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Jeff Daniels | |
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Born | Jeffrey Warren Daniels February 19, 1955 |
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician, playwright |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse | Kathleen Rosemary Treado (1979-present) |
Website | www |
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. He founded a non-profit theatre company, the Purple Rose Theatre Company, in his home state of Michigan. He has performed in a number of stage productions, both on and off Broadway, and has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actor for the Broadway play God of Carnage (2009), along with his other three cast-mates.
His film debut was in 1981 in with Ragtime, and his most recent film is Looper in 2012. 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. Currently, he stars as Will McAvoy in the television series The Newsroom.
Early life
Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia, the son of Marjorie J. (née Ferguson) and Robert Lee "Bob" Daniels.[1][2] He lived in Georgia for six weeks,[3] and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan; his father owned a lumber yard in Chelsea, until his death in 2012, and had once served as the city's mayor. Daniels was raised Methodist.[4] He attended Central Michigan University and participated in their theater program. In the summer of 1976, Daniels attended the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) drama school to participate in a special Bicentennial Repertory programme where he performed in Hot L Baltimore and three other plays performed in repertoire. Marshall Mason was the guest director at EMU and he invited Jeff to come to New York to work at the Circle Repertory Theatre where he performed in The Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson in the 1977–1978 season. He also performed in New Mexico in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre.[5] It was the first show of the inaugural season for Second Stage Theatre.
Career
Stage career
Daniels has starred in a number of New York productions, on and off Broadway. On Broadway, he has appeared in Lanford Wilson's Redwood Curtain, A. R. Gurney's The Golden Age and Wilson's Fifth of July, for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actor. Off-Broadway, he received a Drama Desk nomination for Wilson's Lemon Sky, and an Obie Award for his performance in the Circle Repertory Company production of Johnny Got His Gun. He returned to the stage in 2009, appearing in Broadway's God of Carnage with Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis and James Gandolfini.[6]
In 1991, he founded the regionally-acclaimed[7] Purple Rose Theatre Company, a non-profit stage company in his childhood and current home of Chelsea, Michigan. He is currently Executive Director of PRTC, and has written 11 plays for them.
Film career
Daniels made his screen debut in Miloš Forman's Ragtime in 1981. His next film, the Oscar-winning film Terms of Endearment in which he played Debra Winger's husband was his breakthrough. Daniels then garnered a Golden Globe nomination as the star of Purple Rose of Cairo directed by Woody Allen.
Daniels earned his second Golden Globe nomination for starring in Jonathan Demme's dramedy Something Wild as an unassuming business man swept up into a wild night by a mysterious woman (Melanie Griffith). Daniels then starred in the horror-comedy Arachnophobia in 1990. The next year Daniels starred in two films (Love Hurts and The Butcher's Wife) and hosted NBC's legendary sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Daniel's next notable role was as Colonel Joshua Chamberlain in Gettysburg. Alongside Daniels were Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang and Sam Elliot. The two part film proved so popular on television that the 262 minute movie garnered a theatrical release. Daniels would reprise the role of Chamberlain ten years later in the prequel film Gods and Generals, with much of the same cast except for Sheen who was replaced by Robert Duvall.
In 1994, Daniels would have one of his most successful films commercially, starring in the Farrelly Brothers' hit Dumb and Dumber alongside Jim Carrey. It was a noted departure for Daniels, due to his status as a dramatic heavyweight. Also in '94 was the Keanu Reeves action blockbuster Speed. Daniels starred as Reeves' partner on the LAPD bomb squad, in a race against time to defuse a bomb planted on a bus, set to explode if the bus's speed falls below 50 miles per hour. Also starring Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock, Speed was an enormous hit, grossing over $350 million at the box office.
Daniels would then host Saturday Night Live a second time before the release of the 1996 Disney remake of 101 Dalmatians. Daniels starred as the owner of a litter of dalmatians stolen by the evil Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close). The film was a rousing success, grossing $320 million. Also in 1996 was the family hit film Fly Away Home with Daniels as the supportive single father of Anna Paquin's goose raising preteen. Daniels then had a critical and commercial misfire with 1997's Trial and Error alongside Seinfeld's Michael Richards.
