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Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (/ˈɡoʊldbluːm/; born October 22, 1952)[1][2] is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their sequels.

Jeff Goldblum
Goldblum at the 2019 Phoenix Fan Fusion
Born	Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (1952-10-22) October 22, 1952 (age 70) West Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor musician
Years active	1974–present
Spouses	Patricia Gaul ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 1985)​ Geena Davis ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1991)​ Emilie Livingston ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Jazz
Instrument(s)	Vocals piano
Labels	Decca Records
Musical artist

After playing supporting roles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Goldblum came to wider attention as Seth Brundle in David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor. He has also appeared in several TV series, including Will & Grace, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He directed the short film Little Surprises, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. His jazz band, Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, released their first album, The Capitol Studios Sessions, in 2018.

Early life

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born to Jewish parents in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, located just outside of Pittsburgh.[3][4] His mother, Shirley Jane Goldblum (née Temeles; October 30, 1926 – January 9, 2012),[5] was a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm; his father, Harold Leonard Goldblum (April 25, 1920 – February 23, 1983), was a physician and major in the U.S. Army during World War II.[6][7] His family is from Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with roots in Starobin and Zolochiv.[8] He has a sister, Pamela, and an elder brother, Lee. His other brother, Rick, whom Goldblum has described as a "kind of hero of mine", died in 1971 at age 23 while travelling in Morocco, having contracted dysentery which led to kidney failure. Goldblum credits his interest in jazz music to Rick's influence while they were growing up. He has stated that his brother's early death made him "more focused" and gave him a determination to "save myself and survive".[9][10]

During his childhood, Goldblum attended an Orthodox synagogue and had a bar mitzvah ceremony.[11] His family also celebrated Christmas, and he was raised to believe in Santa Claus.[12][13] His parents were interested in show business.[14] His father nearly studied acting before deciding to pursue medical studies, going on to become chief of medicine at a Pittsburgh hospital.[9][15] Goldblum moved to New York City at 17 to become an actor. He worked on the stage and studied acting at the renowned Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of acting coach Sanford Meisner. He made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical Two Gentlemen of Verona. He is an accomplished jazz pianist.[16]

Career

Goldblum made his film debut as a home-invading thug in the 1974 Charles Bronson film Death Wish. He briefly appeared as a protester in the TV movie Columbo: A Case of Immunity (1975). He has a brief part as a party guest in Annie Hall (1977); Goldblum is seen speaking into a telephone at a Hollywood party, "This is Mr. Davis. I forgot my mantra."[17]

Goldblum starred as comedian Ernie Kovacs in the 1984 TV movie, "Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter." The movie dealt with the real-life kidnapping of Kovacs' two daughters by his former first wife. Actress Edie Adams, Kovacs' second wife and his widow, made a cameo appearance in the well-received movie.

Goldblum has had leading roles in films such as The Fly (1986), Jurassic Park (1993), Earth Girls Are Easy (1989), The Tall Guy (1989), Vibes (1988), Into the Night (1985) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).

Goldblum's supporting roles include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984), Independence Day (1996), and Igby Goes Down (2002), as well as the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

For several years in the 1990s, Goldblum was the voice for most U.S. Apple commercials, including advertisements for the iMac and iBook.[18] He also voices some U.S. Toyota commercials as well as Procter & Gamble's facial cream line. He has appeared on Irish TV in a commercial for the National Lottery filmed in 2003.[19][20]

Goldblum taught acting at Playhouse West in North Hollywood with Robert Carnegie. It was with several actors from this acting company that he improvised and directed the live action short film Little Surprises, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996.

Goldblum played the role of Adam in Adam Resurrected, a film adaptation of the Yoram Kaniuk novel about a former German entertainer who becomes the ringleader to a group of Holocaust survivors in an asylum after World War II.

He made a guest appearance on Sesame Street in 1990 as Bob's long-lost brother Minneapolis (parody of Indiana Jones), in a sketch where Big Bird's friend Snuffleupagus had "the golden cabbage of Snuffertiti" hidden in his cave. He has appeared on Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Colbert Report, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! and Portlandia.

In September 2006, it was announced that Goldblum was one of the founding members of a new theater company in New York called The Fire Dept.

