The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out, and sometimes it never did, or would just play in New York for 50 people. So I really wanted to try something else.

Filmography


Purple Rose Theatre Company

The Purple Rose Theatre Company (or PRTC) was founded by Jeff Daniels in 1991. Daniels' next major film role would be in Clint Eastwood's Blood Work. Gods and Generals followed in 2003 as did the action film I Witness co-starring James Spader.

Currently he stars as Will McAvoy in the television series The Newsroom. For his film work he has received three Golden Globe Award nominations including as Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical for Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) (hence the name of his theatre company). Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19 1955) is an American actor musician and playwright.