Daniels would rebound however with 1998's Pleasantville as diner owner Bill Johnson who learns to act as an individual and rebel against the norm at the urging of Tobey Macguire's David. Also starring Reese Witherspoon, Joan Allen, and Don Knotts, Pleasantville was one of the best reviewed films of the year, nominated for three Academy Awards. Daniels would then star alongside Christopher Lloyd in the critical and commercial bomb My Favorite Martian. The film severely damaged Daniels' status as a box office star and he would proceed to work in increasingly less mainstream starring roles.
Daniels then starred in the TV films The Crossing, Cheaters and direct-to-video release Chasing Sleep. At this point, in the early 2000s Daniels began to focus more on his theater work at The Purple Rose Theatre in his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan.
Daniels' next major film role would be in Clint Eastwood's Blood Work. The film received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. He would rebound later that year with Stephen Daldry's Academy Award-winning The Hours, alongside Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. The film was also a monetary success, grossing well over $100 million. Gods and Generals followed in 2003, as did the action film I Witness, co-starring James Spader. Daniels then starred in Imaginary Heroes and the 2004 television film adaptation of fellow Michigander and friend Mitch Albom's best-seller The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
2005 proved to be a strong year for Daniels as he garnered notice as the star of the lauded Noah Baumbach film The Squid and the Whale. Daniels received his third Golden Globe nomination for the film, about a divorcing couple and the effect the split has on their children. That year Daniels also starred in the family film adaptation of Because of Winn-Dixie. He would round out the year with a supporting role in the Oscar-Nominated film Good Night and Good Luck directed by George Clooney.
Daniels then starred as the redneck comic foil to Robin Williams' uptight business man in the vacation comedy RV directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. He had a supporting role in the Truman Capote biopic Infamous, and in two other independent films Mama's Boy and The Lookout for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award.
Daniels then had a starring voice-over role as the villain Zartog in animated film Space Chimps. Daniels then took back-to-back supporting roles in political thrillers: Traitor with Don Cheadle and State of Play with Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams. Also in 2009 Daniels would appear in indie hit Away We Go. 2010 would prove to be a slow year for Daniels, as he continued his theater work and had a starring role in the little-seen indie Howl alongside James Franco as Allen Ginsberg.
In 2012, he became the new voice for Apple with the iPhone 5 ads.
Musical career
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.[citation needed]. 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.
Personal life
Daniels has been married to his high school sweetheart, Kathleen Rosemary Treado, since 1979. They married on Friday the 13th because he wore the number 13 on his baseball uniform.
In 1986, Daniels moved his home to Chelsea, Michigan, where the couple had grown up. They have three children: Benjamin (born 1984), Lucas (born 1987), and Nellie (born 1990).
He has appeared as the TV spokesperson for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation promoting Michigan's effectiveness in bringing in new companies,[vague] featured on CNBC.
He has written, directed, and starred in two films by Purple Rose Films, each set in Michigan: Escanaba in da Moonlight and Super Sucker. He was inducted into the Michigan Walk of Fame on May 25, 2006 in Lansing, Michigan. He delivered the winter commencement address at the University of Michigan on December 20, 2009, and was granted an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts.[8]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1981 | Ragtime | P. C. O'Donnell | ||
1983 | Terms of Endearment | Flap Horton | ||
1985 | Marie | Eddie Sisk | ||
1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
1986 | Something Wild | Charles Driggs | ||
1986 | Heartburn | Richard | ||
1987 | Radio Days | Biff Baxter | ||
1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Cochran | ||
1988 | Sweet Hearts Dance | Sam Manners | ||
1989 | Checking Out | Ray Macklin | ||
1989 | No Place Like Home | Mike | Television film | |
1990 | Arachnophobia | Ross Jennings | Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Denton Webb | ||
1991 | Love Hurts | Paul Weaver | ||
1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Dr. Alex Tremor | ||
1992 | Timescape also known as Grand Tour: Disaster in Time | Ben Wilson | International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor | |
1992 | There Goes the Neighborhood | Willis Embry | ||
1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Tom Noonan | Television film | |
1993 | Rain Without Thunder | Jonathan Garson | ||
1993 | Gettysburg | Colonel Joshua Chamberlain | Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
1994 | Speed | Harry Temple | ||
1994 | Dumb and Dumber | Harry Dunne | ||
1995 | Redwood Curtain | Lyman Fellers | ||
1996 | Fly Away Home | Thomas Alden | Nominated – Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor | |
1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Alvin Strayer | ||
1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Roger Dearly | ||
