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Jeff Daniels Breaks Down His Career, from ‘Dumb & Dumber’ to ‘The Newsroom’ | Vanity Fair

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November 3, 2021

Jeff Daniels takes us through his legendary career, including his roles in ‘Hawaii Five-O,’ ‘Ragtime,’ ‘Terms of Endearment,’ ‘Arachnophobia,’ ‘Gettysburg,’ ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ ‘Speed,’ ‘The Squid and the Whale,’ ‘The Newsroom’ and ‘American Rust.’

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19 Comments

Юлия Нестеренко

November 3, 2021 at 4:55 pm

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#von.ong

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MDStallings7

November 3, 2021 at 4:56 pm

So glad he went over Arachnophobia. Love that movie!

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Fred P

November 3, 2021 at 4:56 pm

How do you skip The Purple Rose of Cairo?

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Junior Bet

November 3, 2021 at 5:04 pm

Dumb and Dumber is definitely one of my favorite comedy movies. The Squid and the Whale is another one of my favorite one of his that is underrated

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Diana Anayya

November 3, 2021 at 5:04 pm

101 Dalmatians is my favorite movie of his u can’t argue with me????

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Wendy Wolfe

November 3, 2021 at 5:31 pm

Dumb and Dumber is iconic but my favorite role of his was in Terms of Endearment

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Isaac Levitt

November 3, 2021 at 5:42 pm

love him in godless

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eifelitorn

November 3, 2021 at 5:45 pm

Didn’t he just do one of these?

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Sair G

November 3, 2021 at 5:52 pm

Two very different Harrys in 1994. Two brilliant movies that are now iconic and pretty genre defining for the 90s. Excellent actor ????????????

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Creation

November 3, 2021 at 6:18 pm

Hearing his thoughts on Speed is hilarious

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Spencer Kin

November 3, 2021 at 6:34 pm

Would love to hear him talk about Steve Jobs. Such a brilliant film.

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Sci-fi Freak

November 3, 2021 at 6:38 pm

Dumb and Dumber was awesome :$

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Stokes Wait

November 3, 2021 at 6:39 pm

I have no idea how he did arachnophobia! Bro that film to this day freaks me out! I hate spiders! My aunt died of a brown recluse, I still have to look in my shoes and stuff!

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Christopher Collins

November 3, 2021 at 6:40 pm

I had no idea he was in the last season of the classic Hawaii Five-0 Show.

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Christopher Collins

November 3, 2021 at 6:44 pm

I feel like the first role I saw Jeff Daniels in was 101 Dalmatians

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Christopher Collins

November 3, 2021 at 6:45 pm

The first big role I remember him for besides Dumb and Dumber was him as General George Washington in The Crossing

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Wenry Jones

November 3, 2021 at 6:46 pm

I love this man

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TheClubOrtiz

November 3, 2021 at 6:50 pm

Such an underrated Actor

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Lynn Carson

November 3, 2021 at 7:47 pm

Jeff Daniels is so underrated and so brilliant as an actor.

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