Jeff Daniels — Actor (84)
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Hemingway (2021) [TV] IMDb TMDB
Hemingway
8.3 (6 ratings) director: Lynn Novick / Ken Burns actor: Peter Coyote / Jeff Daniels …
other title: 海明威
The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.
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The Saint of Second Chances (2023) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint of Second Chances
director: Morgan Neville / Jeff Malmberg actor: Jeff Daniels / Charlie Day …
other title: 세인트 오브 세컨드 찬스 / セイント・オブ・セカンドチャンス ベック家の流儀 …
Mike Veeck, son of MLB franchise owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career. Exiled from the game he loves, the younger Veeck spends the next few decades clawing his way up from rock bottom, determined to redeem himself.
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Of Miracles and Men (2015) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Of Miracles and Men
director: Jonathan Hock actor: Jeff Daniels
On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, New York, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round of the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey competition. Americans couldn't help but believe in miracles that night, and when the members of Team USA won the gold medal two days later, they became a team for the ages. This film explores the "Miracle on Ice" through the Soviet lens. While focused on the game itself, the journey of the stunned Soviet team didn't begin -- or end -- in Lake Placid.
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The Goodbye Girl (2004) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Goodbye Girl
director: Richard Benjamin actor: Jeff Daniels / Patricia Heaton …
other title: Schauspieler und andere Katastrophen / 再見女郎 …
Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets her stay, even keeping the master bedroom. Pragmatic pre-teen daughter Lucy soon takes to his charm, but Paula remains determined to hate all actors. Despite the stress of a Broadway Shakespeare lead he must play too queer for Frisco, he's determined to snatch romance from ingratitude.
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No Place Like Home (1989) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
No Place Like Home
director: 李·格兰特 actor: 克里斯汀·拉赫蒂 / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 …
other title: Brennendes Schicksal
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
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Bye Bye Barry (2023) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bye Bye Barry
director: Angela Torma / Micaela Powers … actor: Barry Sanders / 埃米纳姆 …
other title: 再见，巴瑞
When NFL superstar Barry Sanders vanished at the height of his career, he left the NFL world in shock. He was still in his prime, chasing the all-time NFL rushing record when he boarded a flight to England and never stepped foot on the field again. Now, 24 years later, Barry retraces his steps through the streets of London to finally confront the mystery.
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Checking Out (1988) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Checking Out
director: David Leland actor: 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 / Melanie Mayron …
other title: 천사의 키스 / Un yuppie con estrés …
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
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Trial and Error (1997) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Trial and Error
director: 乔纳森·林恩 actor: Michael Richards / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 …
other title: 트라이얼쇼 / Noch dümmer …
When lawyer Charlie is sent to a small Nevada town to file a continuance request for a client, his actor friend Richard turns up to throw a surprise bachelor party celebrating his upcoming marriage to the boss's daughter. When Charlie is too hung-over to make it to court for the hearing, Richard fills in, inadvertently committing felony fraud, and Charlie is left with no choice but to coach the clueless Richard through the whole trial.
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The Brink of War (2026) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban
The Brink of War
director: Michael Russell Gunn actor: 杰瑞德·哈里斯 / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 …
other title: 레이캬비크 / The Brink of War(美) …
President Ronald Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals—or ignite disaster. With pressure mounting on all sides, every word spoken brings the world closer to peace... or destruction.
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I Witness (2003) [Movie] Douban
director: 罗迪·赫林顿 actor: 詹姆斯·斯派德 / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 …
American human rights activist James Rhodes, arrives in Tijuana to help oversee union elections at a factory owned by a US company. He soon discovers that things have been happening around the town with people disappearing or being shot in a tunnel across the border in the States. He suspects it has something to do with the upcoming election. Along with local police detective Claudio Castillo, he starts investigating the case.
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I Witness (2003) [Movie] IMDb
I Witness
director: 罗迪·赫林顿 actor: 詹姆斯·斯派德 / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 …
other title: I Witness - Nur tote Zeugen schweigen / Testigo ocular
American human rights activist James Rhodes, arrives in Tijuana to help oversee union elections at a factory owned by a US company. He soon discovers that things have been happening around the town with people disappearing or being shot in a tunnel across the border in the States. He suspects it has something to do with the upcoming election. Along with local police detective Claudio Castillo, he starts investigating the case.
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Rain Without Thunder (1993) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rain Without Thunder
director: Gary O. Bennett actor: 贝蒂·巴克利 / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯 …
other title: 下雨不打雷 / Lautloser Regen
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, journalists and other key figures discuss Allison's case, they reveal how American society reached this totalitarian state.
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The American Buffalo (2023) [TV] TMDB
The American Buffalo
actor: N. Scott Momaday / 彼德·考约特 …
other title: Der Amerikanische Bison / Bison : une histoire de l'Amérique …
The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world—and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.