1997 | Trial and Error | Charlie Tuttle | ||
1998 | Pleasantville | Bill Johnson | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
1999 | My Favorite Martian | Tim O'Hara | ||
1999 | All the Rage | Warren Harding | retitled It's the Rage for American television | |
2000 | The Crossing | George Washington | Television film | |
2000 | Chasing Sleep | Ed Saxon | ||
2000 | Cheaters | Dr. Gerard Plecki | Television film; HBO | |
2001 | Escanaba in da Moonlight | Reuben Soady | ||
2002 | Super Sucker | Fred Barlow | ||
2002 | Blood Work | Jasper "Buddy" Noone | ||
2002 | The Hours | Louis Waters | ||
2003 | Gods and Generals | Lt. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain | ||
2003 | I Witness | James Rhodes | ||
2004 | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield | Television film | |
2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Ben Travis | ||
2004 | The Five People You Meet In Heaven | The Blue Man | ||
2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Bernard Berkman | Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (2nd place) | |
2005 | Because of Winn-Dixie | The Preacher | ||
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Sig Mickelson | ||
2006 | RV | Travis Gornicke | ||
2006 | Infamous | Alvin Dewey | ||
2007 | The Lookout | Lewis | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | |
2007 | Mama's Boy | Mert Rosenbloom | ||
2007 | A Plumm Summer | Narrator | ||
2008 | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Dan Miller | Television film | |
2008 | Space Chimps | Zartog | Voice only | |
2008 | Traitor | Carter | ||
2009 | State of Play | Representative George Fergus | ||
2009 | The Answer Man | Arlen Faber | ||
2009 | Away We Go | Jerry Farlander | ||
2009 | Paper Man | Richard Dunn | ||
2010 | Howl | Professor David Kirk | ||
2010 | Planet Sheen | Glonb | Voice Episode: "What's Up Chock?" |
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2010 | The Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Santa Claus | ||
2011 | Right Angle | Mickey | ||
2012–present | The Newsroom | Will McAvoy | Television Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2012) Pending—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2012) |
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2012 | Looper | Abe | ||
2014 | Dumb and Dumber To | Harry |
Purple Rose Theatre Company
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The Purple Rose Theatre Company (or PRTC) was founded by Jeff Daniels in 1991. Originally known as the Garage Theatre, 'The Rose' takes its name from Woody Allen's 1985 film The Purple Rose of Cairo starring Daniels. The theatre provides resources for training actors, playwrights and other theatre artists residing in the Midwest region and develops new plays based on life in the Great Lakes Basin, USA.
The main performance space and administrative offices occupy a building in Chelsea, Michigan once owned by Daniels' grandfather. The theatre produces four shows a year on a 3/4 thrust stage in a 168 seat house. The PRTC is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and operates under a Small Professional Theatre (SPT) Agreement with the Actors' Equity Association (AEA).
Apprentice program
The Purple Rose offers a year-long apprenticeship program for young artists entering a career in theatre. Apprentices are paid a 'modest stipend' and work as many as 60–80 hours per week gaining experience in lighting, sound, stage management, design, set construction, and administrative/box office work. The seven apprentices also maintain and clean the theatre's facilities. The program was inspired by Jeff Daniels' experience as an apprentice with the Circle Repertory Company in New York City.
References
- ^ "Robert Lee Daniels Obituary: View Robert Daniels's Obituary by AnnArbor.com". Obits.mlive.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ Lai, Daniel (September 1, 2012). "Bob Daniels, Chelsea Lumber Owner, Dies at Age 83 - Chelsea, MI Patch". Chelsea.patch.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ "NewsBank for AJC | www.ajc.com". Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ Preview Interview with Cast of Because of Winn-Dixie
- ^ Downstage Center interview broadcast April 20, 2007. Americantheaterwing.com (2007-04-20). Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
- ^ Gandolfini Stars on Broadway in God of Carnage The Associated Press, January 12, 2009
- ^ Live Professional Stage Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan at The Purple Rose Theatre. Purplerosetheatre.org. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
- ^ Lichterman, Joseph (December 20, 2009). "Actor and Michigan native Jeff Daniels challenges graduates to make a difference at Winter Commencement". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Jeff Daniels at IMDb
- Jeff Daniels at the Internet Broadway Database
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- Jeff Daniels Music Interview
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- 1955 births
- Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
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- American dramatists and playwrights
- American film actors
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- Central Michigan University alumni
- Living people
- Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
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- People from Washtenaw County, Michigan
- Saturn Award winners
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