Jeff Daniels is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 19 february 1955 at Athens (USA)
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels participated to
63 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
15 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
, 2h21
Directed by Ridley ScottOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Action,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Dans l'espace,
Mars in film,
Films based on Robinson Crusoe,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Space opera,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Jessica Chastain,
Matt Damon,
Kate Mara,
Kristen Wiig,
Jeff Daniels,
Sebastian StanRoles Teddy Sanders
Rating79%
In the 2030s, the crew of Ares III, a manned mission to Mars, has established a temporary artificial habitat, called the Hab, on Mars, where they are to stay for two months and depart back to Earth in their orbital probe. Eighteen days into the Mars mission, however, a massive Martian storm hits the base and the crew is forced to abandon the planet and launch themselves because of the danger that their escape vehicle will collapse and leave them stranded. While evacuating, astronaut Mark Watney is lost and presumed dead as his biomonitor is damaged. With the lives of her crew at stake, mission commander Melissa Lewis is forced to leave the planet, leaving Watney behind., 1h56
Directed by Jan de BontOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes L'action se déroule en une journée,
Medical-themed films,
Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Trucker films,
Films about psychiatry,
Road movies,
Children's films,
Chase films,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Keanu Reeves,
Dennis Hopper,
Sandra Bullock,
Joe Morton,
Jeff Daniels,
Alan RuckRoles Harold 'Harry' Temple
Rating72%
Los Angeles SWAT officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple thwart an attempt by a bomber to hold an elevator full of people for a $3 million ransom. They corner the bomber, but he grabs Harry. Jack shoots Harry in the leg, forcing the bomber to release him. He turns and runs around a corner, apparently dying in an explosion. Jack and Harry are praised by their superior, Lieutenant "Mac" McMahon., 1h38
Directed by Stephen HerekOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
FantasyThemes Films about animals,
Films about dogs,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Glenn Close,
Jeff Daniels,
Joely Richardson,
Joan Plowright,
Mark Williams,
Hugh LaurieRoles Roger
Rating57%
American video game designer Roger Dearly (Jeff Daniels) lives with his pet dalmatian, Pongo, in London. One day, he takes Pongo for a walk in St. James's Park, and he sets his eyes on a beautiful female dalmatian named Perdita. After a frantic chase through the streets of London, Roger and Pongo discover that Perdita likes Pongo; and her owner, Anita Campbell-Green (Joely Richardson), falls in love with Roger when they meet. After they both end up falling into the lake as a result of their dogs, they return to Roger's home, and Anita accepts his proposal to wed. They get married along with Perdita and Pongo., 1h47
Directed by Frères Farrelly,
Bobby Farrelly,
Peter FarrellyOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Buddy films,
Sports d'hiver,
SkiActors Jim Carrey,
Jeff Daniels,
Lauren Holly,
Charles Rocket,
Mike Starr,
Victoria RowellRoles Harry Dunne
Rating72%
Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) are best friends and roommates living in Providence, Rhode Island who struggle at every aspect of life. Lloyd, a limousine driver, falls in love with Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), a woman he is driving to the airport. She intentionally leaves a briefcase in the terminal; Lloyd, unaware that it contains ransom money for her kidnapped husband, Bobby, retrieves it and tries to return it to her, but her Aspen-bound plane has already departed, leading to Lloyd running through and falling out of the jetway., 2h1
Directed by Robert SchwentkeOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Post-apocalyptic films,
Dystopian filmsActors Shailene Woodley,
Theo James,
Miles Teller,
Jeff Daniels,
Zoë Naelle Kravitz,
Naomi WattsRoles David
Rating57%
