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'Jeff Daniels & Friends' Holiday Concert Returns t...

Nestor - Found Oct. 24, 2008
Michigan actor, singer, songwriter Jeff Daniels announced today that he will host and perform at a special concert in November celebrating Michigan

Posted on October 24, 2008, 9:49 am

Jeff Daniels Sings Up a Storm

WXYZ - Found Nov. 4, 2008
Actor Jeff Daniels visited the Action News at Noon set, but instead of talking politics, he talked music (and sang, too!).INSIDE: Jeff tells...

Posted on November 4, 2008, 12:22 pm

Tracked down: Matt Reis, Jessye Norman, Jeff Daniels...

Boston Herald - Found Oct. 14, 2008
Flynn taking in Ken Howards one-man show According To Tip at the Stuart Street Playhouse . . . Actor Jeff Daniels taking an early morning jog...

Posted on October 14, 2008, 10:20 am

'Jeff Daniels & Friends' Holiday Concert Returns to Celebrate Music ...

Columbus Business First - Found Oct. 21, 2008
CHELSEA, Mich., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan actor, singer, songwriter Jeff Daniels announced today that he will host and perform at a special

Posted on October 21, 2008, 9:32 am

'Jeff Daniels & Friends' Holiday Concert Returns to Celebrate Music ...

The Business Journal Phoenix - Found Oct. 21, 2008
CHELSEA, Mich., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan actor, singer, songwriter Jeff Daniels announced today that he will host and perform at a special

Posted on October 21, 2008, 9:31 am

'Jeff Daniels & Friends' Holiday Concert Returns to Celebrate Music ...

Atlanta Business Chronicle - Found Oct. 21, 2008
CHELSEA, Mich., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan actor, singer, songwriter Jeff Daniels announced today that he will host and perform at a special

Posted on October 21, 2008, 9:28 am

'Jeff Daniels & Friends' Holiday Concert Returns to Celebrate Music ...

Nashville Business Journal - Found Oct. 21, 2008
CHELSEA, Mich., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan actor, singer, songwriter Jeff Daniels announced today that he will host and perform at a special

Posted on October 21, 2008, 9:24 am

'Jeff Daniels & Friends' Holiday Concert Returns to Celebrate Music ...

Portland Business Journal - Found Oct. 21, 2008
CHELSEA, Mich., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan actor, singer, songwriter Jeff Daniels announced today that he will host and perform at a special

Posted on October 21, 2008, 9:22 am

Space Chimps (clips)

Digitally Obsessed - Found Nov. 18, 2008
Space Chimps clips are here, DVD out Nov 25 (Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels) 'Misfit'- Special Features - Casting Session Time: 0:23- 1:33

Posted on November 18, 2008, 10:34 am

The Big Lebowski fest

Guardian Unlimited - Found Nov. 18, 2008
Steve Buschemi, John Goodman and Jeff Daniels in The Big Lebowski.

Posted on November 18, 2008, 6:45 am

Jeff Daniels Biography

Jeff Daniels
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Jeff Daniels
Born Jeffrey Warren Daniels
February 19, 1955 (1955-02-19) (age 53)
Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s) Kathleen Treado
Official website

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright.

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Biography

Early life

Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, where his father, Robert Lee Daniels, still owns the local lumber yard. He was raised in the Methodist religion.1 Daniels attended Central Michigan University and participated in their theater program before dropping out during his junior year to move to New York City. His first performance in New York was in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre.2 It was the first show of the inaugural season for Second Stage Theatre.

Stage career

Daniels has starred in a number of New York productions, on and off Broadway. On Broadway, he has appeared in Lanford Wilson's Redwood Curtain, A. R. Gurney's The Golden Age and Wilson's Fifth of July, for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actor. Off-Broadway, he received a Drama Desk nomination for Wilson's Lemon Sky, and an Obie Award for his performance in the Circle Repertory Company production of Johnny Got His Gun.

In 1986, Daniels moved his home to the town where he and his wife grew up, Chelsea, Michigan. Five years later, he founded the regionally-acclaimed3 Purple Rose Theatre Company, a non-profit professional theatre company. He is currently Executive Director of PRTC, and has written 11 plays for the company.

Film career

Daniels is best known for his roles in Dumb & Dumber, Speed, Terms of Endearment, Gettysburg, Arachnophobia, Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Squid and the Whale. Although primarily a dramatic actor, some of Daniels' most well-known scenes are from the comedy Dumb & Dumber, in which he gets his tongue stuck to a ski-lift as well as having an attack of explosive diarrhea. In the 2002 film Blood Work, Daniels was cast against type.

Musical career

He is currently focusing on recording a number of songs that he has written throughout his life, apparently marking key moments. According to personal statements, it seems that he has undergone a complete career change, keeping busy with frequent gigs and two full length albums, Grandfather's Hat and Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged.citation needed

Personal life

Daniels and his family reside in Chelsea, Michigan.4 He wrote, directed, and starred in Escanaba in da Moonlight and Super Sucker with Purple Rose Films. He was inducted into the Michigan Walk of Fame on May 25, 2006 in Lansing, Michigan.

Daniels has been married to his high school sweetheart, Kathleen Rosemary Treado, since 1979. They have three children: Benjamin (born 1984), Lucas (born 1987), and Nellie (born 1990). He married Treado on Friday the 13th because he wore the number 13 on his baseball uniform. Daniels is a baseball fan who follows the Detroit Tigers and is also an avid Detroit Red Wings fan.citation needed

Recently Daniels can be seen as the TV spokesperson for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation promoting Michigan's effectiveness in bringing in new companies. These commercials can be seen regularly on CNBC.

Filmography

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Jeff Daniels video Paul W. Smith interviews actor Jeff Daniels and acclaimed author/sports writer Mitch Albom about the future of the Michigan entertainment industry. clip
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