Jeff Daniels

Q: Has Jeff Daniels won any major awards?

Yes, Jeff Daniels won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for 'The Looming Tower' in 2018.

Q: What was Jeff Daniels' first film?

Jeff Daniels made his film debut in 'Pursuit of Happiness' in 1971, which marked the beginning of his extensive acting career.

Q: How many children does Jeff Daniels have?

Jeff Daniels has three children: Benjamin, Lisa, and Peter, all of whom are publicly known.

Q: What is Jeff Daniels' estimated net worth?

Jeff Daniels' estimated net worth is around $45 million, reflecting his successful career in film, television, and theatre.

Q: Is Jeff Daniels involved in theatre?

Yes, Jeff Daniels co-founded the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Michigan, focusing on new plays and supporting local artists.

Q: What television series is Jeff Daniels known for?

Jeff Daniels is best known for his role in the HBO series 'The Newsroom,' where he played news anchor Will McAvoy.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Jeff Daniels as an actor?

Jeff Daniels is recognized for his strong performances and distinctive voice, often portraying complex, relatable characters.

Known for

The Martian (2015)

IMDb 8.0 / 10

2015 / Adventure, Drama / 144 min

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney...

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

1994 / Comedy / 107 min

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she...

101 Dalmatians (1996)

IMDb 5.7 / 10

1996 / Comedy, Crime / 103mins

An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

Name

Jeff Daniels

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Born

19 February 1955, Hastings, Michigan, USA

Spouses

Kathleen Rosemary Treado (1979–present)

