Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum, c. 1985
Born	Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum October 22, 1952 (1952-10-22) (age 55) West Homestead, Pennsylvania
Years active	1974 - present
Spouse(s)	Patricia Gaul (1980-1986) Geena Davis (1987-1990)

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 8 miles (13 km southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning and Emmy -nominated Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He often portrays quirky, intense or eccentric characters. He is also known for his distinctive appearance and his unique, staccato delivery of lines. In Musical notation, the Italian word staccato (literally detached, plural staccatos or staccati) indicates that notes

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 Theater 3.1 Broadway 3.2 London and Recklinghausen (Germany) 4 Television 5 Awards 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Early life

Goldblum was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Homestead, Pennsylvania, the son of Shirley, a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment sales firm, and Harold Goldblum, a doctor. West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 8 miles (13 km southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health ^[1] He has a sister, Pamela and an older brother, Lee. Another older brother, Rick, lived only to age 23. His family is Jewish and belonged to an Orthodox synagogue;^[2][3] Goldblum's paternal grandfather emigrated from Russia and his maternal grandfather from Austria. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich ^[1][2] Goldblum's parents were interested in show business. Showbiz redirects here For other uses see Showbiz (disambiguation. ^[4] Goldblum moved to New York City at 17 to become an actor. The City of New York Goldblum worked on the stage and studied acting at the renowned Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of acting coach Sanford Meisner. The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is an Actor training school in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Sanford Meisner (b August 31, 1905, Brooklyn New York – February 2, 1997, Sherman Oaks California was an American He made his Broadway debut in a production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located See also Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a Comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his He is an excellent jazz piano singer and declared that if he did not act, he would be performing musically as a career. His film debut was playing a thug in the 1974 Charles Bronson classic Death Wish. Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, Lithuanian name Karolis Bučinskis, November 3, 1921 – August 30, Death Wish is a 1974 action - crime - Drama film based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. He briefly appeared as a protester in the TV movie Columbo: A Case of Immunity (1975).

Career

Early in his career, he had a short role in Annie Hall (1977) where he attends a Hollywood party and is shown on the phone admitting, "I forgot my mantra. Annie Hall is a 1977 Romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. " Goldblum has had leading roles in films such as The Fly and The Tall Guy. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg The Tall Guy is a 1989 Romantic comedy and the Feature film debut of screenwright Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith Goldblum's strong supporting roles include those in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983), Into the Night (1985), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), Jurassic Park (1993), and The Lost World (1997). Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 Science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. The Big Chill is a 1983 film that uses the story of Baby boomer college friends who reunite after many years and end up exploring the aftermath of the 1960s Into the Night is a 1985 comedy / Adventure movie. It stars Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer and was directed Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American comedy / musical Film directed by Julien Temple. Jurassic Park is a 1993 Science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel of the same name by Michael The Lost World Jurassic Park (commonly referred to as The Lost World or Jurassic Park 2) is a 1997 American Science He also had strong supporting roles in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and the 1984 cult films The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension and Igby Goes Down (2002). The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson 's fourth feature length Film, released in the U A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai) is an American Science fiction film Igby Goes Down is a 2002 Film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb Goldblum delivers the same line, "must go faster", in very similar situations in both Jurassic Park and Independence Day. Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion In Jurassic Park he says it when he is sitting in the back of the SUV, with a broken leg, being chased by the tyrannosaurus. He says it in Independence Day when he and Will Smith are in the spaceship trying to escape the mother ship.

Goldblum was the voice for most of the US Apple commercials, including the ones for the iBook. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics The iBook is a line of Laptop computer that was developed and sold by Apple Computer Inc He also voices some of the U. S. Toyota commercials as well as Procter & Gamble's facial cream line. (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. Procter & Gamble Co ( P&G,) is a Fortune 500, American global corporation based in Cincinnati Ohio, that manufactures a wide He has recently appeared on Irish TV in commercials for the National Lottery.

