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10 unusual facts about Jeff Daniels


Battle of Trenton

The A&E movie The Crossing (2000), starring Jeff Daniels as General Washington, shows events from the crossing through the battle.

Christine Lavin

She has also put together several compilation albums of contemporary folk artists, including her latest Just One Angel, 22 singer/songwriters singing Christmas/Hanukah/Solstice/New Year's songs including actor Jeff Daniels, Grammy-winners Janis Ian and Julie Gold, and the Guitar Man Of Central Park David Ippolito.

Greg Cruttwell

He made his film debut in Mike Leigh's Naked (1993) and had a leading role in John Herzfeld's 2 Days in the Valley (1996), starring alongside Danny Aiello, James Spader and Jeff Daniels.

I Witness

I Witness is a human rights themed thriller with action elements starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia de Rossi, Clifton Collins, Jr. and Wade Williams.

Joe Sun

Besides being featured on television shows, having produced two Grammy-nominated foreign LPs in 1989 and 1990, Joe Sun has also acted as Tommy Fratter in the motion picture Marie, A True Story alongside Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels and Morgan Freeman.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Washtenaw County, Michigan

In 1998, actor and Chelsea native Jeff Daniels purchased the building from the parish and donated it to the Chelsea Center for the Development of the Arts.

The Ragbirds

They have been featured at some of the Mid-West’s largest music festivals including Rothbury Music Festival and 10,000 Lakes and have shared the stage with Railroad Earth, Steve Kimmock, Cornmeal, Toubab Krewe, Hot Buttered Rum, Donna The Buffalo, Big Leg Emma, Jeff Daniels, Tea Leaf Green, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Mamadou Diabate, The Duhks, Wookiefoot, ekoostik hookah, and many more.

Thomas A. Desjardin

Historical advisor to actor Jeff Daniels - In 2011, Daniels said publicly of his role as Joshua Chamberlain: "For me, whatever people think that role was, it is because of Tom Desjardin."

Desjardin has appeared in nationally televised documentaries numerous times and was the historical consultant for actor Jeff Daniels in his role as Chamberlain in the 1993 movie Gettysburg.

Tim Clue

His comedy “Leaving Iowa,” first produced at actor Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in 2004, ran for over a year to critical acclaim in Chicago.


Escanaba in Love

Escanaba in Love is the play written by Jeff Daniels as a prequel to Escanaba in da Moonlight (1993).

Suburban Lawns

She also played the role of Peggy Dillman in Demme's 1986 comedy movie Something Wild opposite Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, and Ray Liotta.

T. J. Lynch

Lynch's credits include the screenplay for the film A Plumm Summer, which stars William Baldwin, Henry Winkler, Lisa Guerrero, with narration by Jeff Daniels.