Jeff Goldblum

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (/ˈɡoʊldblʌm/; born October 22, 1952) 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 respective sequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).

Jeff Goldblum
Goldblum at the 2019 Phoenix Fan Fusion
Born	Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (1952-10-22) October 22, 1952 West Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	1974–present
Spouse(s)	Patricia Gaul ​ ( m. 1980; div. 1985) Geena Davis ​ ( m. 1987; div. 1991) Emilie Livingston ​ ( m. 2014)
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Vocals piano
Labels	Decca
Associated acts	Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Goldblum also starred in films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983), and Into the Night (1985), before coming to wider attention as Seth Brundle in David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor. His other films include The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Tall Guy (1989), Deep Cover (1992), Powder (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), Igby Goes Down (2002), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Adam Resurrected (2008), Le Week-End (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

Goldblum has also starred in several TV series, including the eighth and ninth seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols. 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 on October 22, 1952, in West Homestead, Pennsylvania.[1][2] His mother, Shirley Jane Goldblum (née Temeles; 30 October 1926 – 9 January 2012),[3] was a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm; his father, Harold Leonard Goldblum (25 April 1920 – 23 February 1983), was a medical doctor and major in the U.S. Army during World War II.[4][5][6] His family is from Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with roots in Starobin and Zolochiv.[7] 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".[8][9]

During his childhood, Goldblum belonged to an Orthodox synagogue and had a bar mitzvah ceremony.[10] His parents were interested in show business.[11] His father nearly studied acting before deciding to pursue medical studies, going on to become Chief of Medicine at a Pittsburgh hospital.[8][12] 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 and has declared that if he did not act that he would have become a professional musician.

Career

Goldblum in 1985

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 saying into the telephone at a Hollywood party, "This is Mr. Davis. I forgot my mantra."[13]

Goldblum has had leading roles in films such as The Fly (1986), Jurassic Park (1993), Earth Girls Are Easy, The Tall Guy, Vibes (1988) and Into the Night (1985). Goldblum's strong supporting roles include those in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983), and Independence Day (1996), as well as the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and the cult films The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984) and Igby Goes Down (2002).

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

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.

Goldblum at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

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.[14] 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.[15][16]

In 2014, Goldblum's jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, did a weekly show at the Carlyle Hotel.[17] 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.[18] Goldblum played The Grandmaster in the Marvel superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017).[19] He reprised his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm in the franchise's fifth film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).[20]

In the United Kingdom, Goldblum featured in a Currys PC World Christmas advert campaign in 2015.[21] He does the commercials for Apartments.com.[22] In 2017, Goldblum also did a series of online commercials for the Australian food ordering app Menulog.[23]

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.[8][24] The Capitol Studios Sessions duly appeared on November 9, 2018.[25] This was followed 12 months later by I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, Goldblum having played Glastonbury that summer.[26]

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.[27] 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.[28]

Personal life

From 1980 to 1985, Goldblum was married to Patricia Gaul, with whom he appeared in Silverado (1985).[29] 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).[30]

