Jeff Goldblum is an actor who has often been cast in eccentric or intellectual roles in movies and on TV. The Pittsburgh-born actor, however, first got exposed on stage at the age of 17 when he moved to New York and trained under acting coach Sanford Meisner. After making his Broadway debut in the musical production of Two Gentlemen of Verona, he later appeared in the 1974 movie Death Wish. This paved the way for more gigs on the big screen, including Annie Hall, Thank God It's Friday, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Big Chill. But he gained even more fame as he was cast in lead roles of The Fly, Independence Day, The Lost World, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Tall Guy, and Vibes.
On TV, Goldblum played Lionel Whitney in 13 episodes of Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, and provided the voice of Verminous Skumm on Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He also served as the host of Saturday Night Live twice and was cast as the lead on the TV series Raines. In 2009, he joined the cast of Law and Order: Criminal Intent as Detective Zach Nichols.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
-He has the ability to wiggle his ears one at a time.
-He plays the piano.
-He was previously married to Patricia Gaul, from 1980 to 1986, and Geena Davis, from 1987 to 1990.
1987: Saturn Award - Best Actor for The Fly
1990: Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival - Best Actor for Mister Frost
2012 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2011 NTSF:SD:SUV (TV series)
2010 Morning Glory
2010/I The Switch
2009-2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
2008 Adam Resurrected
2007 Raines (TV series)
2006 Man of the Year
2006 Fay Grim
2006 Mini's First Time
2005 Will & Grace (TV series)
2003-2005 Crank Yankers (TV series)
2004 Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV series)
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2003 Spinning Boris
2003 Dallas 362
2003 Friends (TV series)
2003 War Stories (TV movie)
2002 Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe (TV short)
2002 Igby Goes Down
2002 King of the Hill (TV series)
2001 Cats & Dogs
2001 Perfume
2000 One of the Hollywood Ten
2000 Chain of Fools
2000 Auggie Rose
1998 The Prince of Egypt
1998 Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV series)
1998 Holy Man
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Chaos Island (Video Game)
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1993-1997 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
1997 Independence Day (Video Game)
1996 Mad Dog Time
1996 Independence Day
1996 The Great White Hype
1996 The Simpsons (TV series)
1996 Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland (Video Game)
1995 Powder
1995 Nine Months
1995 Hideaway
1994 Futurequest (TV series)
1993 Lush Life (TV movie)
1993 Jurassic Park
1992 Shooting Elizabeth
1992 Deep Cover
1992 Fathers & Sons
1991 The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1990-1991 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV series)
1990 Framed (TV movie)
1990 Mister Frost
1989 Twisted Obsession
1989 The Tall Guy
1989 The Fly II
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy
1988 Vibes
1987 The Race for the Double Helix (TV movie)
1987 Beyond Therapy
1986 The Fly
1986 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
1985 Transylvania 6-5000
1985 Silverado
1985/I Into the Night
1985 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series)
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (TV movie)
1984 Popular Neurotics (TV movie)
1984 The New Show (TV series)
1983 The Right Stuff
1983 The Big Chill
1982 The Devlin Connection (TV series)
1982 Rehearsal for Murder (TV movie)
1982 Laverne & Shirley (TV series)
1980 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (TV movie)
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 Thank God It's Friday
1978 Remember My Name
1977 Between the Lines
1977 Annie Hall
1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
1977 The Sentinel
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)
1976 Special Delivery
1976 St. Ives
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1975 Columbo (TV series)
1975 Nashville
1974 California Split
1974 Death Wish
"I've been lucky. And thank goodness the [sci-fi films] I've done have been good movies. I feel like some kind of lucky star has, for now, shone on me."