Children

3 children: Benjamin, Lisa, and Peter

Parents

Robert Daniels, Mary Daniels

Estimated Net Worth

$45 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Brink of War President Ronald Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals—or...	Ronald Reagan	Not rated
2025	TV The American Revolution The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world...	Thomas Jefferson (voice)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2025	Movie Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words A feature documentary profiling the most revered screenwriter in movie history, Paddy Chayefsky stands alone as the only writer to...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2024	TV A Man in Full Facing relentless foes and sudden bankruptcy, an Atlanta real estate tycoon must claw his way back to the top when...	Charlie Croker	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2023	Movie Bye Bye Barry When NFL superstar Barry Sanders vanished at the height of his career, he left the NFL world in shock. He...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	TV The American Buffalo The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to...	(voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2023	Movie The Saint of Second Chances Mike Veeck, son of MLB franchise owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career. Exiled from the game he loves,...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	TV Shrinking Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	TV Shrinking Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to...	Randy	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2021	TV American Rust A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del...	Det. Del Harris	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie 9/11: Inside the President's War Room Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a...	Self	Not rated
2021	TV Hemingway The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has...	Ernest Hemingway (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2020	TV The Comey Rule An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a...	James Comey	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	Movie Adam A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.	Mickey	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	TV Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party Be a guest at a Dinner Party with the stars of Impractical Jokers every Thursday night! Join Sal, Joe, Q...	Himself	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2020	TV Washington The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	Movie Guest Artist Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting...	Joseph Harris	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2018	Movie The Emperor's Newest Clothes Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale gets a colorful, music-filled makeover in the whimsical special. Filled with bold animation, catchy musical...	The Emperor	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	Movie The Catcher Was a Spy Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World...	Bill Donovan	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2018	Movie The Russian Five The story of the five Russian hockey stars who helped the Detroit Red Wings win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and...	self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2018	TV The Looming Tower While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the...	John O'Neill	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2017	TV Godless A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life...	Frank Griffin	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2017	TV Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge A chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture through the perspective of Rolling Stone...	Narrator	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	Movie Allegiant Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by...	David	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Steve Jobs Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes...	John Sculley	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	Movie The Martian During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by...	Theodore "Teddy" Sanders	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Casting Reject	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	TV ARES: live During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left...	Teddy Sanders	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2015	Movie "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie Of Miracles and Men On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, New York, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie Dumb and Dumber To 20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter,...	Harry Dunne	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV Off Camera with Sam Jones Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	Movie James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June 19 at age 51. The...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2012	Movie Looper In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When...	Abe	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2012	TV The Newsroom A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer,...	Will McAvoy	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV Impractical Jokers This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano --...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2010	Movie Howl It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment...	Professor David Kirk	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Paper Man A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches...	Richard Dunn	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	Movie Away We Go Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child,...	Jerry Farlander	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2009	Movie State of Play When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college...	George Fergus	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2009	Movie The Answer Man Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber wrote a book about spirituality that became wildly popular. These days, he's a curmudgeonly recluse...	Arlen Faber	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2008	Movie Traitor When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to...	Carter	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie Space Chimps When an unmanned space shuttle crashes on an uncharted planet, a trio of astronaut chimpanzees are launched by NASA into...	Zartog (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie A Plumm Summer Based on a true-story - A Plumm Summer tells the remarkable tale of two young brothers, Elliott and Rocky Plumm,...	Narrator	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2008	Movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son...	Dan Miller	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	Movie Mama's Boy A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when she hears wedding bells...	Mert Rosenbloom	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2007	Movie The Lookout Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he...	Lewis	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	Movie Infamous While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and...	Alvin Dewey	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Robin Williams: A Family Affair On the set of “RV” with Robin Williams. Produced for the “RV” DVD.	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors Thoughts on RV travel from the cast and crew of “RV.” Produced for the “RV” DVD.	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Robin Williams: A Family Affair The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on how Robin Williams is "always on," "amazingly brilliantly talented," and "the...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors The cast and crew of RV (2006) comment on the titular vehicle	Self	TMDB 9.3 / 10
2006	Movie Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy The cast of RV talk about how irrepressably wacky that Barry Sonnenfeld is.	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie RV Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led...	Travis Gornicke	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2006	Movie Still Dumb After All These Years Through interviews with the Farrelly Brothers, the producers of the film and Jeff Daniels we learn about casting decisions, how...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie The Squid and the Whale Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching...	Bernard Berkman	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie Good Night, and Good Luck. The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.	Sig Mickelson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie Because of Winn-Dixie A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father....	Preacher	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson,...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie The Five People You Meet In Heaven On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while...	Blue Man	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Remembering Ragtime Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".	P. C. O'Donnell (archive footage)	Not rated
