Early Life
Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia, the son of Marjorie J. (née Ferguson) and Robert Lee "Bob" Daniels. He lived in Georgia for six weeks, and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan; his father owned a lumber yard in Chelsea, until his death in 2012, and had once served as the city's mayor. Daniels was raised Methodist. He attended Central Michigan University and participated in their theater program. In the summer of 1976, Daniels attended the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) drama school to participate in a special Bicentennial Repertory programme where he performed in Hot L Baltimore and three other plays performed in repertoire. Marshall Mason was the guest director at EMU and he invited Jeff to come to New York to work at the Circle Repertory Theatre where he performed in The Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson in the 1977–1978 season. He also performed in New Mexico in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre. It was the first show of the inaugural season for Second Stage Theatre.
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