Goldblum replaced Chris Noth as a senior detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.[21] In the series, Goldblum plays Detective Zack Nichols. In August 2010, media outlets reported that Goldblum had decided not to return to Criminal Intent due to persistent concerns about the program's future.[22][23]

In 2014, Goldblum's jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, did a weekly show at the Carlyle Hotel.[24] Also in 2014, he appeared in an episode of Last Week Tonight parodying his role in Law & Order. In 2016, he reprised his role of David Levinson in Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to Roland Emmerich's 1996 alien invasion/disaster film Independence Day.

In November 2015, he joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth's third film The Modern Ocean.[25] Goldblum played The Grandmaster in the Marvel superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017).[26] He reprised his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)[27] and Jurassic World Dominion (2022);[28][29] with these films, Goldblum tied with BD Wong for the most appearances out of all the cast members in the franchise.

On May 29, 2018, Billboard announced that he had been signed by Decca Records to record a studio album for release later in the year.[9][30] The Capitol Studios Sessions duly appeared on November 9, 2018.[31] This was followed 12 months later by I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, Goldblum having played Glastonbury that summer.[32]

In July 2018, a 25 ft (7.6m) statue of Goldblum was erected next to London's Tower Bridge as a temporary installation in order to mark 25 years since the release of Jurassic Park.[33] At Disney's D23 Expo in 2019, Disney announced the show The World According to Jeff Goldblum would feature Goldblum and be available at the launch of the Disney+ streaming service on November 12, 2019.[34]

Goldblum was the subject of the 2021 biography Because He's Jeff Goldblum (Penguin Random House), written by Washington Post features writer Travis M. Andrews.[35] In October 2022, it was reported that Goldblum was in final talks to play the Wizard in the two-part film adaptation of the musical, Wicked.[36]

Personal life

From 1980 to 1985, Goldblum was married to Patricia Gaul, with whom he appeared in Silverado (1985).[37] From 1987 to 1991, he was married to Geena Davis, his co-star in Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Fly (1986), and Earth Girls Are Easy (1988). Geena Davis filed for divorce in October 1990,[38] and it was finalized the following year.[39]

