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Acting

Jeff Daniels

Career: Active from 1982 to 2027, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 65
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The American Buffalo
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jeff Daniels Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Social Commentary 6
Historical Drama 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Character Study 4
Fast-Paced 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Thought-Provoking 4
Coming-of-Age Story 3
Political Intrigue 3
Psychological Tension 3
Romantic Comedy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character

as Narrator

TV show · as Raymond Lesko

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

as Ralph Teetor (voice)

2020s

11 titles · average score 70

as Ed Watkins

The Brink of War

63

as Ronald Reagan

The American Revolution

76

TV show · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

A Man in Full

53

TV show · as Charlie Croker

The Saint of Second Chances

72

as Narrator (voice)

The American Buffalo

86

TV show · as (voice)

Shrinking

81

TV show · as Randy

American Rust

60

TV show · as Det. Del Harris

Hemingway

83

TV show · as Ernest Hemingway (voice)

The Comey Rule

65

TV show · as James Comey

Adam

65

as Mickey

2010s

16 titles · average score 63

Guest Artist

48

as Joseph Harris

The Morning Show

65

TV show · as Lukas

The Looming Tower

76

TV show · as John O'Neill

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

as The Emperor (voice)

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge

49

TV show · as Narrator

Allegiant

35

as David

The Martian

83

as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders

Steve Jobs

77

as John Sculley

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

65

TV show · as Self / Casting Reject

Dumb and Dumber To

41

as Harry Dunne

The Newsroom

72

TV show · as Will McAvoy

Looper

81

as Abe

2000s

29 titles · average score 57

Paper Man

47

as Richard Dunn

The Answer Man

49

as Arlen Faber

Space Chimps

38

as Zartog (voice)

The Lookout

74

as Lewis

Mama's Boy

26

as Mert Rosenbloom

The Squid and the Whale

80

as Bernard Berkman

Because of Winn-Dixie

59

as Preacher

Imaginary Heroes

56

as Ben Travis

Gods and Generals

40

as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Blood Work

58

as Jasper 'Buddy' Noone

Super Sucker

38

as Fred Barlow

Cheaters

63

as Dr. Gerard Plecki

1990s

23 titles · average score 59

My Favorite Martian

36

as Tim O'Hara

Trial and Error

48

as Charles Tuttle

101 Dalmatians

50

as Roger

Fly Away Home

76

as Thomas Alden

2 Days in the Valley

59

as Alvin Strayer

Dumb and Dumber

64

as Harry Dunne

Speed

80

as Harry

Gettysburg

79

as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Timescape

65

as Ben Wilson

The Butcher's Wife

38

as Dr. Alex Tremor

Arachnophobia

71

as Ross Jennings

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

45

as Denton Webb

1980s

18 titles · average score 65

No Place Like Home

67

as Mike Cooper

The House on Carroll Street

64

as Cochran

Sweet Hearts Dance

45

as Sam Manners

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

69

as Lt. Steve Maryk

Checking Out

46

as Ray Macklin

Radio Days

79

as Biff Baxter

Something Wild

76

as Charles Driggs

Heartburn

53

as Richard

The Purple Rose of Cairo

81

as Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd

Marie: A True Story

57

as Eddie Sisk

Terms of Endearment

77

as Flap Horton

An Invasion of Privacy

as Francis Ryan

1960s

1 title · average score 48

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Neal Forrester

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Lyman Fellers