In mid-2014, Goldblum became engaged to Emilie Livingston, a Canadian Olympic gymnast 30 years his junior; the couple married on November 8, 2014.[31][32] On January 9, 2015, Goldblum announced on the Late Show with David Letterman that the couple was expecting a son, who was born on July 4, 2015.[33][34][35] Goldblum announced on the January 11, 2017, episode of Conan that Livingston was pregnant with their second child, who was born on April 7, 2017.[36][37]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Death Wish	Freak #1
1974	California Split	Lloyd Harris
1975	Nashville	Tricycle Man
1976	Next Stop, Greenwich Village	Clyde Baxter
1976	St. Ives	Hood #3
1976	Special Delivery	Snake
1977	The Sentinel	Jack
1977	Annie Hall	Lacey Party Guest
1977	Between the Lines	Max Arloft
1978	Remember My Name	Mr. Nudd
1978	Thank God It's Friday	Tony Di Marco
1978	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Jack Bellicec
1981	Threshold	Aldo Gehring	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor
1983	The Big Chill	Michael Gold
1983	The Right Stuff	Recruiter
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	New Jersey
1984	Terror in the Aisles	Jack Bellicec
1985	Into the Night	Ed Okin
1985	Silverado	"Slick" Calvin Stanhope
1985	Transylvania 6-5000	Jack Harrison
1986	The Fly	Seth Brundle	Won – Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (2nd place) Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (3rd place)
1987	Beyond Therapy	Bruce
1988	Vibes	Nick Deezy
1988	Earth Girls Are Easy	Mac
1989	The Tall Guy	Dexter King
1989	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
1992	The Player	Himself	Cameo
1992	Deep Cover	David Jason	Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
1992	Shooting Elizabeth	Howard Pigeon
1993	Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1995	Hideaway	Hatch Harrison
1995	Nine Months	Sean Fletcher
1995	Powder	Donald Ripley
1996	The Great White Hype	Mitchell Kane
1996	Independence Day	David Levinson	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1996	Little Surprises		Director; short film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
1996	Mad Dog Time	Mickey Holliday
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm	Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi
1998	Holy Man	Ricky Hayman
1998	The Prince of Egypt	Aaron	Voice
1998	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself	Cameo
2000	Beyond Suspicion	John Nolan
2000	Chain of Fools	Avnet
2000	One of the Hollywood Ten	Herbert Biberman
2001	Perfume	Jamie	Also executive producer
2001	Cats & Dogs	Professor Brody
2002	Run Ronnie Run!	Himself	Uncredited cameo[38]
2002	Igby Goes Down	D.H. Banes
2003	Dallas 362	Bob
2003	Spinning Boris	George Gorton
2004	Incident at Loch Ness	Party Guest	Cameo
2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Allistair Hennessey	Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble
2006	Mini's First Time	Mike Rudell
2006	Fay Grim	Agent Fulbright
2006	Pittsburgh	Himself	Also producer
2006	Man of the Year	Stewart
2008	Adam Resurrected	Adam Stein
2010	The Switch	Leonard
2010	Morning Glory	Jerry Barnes
2012	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Chef Goldblum
2012	Zambezia	Ajax	Voice
2013	Le Week-End	Morgan	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Deputy Vilmos Kovacs	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2014	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
2017	Thor: Ragnarok
2017	Miyubi	The Creator	Short film
2018	Isle of Dogs	Duke	Voice
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Dr. Ian Malcolm
2018	Hotel Artemis	Niagara (The Wolf King)
2018	The Mountain	Dr. Wallace Fiennes
2021	Jurassic World: Dominion	Dr. Ian Malcolm	Filming

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
1980	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	Lionel Whitney	14 episodes
1982	Rehearsal for Murder	Leo Gibbs	Television film
1982	Laverne & Shirley	Jeffrey	Episode: "Watch the Fur Fly"
1984	Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter	Ernie Kovacs	Television film
1984	American Playhouse		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
1990	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"
2003	War Stories	Ben Dansmore	Television film
2003–2005	Crank Yankers	Professor Fermstein	Voice; 2 episodes
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Bill Joel	Voice; Episode: "Toodle Day"
2005	Will & Grace	Scott Wooley	3 episodes Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2007	Raines	Michael Raines	7 episodes
2007	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"
2011–2012	The League	Rupert Ruxin	2 episodes
2011	Allen Gregory	Perry Van Moon	Voice; Episode: "Van Moon Rising"
2012	Susan 313	Benny Burnet	Pilot
2012–2015	Portlandia	Various roles	5 episodes
2012	Glee	Hiram Berry	2 episodes
2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Civil Forfeiture Cop (sketch)	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	Happy!	God	Voice; Episode: "Resurrection"
2019–2020	The World According to Jeff Goldblum	Presenter	12 episodes Pending – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
2020	RuPaul's Drag Race	Guest Judge	1 episode[39]
2021	What If...?	Grandmaster	Voice; guest role In voice recording process

Video games

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

Discography

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Studio albums

Title	Details
The Capitol Studios Sessions	Release date: November 9, 2018[40] Label: Decca Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
I Shouldn't Be Telling You This	Release date: November 1, 2019[41] Label: Decca Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download

Compilation appearances

Title	Year	Album
"Born Free'ky"	2001	Hollywood Goes Wild!

Theatre

Broadway

• Seminar (2012)
• The Pillowman (2005)
• Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971)
• The Play What I Wrote
• The Moony Shapiro Songbook
• The Exonerated
• City Sugar
• El Grande de Coca Cola
• London and Broadway
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue
• London and Recklinghausen (Germany)
  • Speed-the-Plow
• Pittsburgh
  • The Music Man at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera

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External links

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