Goldblum teaches acting at Playhouse West in North Hollywood, along 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. According to gossip columnist Caffeinated Clint (as of September 2006) Goldblum is still rumored to reprise his role as Ian Malcolm in the upcoming film Jurassic Park IV. The Jurassic Park franchise is a series of Books, Films and Video games centering on a disastrous attempt to create a Theme park

The upcoming film Adam Resurrected is a film adaptation of the Yoram Kaniuk novel about a former circus clown who becomes the ringleader to a group of Holocaust survivors in an asylum after World War II. Yoram Kaniuk (1930-) is an Israeli writer painter journalist and theater critic World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Goldblum was asked to take on the role of Adam, the story's main character, while visiting Israel for the first time in mid 2006. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

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. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous 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 as Bob's long-lost brother Minneapolis (parody of Indiana Jones) where Big Bird's friend Snuffleupagus had a missing golden cabbage in the 1980s. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining Dr (also Col Henry Walton Jones Jr, better known as Indiana Jones or Indy after his pet dog is a fictional Adventurer, Soldier Big Bird is a full-body Muppet, featured on the children's television show Sesame Aloysius Snuffleupagus more commonly known as Mr Snuffleupagus or Snuffy, is one of the Muppet characters on the long-running educational television program for He has also appeared on Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!. Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American Animated television series on Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim. Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! is an American Television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which

Personal life

Goldblum has been married twice. He was married to Patricia Gaul from 1980 to 1986. He was later married to Geena Davis, with whom he starred 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. Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning and Emmy -nominated Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American comedy / musical Film directed by Julien Temple. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) He claims to have maintained a good friendship with her in the ensuing years, saying, "she's a wonderful person and a wonderful actress. " He was engaged to Laura Dern, with whom he co-starred in Jurassic Park. Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actress. Jurassic Park is a 1993 Science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Goldblum was engaged to Catherine Wreford, a Canadian dancer, as documented in his 2006 mockumentary/documentary Pittsburgh,^[5] but the two are no longer seeing each other. Catherine Wreford (born 1980 is a professional actress dancer and singer Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic While as a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Goldblum said he enjoys curling. Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC Curling is a team Sport with similarities to Bowls and Shuffle board, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared He is also a keen bee-keeper.

