| Jeff Daniels  Born: 19-Feb-1955
Birthplace: Chelsea, MI
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Playwright Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dumb and Dumber Jeff Daniels is best known for playing dorks or hapless nice guys in films such as Something Wild, Terms of Endearment, and Dumb & Dumber. His best film seems to be Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, in which Daniels played dual roles and won rave reviews. He founded a theater company in his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan, and named it after that film. At the Purple Rose Theater, their mission is to produce plays featuring midwestern actors, directors, and stage hands, written by midwestern authors. Daniels himself has written eight of the theater's plays.
Wife: Kathleen Treado-Daniels (high school girlfriend, m. 13-Jul-1979, three children)
Son: Benjamin (b. Nov-1984)
Son: Lucas (b. 1987)
Daughter: Nellie (b. 1990)
University: Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI (dropped out)
John Kerry for President
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Super Sucker (24-Feb-2002)
Escanaba in da Moonlight (26-Jan-2001)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Space Chimps (17-Jul-2008) [VOICE]
The Lookout (9-Mar-2007)
Infamous (31-Aug-2006)
R. V. (28-Apr-2006)
Good Night, and Good Luck (1-Sep-2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie (26-Jan-2005)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (5-Dec-2004)
Imaginary Heroes (14-Sep-2004)
The Goodbye Girl (16-Jan-2004)
I Witness (13-Apr-2003)
Gods and Generals (10-Feb-2003)
The Hours (18-Dec-2002)
Blood Work (6-Aug-2002)
Super Sucker (24-Feb-2002)
Escanaba in da Moonlight (26-Jan-2001)
Chasing Sleep (8-Sep-2000)
Cheaters (20-May-2000)
The Crossing (10-Jan-2000)
All the Rage (11-Sep-1999)
My Favorite Martian (12-Feb-1999)
Pleasantville (17-Sep-1998)
Trial and Error (30-May-1997)
101 Dalmatians (27-Nov-1996)
2 Days in the Valley (12-Sep-1996)
Fly Away Home (5-Sep-1996)
Redwood Curtain (23-Apr-1995)
Dumb and Dumber (16-Dec-1994)
Speed (10-Jun-1994)
Gettysburg (8-Oct-1993)
There Goes the Neighborhood (30-Oct-1992)
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (9-May-1992)
The Butcher's Wife (25-Oct-1991)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (12-Oct-1990)
Arachnophobia (18-Jul-1990)
Sweet Hearts Dance (23-Sep-1988)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (8-May-1988)
The House on Carroll Street (05-May-1988)
Radio Days (30-Jan-1987)
Something Wild (7-Nov-1986)
Heartburn (25-Jul-1986)
Marie (Oct-1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1-Mar-1985)
Terms of Endearment (23-Nov-1983)
Ragtime (20-Nov-1981)
A Rumor of War (24-Sep-1980)
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