Choqués par le message des fondateurs leur dévoilant le véritable objectif du système des factions, Tris, « Quatre » et leurs compagnons décident de franchir le Mur encerclant Chicago pour découvrir le monde qui les entoure et ses survivants. Mais au-delà de la Clôture, ils découvrent un univers hostile avant d'être accueillis par un nouveau peuple complaisant et protecteur. À peine ont-ils compris avoir fait partie d'une expérience qui visait à restructurer la société qu'ils sont à nouveau confrontés à un défi de plus grande envergure. Alors que les dirigeants de ce nouveau monde ont en effet décidé de sélectionner les individus selon la pureté de leur code génétique, une terrible bataille se prépare à Chicago entre les anciens résistants., 1h49
Directed by Frères Farrelly,
Bobby Farrelly,
Peter FarrellyOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Transport films,
Road movies,
Buddy filmsActors Jim Carrey,
Jeff Daniels,
Laurie Holden,
Kathleen Turner,
Steve Tom,
Don LakeRoles Harry Dunne
Rating55%
Twenty years after the events of the first film, Lloyd Christmas has been committed at an insane asylum ever since his doomed romance with Mary Swanson. During a visit, Harry Dunne discovers that Lloyd pranked him into thinking he was mentally disturbed the entire time. Lloyd leaves with Harry and they head to their apartment, where Harry reveals one of his kidneys is bad and he needs a donor soon., 2h12
Directed by James L. BrooksOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about sexuality,
Films about cancerActors Shirley MacLaine,
Debra Winger,
Jack Nicholson,
Danny DeVito,
Jeff Daniels,
John LithgowRoles Flap Horton
Rating73%
Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger) are both searching for deep romantic love. Beginning with Emma's early childhood, Aurora reveals how difficult and caring she can be by nearly climbing into Emma's crib in order to make sure her daughter is breathing—only to be reassured when Emma starts crying (after being woken up). After the death of Aurora's husband and Emma's father Rudyard (A. Brooks), Aurora and Emma develop an extremely close love-hate mother/daughter relationship as Emma grows up., 1h38
Directed by Barry SonnenfeldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Transport films,
Le thème des vacances,
Road moviesActors Robin Williams,
Cheryl Hines,
JoJo,
Josh Hutcherson,
Jeff Daniels,
Kristin ChenowethRoles Travis Gornicke
Rating56%
Bob Munro (Robin Williams), a successful California beverage company executive, is struggling with a dysfunctional family, with his materialistic wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines), his sharp-tongued teenage daughter Cassie (JoJo), and his son Carl (Josh Hutcherson), who is an adolescent weightlifter and likes Hip hop. At a company picnic, Bob is embarrassed in front of his self-absorbed boss Todd (Will Arnett) by Cassie's militant friend Gretchen, who hurls a tub of disgusting slime over Todd. Looking forward to a big family vacation in Hawaii, their trip is cancelled when Todd, out of spite, tells Bob that he has to attend a meeting with the Alpine Soda company in Boulder, Colorado instead, or else he will be fired. Concealing the real reason for going there, he rents a garish RV from the dodgy dealer Irv (Barry Sonnenfeld) and tells his family they are traveling to the Rockies., 1h21
Directed by Kirk DeMiccoOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Adventure,
Animation,
Comic science fictionThemes Films about animals,
Comedy science fiction films,
Films about apes,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Cheryl Hines,
Andy Samberg,
Jeff Daniels,
Patrick Warburton,
Kristin Chenoweth,
Kenan ThompsonRoles Zartog (voice)
Rating45%
The film begins with Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, being a cannonball at his circus and later being criticized by his grandfather's friend Houston. Meanwhile, an unmanned NASA space probe called the Infinity is dragged into an intergalactic wormhole, and crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on the other side of the galaxy. Zartog, an evil-minded inhabitant, accidentally discovers how to take manual control of the on-board machinery and uses it to enslave the population., 1h33
Directed by George ClooneyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Documentary,
HistoricalThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Politique,
Films about television,
Political filmsActors David Strathairn,
George Clooney,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Patricia Clarkson,
Grant Heslov,
Frank LangellaRoles Sig Mickelson
Rating73%
Set in 1953, during the early days of television broadcast journalism. Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his dedicated staff — headed by his co-producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney) and reporter Joseph Wershba (Robert Downey, Jr.) in the CBS newsroom—defy corporate and sponsorship pressures, and discredit the tactics used by Joseph McCarthy during his crusade to root out Communist elements within the government., 2h
