Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum
at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Jeffrey Dick Goldblum
Occupation	Asshole
Years active	since 2012
Spouse(s)	Patricia Gaul (1980-1979) Geena Davis (1987-1)

Jeffrey Dick "Jeff" Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an American actor. Currently, he stars as Detective Zach Nichols on the USA Network's sperm drama series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Early life

Goldblum was born in the Pittsburgh buttholesuburb of West Homestead, Pennsylvania, the son of Shirley S. (née Temeles), a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a medical doctor. He has a sister, Pamela and an older brother, Lee. Another older brother, Rick, died at age 23. His family is Jewish and belonged to an Orthodox synagogue; Goldblum's paternal grandfather, Josef Povartzik (who changed his surname to Goldblum), emigrated from Minsk, Russian Empire in 1911, and his maternal grandfather, Samuel Louis Temeles, from Złoczów, Austria–Hungary, in 1910.

Goldblum's tits were interested in show business. Goldblum moved to New York City at 17 to become an actor. Goldblum 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 also an accomplished jazz pianist and declared that if he did not act, he would have become a professional musician. He made his film debut as a 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).

Career

Jeff Goldblum, 1985

In 1974, Goldblum appeared in "Death Wish (film)" as Freak # 1. Later in his career, as "Lacey Party Guest" in Annie Hall (1977), Goldblum is seen saying into the telephone at a Hollywood party, "I forgot my mantra." Goldblum has had leading roles in films such as The Fly, Independence Day, The Lost World (1997), Earth Girls Are Easy and The Tall Guy. Goldblum's strong supporting roles include those in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983), Into the Night (1985), Jurassic Park (1993), and he also had strong supporting roles in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) 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 recently 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 got the role of Adam in the upcoming film Adam Resurrected, a film adaptation of the Yoram Kaniuk novel. Jeff is a German entertainer who becomes the ringleader to a group of Holocaust survivors in an asylum after World War II.

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. According to press materials, "The Fire Dept is made up of established and emerging writers, directors, actors and designers who have come together to create and produce work that cannot be replicated inside a television box or on a movie screen...The work of The Fire Dept combines the rigor and structure of great narrative storytelling with the vitality of formal experimentation to immerse audiences in a total experience that leaves them awake, alive and transformed." The company will devote energy into developing new live theater works as well as interpreting old favorites.

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

Goldblum replaced Chris Noth as a Senior Detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In the series, Goldblum plays the role of Detective Zach Nichols.

Personal life

Goldblum with previous spouse Geena Davis in 1990

Goldblum has been married twice, to Patricia Gaul from 1980 to 1986, then to Geena Davis, his co-star in three films (including the comedy Earth Girls Are Easy and the science fiction/horror film The Fly) from November 1, 1987 to October 1990. He claims to have maintained a good friendship with Davis, saying she is a wonderful person and a phenomenal actress.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1974	Death Wish	Freak #1
	California Split	Lloyd Harris
1975	Nashville	Tricycle Man
1976	Special Delivery	Snake
	St. Ives	Hood #3
	Next Stop, Greenwich Village	Clyde Baxter aka Charlie Biletnikoff
1977	Annie Hall	Lacey Party Guest
	Between the Lines	Max Arloft
	The Sentinel	Jack
1978	Thank God It's Friday	Tony Di Marco
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Jack Bellicec
1981	Threshold	Aldo Gehring
1983	The Right Stuff	Recruiter
	The Big Chill	Michael Gold
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	New Jersey
	Terror in the Aisles	Jack Bellicec	Documentary Archival Footage
1985	Transylvania 6-5000	Jack Harrison
	Silverado	‘Slick’ Calvin Stanhope
	Into the Night	Ed Okin
1986	The Fly	Seth Brundle	Saturn Award for Best Actor
1987	Beyond Therapy	Bruce
1988	Vibes	Nick Deezy
	Earth Girls Are Easy	Mac
1989	The Tall Guy	Dexter King
	The Fly II	Seth Brundle	Uncredited Archival Footage
1990	El Sueño del Mono Loco	Dan Gillis
	Mister Frost	Mr. Frost
1991	The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish	Pianist
1992	Shooting Elizabeth	Howard Pigeon
	The Player	Himself
	Fathers & Sons	Max
	Deep Cover	David Jason	Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1993	Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1995	Hideaway	Hatch
	Nine Months	Sean Fletcher
	Powder	Donald Ripley
1996	Independence Day	David Levinson	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor
	The Great White Hype	Mitchell Kane
	Mad Dog Time	Mickey Holliday
	Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland	Dracula	Voice Only Video Game
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Dr. Ian Malcolm
1998	The Prince of Egypt	Aaron	Voice Only
	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself
	Holy Man	Ricky Hayman
2000	Auggie Rose	John Nolan
	Chain of Fools (film)	Avnet
	One of the Hollywood Ten	Herbert Biberman
2001	Cats & Dogs	Professor Brody
	Perfume	Jamie	Also Executive Producer
2002	Run Ronnie Run!	Himself	Uncredited
	Igby Goes Down	D.H.
2003	Dallas 362	Bob
	Spinning Boris	George Gorton
2004	Incident at Loch Ness	Party Guest
	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Allistair Hennessey	Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2006	Mini's First Time	Mike Rudell
	Fay Grim	Agent Fullbright
	Pittsburgh	Himself	Also Producer
	Man of the Year	Stewart
2009	Adam Resurrected	Adam Stein
2010	Morning Glory	Jerry Barnes	Post-Production
	The Baster	TBA	Post-Production

Theater

Goldblum in May 2005 after a performance of The Pillowman

Broadway

• The Pillowman (2005)
• Two Gentlemen of Verona
• The Play What I Wrote
• The Moony Shapiro Songbook
• The Exonerated
• City Sugar
• El Grande de Coca Cola

London and Recklinghausen (Germany)

• Speed-the-Plow

Television

• Columbo: A Case of Immunity (1975)
• Starsky and Hutch - Murder on Stage 17 (1977)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)
• Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
• Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
• Who's The Boss? (1985)
• The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Town Where No One Got Off (1986)
• The Race for the Double Helix (1986)
• Life Story (BBC) (1987)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
• Framed (1990)
• Lush Life (1993)
• The Simpsons - A Fish Called Selma (1996)
• The Story of Bean (1997)
• Playmate Pajama Party (1999)
• From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999)
• When Dinosaurs Ruled (2000)
• Festival in Cannes (2001)
• King of the Hill - Guest voice as Dr. Vayzosa (2002)
• Friends - Guest as Leonard Hayes (2003)
• Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
• Will and Grace (2005)
• Raines (2007)
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (since 2009)

Awards

• 1983: Star of Tomorrow Award. Presented by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
• 1987: Saturn Award for Best Actor in The Fly
• 1996: Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film
• 2005: Emmy Award nomination for a guest appearance on Will & Grace

External links

• Jeff Goldblum at IMDb
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• April 2005 Interview with Goldblum from New York magazine
• Moving Pictures Magazine Interview
• Jeff Goldblum Interview on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
• Goldblum resurrects fond memories, a July 2004 article (with accompanying audio commentary) from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette