| | "Year","Title","Role","Notes" |
| | "1980","Hawaii Five-O","Neal Forrester","Episode: \"The Flight of the Jewels\"" |
| | "1982","American Playhouse","Jed Jenkins","Episode: \"The Fifth of July\"" |
| | "1991","Saturday Night Live","Host","Episode: Jeff Daniels/Color Me Badd" |
| | "1993","Frasier","Doug","Episode: \"Here's Looking at You\"" |
| | "1995","Saturday Night Live","Host","Episode: Jeff Daniels/Luscious Jackson" |
| | "2010","Planet Sheen","Glonb","Episode: \"What's Up Chock?\"" |
| | "2012–present","The Newsroom","Will McAvoy","19 episodes |
| | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2013) |
| | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2012) |
| | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2013, 2014) |
| | Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2013, 2014)" |
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