2004	Movie Imaginary Heroes Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide....	Ben Travis	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	Movie The Goodbye Girl Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of...	Elliot Garfield	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie Dumb and Dumber - Making Of The Cast and Crew talk about "Dumb and Dumber" (1994).	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances, including van-dwelling motivational speaker Matt Foley, an aspiring Chippendales dancer, the...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	Movie I Witness After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming...	James Rhodes	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	Movie Gods and Generals Follows the personal and professional life of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of...	Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie The Hours The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place,...	Louis Waters	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Blood Work Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues...	Jasper 'Buddy' Noone	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2002	Movie Super Sucker The rivalry between two door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors gets out of hand as competing sales teams race to sell the...	Fred Barlow	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2001	Movie Chasing Sleep A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.	Ed Saxon	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2001	Movie Escanaba in da Moonlight On the eve of deer-hunting season in Michigan, a family of hunters contends with the shame of their eldest son...	Rueben Soady	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2000	Movie Cheaters In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to...	Dr. Gerard Plecki	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie The Crossing A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.	Gen. George Washington	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1999	Movie All the Rage A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of...	Warren Harding	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1999	Movie My Favorite Martian Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his...	Tim O'Hara	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Jeff Daniels (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1998	Movie Pleasantville Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom...	Mr. Johnson	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	Movie Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on "Saturday Night...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	Movie Trial and Error When lawyer Charlie is sent to a small Nevada town to file a continuance request for a client, his actor...	Charles Tuttle	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	Movie Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the most magical place on earth!	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1996	Movie 101 Dalmatians An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates...	Roger	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1996	Movie Fly Away Home Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father,...	Thomas Alden	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	Movie 2 Days in the Valley In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men...	Alvin Strayer	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie Redwood Curtain Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she...	Lyman Fellers	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1994	Movie Dumb and Dumber Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase...	Harry Dunne	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1994	Movie Speed Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on...	Harry	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1993	Movie Gettysburg In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with...	Col. Joshua Chamberlain	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	TV Frasier After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist...	Doug (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV Late Show with David Letterman David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1993	Movie Rain Without Thunder In 2042, it’s illegal for women to get abortions. After a girl and her mother are sentenced to life behind...	Jonathan Garson	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1992	Movie There Goes the Neighborhood A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs...	Willis Embry	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	Movie Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, the fight was on...	Tom Noonan	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1992	TV HBO First Look HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	Movie Timescape Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by...	Ben Wilson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1991	Movie America's Classic Ballparks Actor Jeff Daniels narrates this documentary that explores the nostalgic wonders of four beloved baseball stadiums from yesteryear: Fenway Park...	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1991	Movie The Butcher's Wife A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and...	Dr. Alex Tremor	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1991	TV Breakfast with the Arts Breakfast with the Arts is a television program that aired on A&E from 1991 until 2007. In its first decade...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown --...	Denton Webb	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	Movie Arachnophobia A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to...	Ross Jennings	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	Movie Love Hurts The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.	Paul Weaver	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1989	Movie No Place Like Home A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is...	Mike Cooper	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1988	Movie Checking Out When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced...	Ray Macklin	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1988	Movie Sweet Hearts Dance Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his...	Sam Manners	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	Movie The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".	Lt. Steve Maryk	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	Movie The House on Carroll Street A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as...	Cochran	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1987	TV Trying Times This half-hour sitcom anthology series that aired on PBS from 1987 to 1989 is about people struggling with the daily...	Jim	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1987	Movie Radio Days The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City...	Biff Baxter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Something Wild A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when...	Charles Driggs	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1986	Movie Heartburn She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't...	Richard	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1985	Movie Marie: A True Story In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on...	Eddie Sisk	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1985	Movie The Purple Rose of Cairo Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her...	Tom Baxter / Gil Shepherd	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1984	TV MTV Video Music Awards An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1983	Movie Terms of Endearment Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each...	Flap Horton	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	Movie An Invasion of Privacy A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded by...	Francis Ryan	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1982	Movie Fifth of July Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his...	Jed Jenkins	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	TV American Playhouse American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.	Jed Jenkins	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1981	Movie Ragtime A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity,...	P.C. O'Donnell	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1980	TV A Rumor of War Miniseries based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the...	Chaplain	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1979	TV CBS News Sunday Morning The sparkling notes of a trumpet fanfare and the familiar logo of the sun alert viewers that it's time for...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1968	TV Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the...	Neal Forrester	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Lyman Fellers	TMDB 8.8 / 10
TBA	Movie 2034 A near-future narrative exploring the conflict between human creativity and artificial intelligence. Plot details TBA.	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Starman Visionary technologist Tom Adams leads a historic mission to Mars, but when disaster leaves him stranded, his journey turns into...	Ed Watkins	Not rated
TBA	Movie Broadway: The Next Generation A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character What can America learn from its past? The story of President Ford illuminates a fascinating moment in US history as...	Narrator	Not rated
TBA	Movie Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story The documentary follows the remarkable journey in America's heartland of automotive pioneer and visionary, Ralph R. Teetor.	Ralph Teetor (voice)	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2021	TV American Rust A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Guest Artist Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting...	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2019	Movie Guest Artist Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2017	TV The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay...	Creator Crew	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Hunting Hitler An FBI cold case that has laid dormant for 70 years, leads a group of world-renown investigators on the ultimate...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2002	Movie Super Sucker The rivalry between two door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors gets out of hand as competing sales teams race to sell the...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2002	Movie Super Sucker The rivalry between two door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors gets out of hand as competing sales teams race to sell the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2001	Movie Escanaba in da Moonlight On the eve of deer-hunting season in Michigan, a family of hunters contends with the shame of their eldest son...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10

Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words

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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

2024 / TMDB 8.1

Bye Bye Barry

2023 / TMDB 7.8

The Saint of Second Chances

2023 / TMDB 6.9

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

2021 / TMDB 6.8

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

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Known for

The Martian (2015)

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

101 Dalmatians (1996)

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