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. This book is your ultimate resource for Jeff Daniels. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Jeff Daniels's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jeff Daniels, 101 Dalmatians (1996 film), 2 Days in the Valley, Arachnophobia (film), Athens, Georgia, Away We Go, Because of Winn-Dixie (film), Chasing Sleep, Cheaters (film), Checking Out (1989 film), Chelsea, Michigan, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor, Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor, Circle Repertory Company, Clint Eastwood, Dumb and Dumber, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Fifth of July, Fly Away Home, Gettysburg (1993 film), God of Carnage, Gods and Generals (film), Heartburn (film), Hope Davis, Howl (film), I Witness, Imaginary Heroes, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Infamous (film), Jim Carrey, Johnny Got His Gun, Joshua Chamberlain, Looper (film) and more pages! Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.