In mid-2014, Goldblum became engaged to Emilie Livingston, a Canadian Olympic rythmic gymnast 30 years his junior; the couple married on November 8, 2014.[40][41] Their first child, a son, was born on July 4, 2015.[42][43] Their second son was born on April 7, 2017.[44]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Death Wish	Freak #1
	California Split	Lloyd Harris
1975	Nashville	Tricycle Man
1976	Next Stop, Greenwich Village	Clyde Baxter
	St. Ives	Hood #3
	Special Delivery	Snake
1977	The Sentinel	Jack
	Annie Hall	Lacey Party Guest
	Between the Lines	Max Arloft
1978	Remember My Name	Mr. Nudd
	Thank God It's Friday	Tony Di Marco
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Jack Bellicec
1981	Threshold	Aldo Gehring
1983	The Big Chill	Michael Gold
	The Right Stuff	Recruiter
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	New Jersey
	Terror in the Aisles	Jack Bellicec
1985	Into the Night	Ed Okin
	Silverado	"Slick" Calvin Stanhope
	Transylvania 6-5000	Jack Harrison
1986	The Fly	Seth Brundle
1987	Beyond Therapy	Bruce
1988	Vibes	Nick Deezy
	Earth Girls Are Easy	Mac
1989	The Tall Guy	Dexter King
	El Sueño del Mono Loco	Dan Gillis
1990	Mister Frost	Mr. Frost
1991	The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish	Pianist
1992	Fathers & Sons	Max
	The Player	Himself	Cameo
	Deep Cover	David Jason
	Shooting Elizabeth	Howard Pigeon
1993	Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm
1995	Hideaway	Hatch Harrison
	Nine Months	Sean Fletcher
	Powder	Donald Ripley
1996	The Great White Hype	Mitchell Kane
	Independence Day	David Levinson
	Little Surprises	—	Director; Short film
	Mad Dog Time	Mickey Holliday
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm
1998	Holy Man	Ricky Hayman
	The Prince of Egypt	Aaron	Voice
	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself	Cameo
2000	Beyond Suspicion	John Nolan
	Chain of Fools	Avnet
	One of the Hollywood Ten	Herbert Biberman
2001	Perfume	Jamie	Also executive producer
	Cats & Dogs	Professor Brody
2002	Run Ronnie Run!	Himself	Uncredited cameo[45]
	Igby Goes Down	D.H. Banes
2003	Dallas 362	Bob
	Spinning Boris	George Gorton
2004	Incident at Loch Ness	Party Guest	Cameo
	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Allistair Hennessey
2006	Mini's First Time	Mike Rudell
	Fay Grim	Agent Fulbright
	Pittsburgh	Himself	Also producer
	Man of the Year	Stewart
2008	Adam Resurrected	Adam Stein
2010	The Switch	Leonard
	Morning Glory	Jerry Barnes
2012	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Chef Goldblum
	Zambezia	Ajax	Voice
2013	Le Week-End	Morgan
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Deputy Kovacs
	Unity	Narrator	Voice; Documentary
2015	Mortdecai	Milton Krampf
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	David Levinson
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Grandmaster	Closing credits cameo
	Thor: Ragnarok
	Miyubi	The Creator	Short film
2018	Isle of Dogs	Duke	Voice
	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Dr. Ian Malcolm
	Hotel Artemis	Niagara (The Wolf King)
	The Mountain	Dr. Wallace Fiennes
2021	The Boss Baby: Family Business	Dr. Erwin Armstrong	Voice
2022	Jurassic World Dominion	Dr. Ian Malcolm
TBA	Asteroid City		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Columbo	Protester	Episode: "A Case of Immunity"
1976	The Blue Knight	Daggett	Episode: "Upward Mobility"
1977	Starsky & Hutch	Harry Markham	Episode: "Murder on Stage 17"
1980	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Ichabod Crane	Television film
	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	Lionel Whitney	14 episodes
1982	Rehearsal for Murder	Leo Gibbs	Television film
	Laverne & Shirley	Jeffrey	Episode: "Watch the Fur Fly"
1984	Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter	Ernie Kovacs	Television film
	American Playhouse	Sophisticated urbanite	Episode: "Popular Neurotics"
1985	Faerie Tale Theatre	Buck Wolf	Episode: "The Three Little Pigs"
1986	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Cogswell	Episode: "The Town Where No One Got Off"
1987	Life Story	James Watson	Television film
1990	Sesame Street	Minneapolis	Episode 21.72
	Framed	Wiley	Television film
1990–1991	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Verminous Skumm	Voice; 5 episodes
1993	Lush Life	Al Gorky	Television film
1993–1997	Saturday Night Live	Host	2 episodes
1995	The Larry Sanders Show	Jeff Goldblum	Episode: "Nothing Personal"
1996	The Simpsons	MacArthur Parker	Voice; Episode: "A Fish Called Selma"
1998	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Civil War Narrator	Voice; Episode: "Like Chickens... Delicious Chickens"
2002	King of the Hill	Dr. Vayzosa	Voice; Episode: "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner"
2003	Friends	Leonard Hayes	Episode: "The One with the Mugging"
	War Stories	Ben Dansmore	Television film
2003–2005	Crank Yankers	Prof. Fermstein	Voice; 2 episodes
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Bill Joel	Voice; Episode: "Toodle Day"
2005	Will & Grace	Scott Wooley	3 episodes
2007	Raines	Michael Raines	7 episodes
	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Himself	2 episodes
2009–2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Detective Zack Nichols	24 episodes
2011	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Gunnar Geirhart	Episode: "Full Hauser"
	Allen Gregory	Perry Van Moon	Voice; Episode: "Van Moon Rising"
2011–2012	The League	Rupert Ruxin	2 episodes
2012	Susan 313	Benny Burnet	Pilot
	Glee	Hiram Berry	2 episodes
2012–2015	Portlandia	Various roles	5 episodes
2014	Monkey Love	Roger	Voice; Episode: "It's a Jungle Out There"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Civil Forfeiture Cop	1 episode
2015	Inside Amy Schumer	Jury Foreman	Episode: "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer"
2016	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Dr. Dave	Episode: "Kimmy Meets a Celebrity!"
2017	Tour de Pharmacy	Marty Hass	Television film
2019	Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10	Himself	Television short film
	Happy!	God	Voice; Episode: "Resurrection"
2019–present	The World According to Jeff Goldblum	Himself (host)	22 episodes
2020	RuPaul's Drag Race	Guest Judge	1 episode[46]
2021	What If...?	Grandmaster	Voice; Episode: "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?"
2022	Search Party	Tunnel Quinn	6 episodes
2022	Big Mouth	Apple Brooch	Voice; Episode: “The Apple Brooch”
TBA	Kaos	Zeus	Regular role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland	Count Dracula	Video
1997	Independence Day	David Levinson	Voice
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm	Video
	Chaos Island: The Lost World		Voice
2015	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Nero Blackstone	Voice
2018	Jurassic World Evolution	Dr. Ian Malcolm	Voice
2020	Jurassic World Aftermath		Voice
2021	Jurassic World Evolution 2		Voice

