Datasets:
| | 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) | | |