Jeff Daniels (actor)

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Image:PatriciaHeaton2.jpg Jeff Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor.

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

Daniels is perhaps best known for his roles in Arachnophobia and Dumb & Dumber. Although primarily a dramatic actor, ironically Daniels' most memorable scenes are from the comedy Dumb & Dumber and involve his character Harry Dunne getting his tongue frozen onto an icy pole, and another scene where he suffers a painful bout of diarrhea and realizing only too late that the toilet he has used does not flush.

Daniels currently resides in Chelsea, Michigan, 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 will be inducted into the Michigan Walk of Fame on May 25, 2006 in Lansing, Michigan.

Partial filmography

• R.V. (2006)
• 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
• 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
• Something Wild (1986) - Charles Driggs
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - Tom Baxter & Gil Shepherd
• Terms of Endearment (1983) - Flap Horton

External link

• {{{2|{{{name|Jeff Daniels (actor)}}}}}} at The Internet Movie DatabaseTemplate:US-film-actor-stubde:Jeff Daniels

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