Jeffrey Warren Daniels is an American actor. He is known for his work on stage and screen playing diverse characters switching between comedy and drama. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Tony Awards.
He made his film debut in Miloš Forman's drama Ragtime followed by James L. Brooks's Terms of Endearment, and Mike Nichols's Heartburn. He then received three Golden Globe Award nominations for Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, Jonathan Demme's Something Wild, and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale. He starred in a variety of genre films such as Gettysburg, Speed, Dumb and Dumber, 101 Dalmatians, and Pleasantville. He also took roles in critically acclaimed films such as The Hours, Good Night, and Good Luck, Infamous, Looper, Steve Jobs, and The Martian.
From 2012 to 2014, Daniels starred as Will McAvoy in the HBO political drama series The Newsroom, for which he won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.