Filmography

Theater

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

• Starsky and Hutch, Murder on Stage 17, (1977)
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)
• Who's The Boss? (1985)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
• When Dinosaurs Ruled (2000)
• The Simpsons - A Fish Called Selma (1996)
• King of the Hill-Guest voice as Dr. Annie Hall is a 1977 Romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. The Sentinel is a 1977 Horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 Film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca Filmworks for Columbia Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 Science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. Remember My Name is a 1978 film written and directed by Alan Rudolph and produced by Robert Altman. Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was an American television series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. Rehearsal for Murder is a 1982 Television movie of the thriller genre directed by David Greene from a script written by The Right Stuff ( is a film adaptation of Tom Wolfe 's book The Right Stuff, about the Test pilots who were involved in high-speed The Big Chill is a 1983 film that uses the story of Baby boomer college friends who reunite after many years and end up exploring the aftermath of the 1960s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai) is an American Science fiction film Into the Night is a 1985 comedy / Adventure movie. It stars Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer and was directed The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Beyond Therapy is a 1987 American Comedy film. Plot Based on the play of the same title by Christopher Durang, it Life Story (known as The Race for the Double Helix or Double Helix in the U Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American comedy / musical Film directed by Julien Temple. Vibes is a Comedy film released in 1988 starring pop icon and Singer Cyndi Lauper, Actor Jeff Goldblum, The Fly II is a Sci-fi Film produced in 1989 starring Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga. The Tall Guy is a 1989 Romantic comedy and the Feature film debut of screenwright Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith Mister Frost is a 1990 psychological Thriller film starring Jeff Goldblum as Frost (his first name is never given a superficially charming The Favour the Watch and the Very Big Fish is a 1991 comedy directed by Ben Lewin, starring Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson The Player is a 1992 Film that tells the story of Griffin Mill ( Tim Robbins) a Hollywood studio executive who is being Deep Cover is a 1992 crime thriller Film starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum and directed by veteran Jurassic Park is a 1993 Science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Powder is a 1995 film directed by Victor Salva, about an Albino boy Nicknamed "Powder" with incredible intellect Hideaway is a 1995 Horror film directed by Brett Leonard and based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz. For "nine months" as the duration of human pregnancy see Pregnancy. Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion The 1996 movie The Great White Hype stars Samuel L Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz Mad Dog Time (aka Trigger Happy) is a 1996 ensemble cast Crime film directed by Larry Bishop, released through The Lost World Jurassic Park (commonly referred to as The Lost World or Jurassic Park 2) is a 1997 American Science Welcome to Hollywood is a Mockumentary about a young man trying to make it in Hollywood as an actor The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American Animated film, the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Holy Man is a Film produced in 1998 starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston. Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Stars is a list of the top 50 stars of American cinema For the 2000 film see Chain of Fools (film. " Chain of Fools " is a successful song written by Don Covay. Auggie Rose, also known as Beyond Suspicion, is a 2000 Drama film starring Jeff Goldblum and Anne Heche. One of the Hollywood Ten ( 2000) is a Spanish and British neo-realist bio-picture. Cats & Dogs is a 2001 American Comedy film directed by Lawrence Guterman. Festival in Cannes is a 2001 Film directed by Henry Jaglom. The plot is an Entertainment industry Farce Perfume is a 2001 film about the fashion industry in New York City. Run Ronnie Run is a movie Spin-off from the popular HBO Sketch comedy show Mr Igby Goes Down is a 2002 Film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb Dallas 362 is a 2003 film, starring and directed by Scott Caan. Spinning Boris is a 2003 Comedy Movie starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. Incident at Loch Ness is a Mockumentary starring Werner Herzog and Zak Penn. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson 's fourth feature length Film, released in the U Mini's First Time is a 2006 Comedy / Drama Film written and directed by Nick Guthe Fay Grim ( 2006) is a film by writer/director Hal Hartley. The film is a sequel to Hartley's 1997 film Henry Fool, and revolves Man of the Year is a Political thriller / Comedy Movie directed by Barry Levinson and featuring Robin Williams in the The Jurassic Park franchise is a series of Books, Films and Video games centering on a disastrous attempt to create a Theme park The Pillowman is a 2003 play by British playwright Martin McDonagh. Two Gentlemen of Verona is an award-winning rock musical with a book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by The Play Wot I Wrote or The Play What I Wrote is a musical Farce written by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben Songbook (New York title The Moony Shapiro Songbook) is a musical with music by Monty Norman and book by Monty Norman and Julian More The Exonerated is a film that dramatizes the stories of six people who had been wrongfully convicted of murder but were later exonerated and freed after varying years of imprisonment Speed-the-Plow (1988 is a play by David Mamet which is a satirical dissection of the American movie business a theme Mamet would revisit in his later films Starsky and Hutch (usually written as Starsky & Hutch) is a 1970s US Television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was an American television series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. Who's the Boss? is an American Television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an American animated environmentalist Television program, based on an idea by Ted Turner " A Fish Called Selma " is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season and originally aired on March 24, King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company Vayzosa (2002)
• Friends (2003) - Guest as Leonard Hayes
• Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
• Will and Grace (2005)
• Raines (2007)
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007)

Awards

• 1983: Star of Tomorrow Award. Friends was an Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American Animated television series on Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 Raines is a crime drama Television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27 2007 on NBC in the Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! is an American Television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which Presented by the National Association of Theatre Owners. The National Association of Theatre Owners ( NATO) is a trade organization based in the United States whose members are the owners of Movie theaters Most
• 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

References

External links

• Jeff Goldblum at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeff Goldblum Online A Fan Website
• An Up-to-date resource for Jeff Goldblum news and links
• Goldblum resurrects fond memories, a July 2004 article (with accompanying audio commentary) from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• April 2005 Interview with Goldblum from New York magazine
• Moving Pictures Magazine Interview
• Jeff Goldblum Interview on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

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