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1971	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Citizen / Eglamour	St. James Theatre, Broadway
1981	The Moony Shapiro Songbook	Various roles	Morosco Theatre, Broadway
1989	Twelfth Night	Malvolio	The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
2002	The Exonerated	Gary Gauger	Culture Project, Off-Broadway
2003	The Play What I Wrote	Mystery Guest	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
2004	The Music Man	Harold Hill	Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
2005	The Pillowman	Tupolski	Booth Theatre, Broadway
2008	Speed-the-Plow	Gould	The Old Vic, West End[47]
2010	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Mel Edison	The Old Vic West End
2012	Seminar	Leonard	John Golden Theatre, Broadway
2014	Domesticated	Bill	Lincoln Center Theatre, Off-Broadway

Discography

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Studio albums

Title	Details
The Capitol Studios Sessions	Release date: November 9, 2018[48] Label: Decca Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
I Shouldn't Be Telling You This	Release date: November 1, 2019[49] Label: Decca Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download

Compilation appearances

Title	Details
Hollywood Goes Wild!	Song: "Born Free'ky" Release date: March 27, 2001 Label: Navarre Corporation Formats: CD, vinyl

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Project	Result
1981	Genie Award	Best Performance by a Foreign Actor	Threshold	Nominated
1986	National Society of Film Critics	Best Actor	The Fly	2nd Place
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Actor		3rd place
	Saturn Award	Best Actor		Won
1992	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Deep Cover	Nominated
	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Male		Nominated
1993	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor	Jurassic Park	Nominated
1996		Best Actor	Independence Day	Nominated
	Academy Award	Best Live Action Short Film	Little Surprises	Nominated
2004	Boston Society of Film Critics Award	Best Ensemble	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Won
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Cast		Nominated
2005	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Will & Grace	Nominated
2013	British Independent Film Award	Best Supporting Actor	Le Week-End	Nominated
2014	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Cast		Nominated
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Ensemble		Won
	Georgia Film Critics Circle	Best Ensemble		Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Acting		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble		Nominated
2020	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special	The World According to Jeff Goldblum	Nominated
2022				Nominated

References

External links

• Jeff Goldblum at IMDb 
• Jeff Goldblum at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jeff Goldblum at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Jeff Goldblum at Playbill Vault
• Interview with Goldblum from New York Magazine (April 2005)

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[de] Jeff Goldblum

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (* 22. Oktober 1952 in West Homestead bei Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Musiker.

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[es] Jeff Goldblum

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, 22 de octubre de 1952), más conocido como Jeff Goldblum, es un actor y músico estadounidense. Su carrera comenzó con la película Death Wish (1974) donde interpretaba a un maleante y desde entonces se ha destacado en películas taquilleras como La mosca (1986), Parque Jurásico (1993), Independence Day (1996), El mundo perdido (1997), Jurassic World: el reino caído (2018), entre otras. Entre 2009 y 2010 interpretó al detective Zach Nichols en la serie Law & Order: Criminal Intent. En 1996 fue nominado a los Premios Óscar por su dirección en el cortometraje Little Surprises.

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[ru] Голдблюм, Джефф

Джеффри Линн Голдблюм (англ. Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum; род. 22 октября 1952, Питтсбург, Пенсильвания, США) — американский актёр. Наиболее известен участием в фильмах «Муха» и «День независимости», а также ролью доктора Яна Малкольма в серии фильмов «Парк Юрского периода».

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