20 Genius Actors Who Played Dumb Characters

7. Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels comes in at the end of the list. While he has portrayed one of the dumbest characters in history with unparalleled brilliance (Lloyd Christmas in the Dumb and Dumber movies), he’s also played some of the most intelligent. In 2014 he won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series for playing Will McAvoy in The Newsroom. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Michigan in 2009.