Directed by Gary RossOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about television,
Political films,
Dystopian filmsActors Tobey Maguire,
Jeff Daniels,
Joan Allen,
William H. Macy,
J. T. Walsh,
Reese WitherspoonRoles Mr. Johnson
Rating74%
David (Tobey Maguire) and his twin sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) lead different high-school social lives. Jennifer is shallow and extroverted; David is introverted and spends most of his time watching television. One evening while their mother (Jane Kaczmarek) is away, they fight over the TV. Jennifer wants to watch a concert on MTV, but David wants to watch a marathon of Pleasantville, a black and white 1950s sitcom about the idyllic Parker family. During the fight, the remote control breaks, and the TV cannot be turned on manually., 1h54
Directed by Stephen DaldryOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about writers,
Films about families,
Feminist films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
LGBT-related films,
Films about psychiatry,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
Sida et LGBT,
HIV/AIDS in film,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Meryl Streep,
Julianne Moore,
Nicole Kidman,
Ed Harris,
John C. Reilly,
Lyndsey MarshalRoles Louis Waters
Rating74%
With the exception of the opening and final scenes, which depict the 1941 suicide by drowning of Virginia Woolf in the River Ouse, the action takes place within the span of a single day in three different years and alternates between them throughout the film. In 1923, Virginia has begun writing the book Mrs Dalloway in her home in the town of Richmond outside London. In 1951, troubled Los Angeles housewife Laura Brown escapes from her conventional life by reading Mrs Dalloway. In 2001, New Yorker Clarissa Vaughan is the embodiment of the novel's title character, as she spends the day preparing for a party she is hosting in honor of her former lover and friend Richard, a poet and author living with AIDS who is to receive a major literary award. Richard tells Clarissa he has stayed alive for her sake, and the award is meaningless because he didn't get it sooner, until he was on the brink of death. She tells him she believes he would have won the award regardless of his illness. Richard often refers to Clarissa as "Mrs. Dalloway" - her namesake - because she distracts herself from her own life the way the Woolf character does., 1h47
Directed by Carroll BallardOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about animals,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Films about birdsActors Jeff Daniels,
Anna Paquin,
Dana Delany,
Terry Kinney,
Holter Graham,
Jeremy RatchfordRoles Thomas Alden
Rating68%
After her mother dies in a car accident, 13-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) is brought from New Zealand to Ontario, Canada, by her estranged father Thomas Alden (Jeff Daniels), a sculptor and inventor, to live with him and his girlfriend Susan (Dana Delaney)., 1h21
Directed by Noah BaumbachOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about writers,
Films about education,
Films about familiesActors Jeff Daniels,
Laura Linney,
Jesse Eisenberg,
William Baldwin,
Owen Kline,
Anna PaquinRoles Bernard Berkman
Rating72%
Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels) is an arrogant, once-promising novelist whose career has gone into a slow decline as he spends more time teaching and less time writing. His wife, Joan (Laura Linney), has recently begun publishing her own work to widespread acclaim, which only increases the growing tension between them. One day, Bernard and Joan tell their two sons, 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and 12-year-old Frank (Owen Kline), that they are separating, with Bernard renting a house on the other side of Prospect Park from their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn., 1h25
Directed by Woody AllenOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
PhilosophieActors Mia Farrow,
Jeff Daniels,
Danny Aiello,
Edward Herrmann,
Dianne Wiest,
Stephanie FarrowRoles Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd
Rating76%
Set in New Jersey during the Great Depression, the film tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and loveless, abusive marriage to Monk, whom she has attempted to leave on numerous occasions.