During his appearance at _"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)_ he revealed what happens to his character in Blood Work (2002). [April 2006]

Married to his high school sweetheart since 1979.

Has three children with his wife Kathleen: Sons Benjamin Daniels (b. 1984) and Lucas Daniels (b. 1987) and daughter Nellie Daniels (b. 1990).

Founder of the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan, named after Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) in which he starred.

Sings a very ironic song about celebrity turned singers called "If William Shatner Can, I Can Too".

Had he not gone into acting, he would likely be working in his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan, with his siblings at the Chelsea Lumber Company, owned by the Daniels' family. The Chelsea Lumber Co. provided all the building materials for the construction of his Purple Rose Theater.

Played the father of Anna Paquin in Fly Away Home (1996) and then her romantic partner in The Squid and the Whale (2005) nine years later.

Jeff Daniels grew up in Chelsea, Michigan.