of the Battle of Gettysburg. Daniels took the character seriously, studied the chronicles, and visited the historical society dedicated to his life. 10 years later, the director again invited the actor to play the role of the famous warrior in the film "Gods and Generals". Returning to the image, according to the actor, was "like finding an old friend who was waiting for you to call."

In 1994, Daniels co-starred with Jim Carrey in one of his most commercially successful films, Dumb and Dumber. The role of the funny Harry Dunn became a noticeable change in the role of a dramatic actor and brought him hundreds of thousands of income. In the same year, Daniels appeared with Keanu Reeves in the blockbuster "Speed", which grossed more than $ 350 million at the box office.

In 1995, the actor took part in the adaptation of the play "Mahogany Curtain", in which he performed the same role as on Broadway in his youth. In 2000, the man again turned to the image of the hero of the civil war in the television film "Crossing the Delaware", this time his character was the future US president, General George Washington.

During the same period, in the early 2000s, Jeff began to pay great attention to theatrical work at The Purple Rose Theater, writing scripts for the troupe's productions. He directed and authored Escanaba in da Moonlight and Sex Vacuum Cleaner, and for his most recent work won the Audience Award at the 2002 American Comedy Film Festival.

The acting work was not abandoned either. Daniels got the lead on Clint Eastwood's Blood Job, which received mixed reviews. Jeff then appeared among the stars of Hollywood in the film "Watch", which grossed more than $ 100 million and was awarded the "Stephen Daldry's Academy Award". In 2004, the artist starred in Fictional Heroes and the television version of Richard Matheson's bestseller Where Dreams Lead.

2005 turned out to be a productive year in Daniels' career: he was invited to the lead role in the film "Squid and the Whale" about a divorcing couple Noah Baumbak, for which he received his third Golden Globe nomination. In the same year, the actor starred in the family comedy Thanks Winn-Dixie. The last work of this year was a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated film "Good Night and Good Luck" directed by George Clooney.

After that, Daniels acted in films on the sidelines, continued to work in the theater. In 2012, the actor became the voice-over for Apple's iPhone 5 commercial, then for 3 seasons he played in the HBO series News Service, for which he was awarded the Primetime Emmy in 2013.

In 2014, the actor returned to the big screen in the familiar character of Harry Dunn in the sequel to Dumb and Dumber 2, and then played the role of Apple CEO John Scully in the biopic Steve Jobs.

Some of Daniels' last acting jobs to date are Divergent Chapter 3: Behind the Wall (2016) and The Spy Game (2018), as well as the miniseries God Forgotten (2017) and The Ghost Tower ( 2018).

Throughout his creative career, Jeff was fond of music, composing and recording songs, marking the key moments of his biography. He often gave concerts, released 6 studio albums.

Since 1979, Daniels has been married to his high school friend Kathleen Rosemary Trido. A baseball fan and avid Detroit Tigers fan, he had a wedding on Friday the 13th because he wore number 13 on the field. The couple have three children: sons Benjamin (1984) and Lucas (1987) and daughter Nelly (1990)

The personal life of the actor was successful. He lives with his wife and children in Michigan, where his brothers and sisters, who work for the Chelsea Lambert family company, are also located.

The actor continues to work on television: in 2018, the series "The Emperor's Newest Clothes" was released, where Jeff was accompanied by the famous American actor Alan Alda.

In film, Daniels is working on a role in director Timothy Busfield's "Guest Artist", and is also preparing to shoot in the 4th part of the film from the "Divergent" series.

Now the actor performs in the United States as part of the musical group of his son "The Ben Daniels Band". Photos from the concerts were published on the actor's official website and Twitter.

1981 - "Ragtime" 1983 - "The Language of Tenderness" 1985 - "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 1986 - "The Wild Thing" 1990 - "Arachnophobia" ("Fear of Spiders") 1991 - "The Butcher's Wife" 1993 - "Gettysburg" 1994 - "Dumb and dumber "1994 -" Speed ​​"1999 -" My Favorite Martian "2003 -" Gods and Generals "2006 -" Madhouse on Wheels "2014 -" Dumb and Dumber 2 "2015 -" Steve Jobs "2016 -" Divergent, Chapter 3: Behind the Wall "2018 -" The Ghost Tower "

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