Jeff Goldblum Biography
Born Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum on October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor Jeff Goldblum began his career on the New York stage after moving to the city at the age of seventeen.
Possessing his own unique style of delivery, Goldblum made an impression on moviegoers with little more than a single line in
Woody Allen's
Annie Hall, when he fretted about having forgotten his mantra. Goldblum went on to appear in the remake
Invasion of the Body Snatchers before a high-profile turn in the classic ensemble film
The Big Chill.
The quirky actor turned up in the suitably quirky film
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, which became a 1980s cult classic, then went on to a breakthrough role in the
David Cronenberg remake
The Fly, which also featured actress
Geena Davis, Goldblum's wife from 1987-1990 and co-star in two additional films:
Transylvania 6-5000 and
Julien Temple's
Earth Girls Are Easy.
Goldblum was the rather unlikely star of some of the biggest blockbusters of the 1990s:
Steven Spielberg's dinosaur adventure
Jurassic Park and its sequel,
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as well as the alien invasion flick
Independence Day. These films saw Goldblum playing the type of intellectual characters he's become associated with.
Recent roles have included critically acclaimed turns in
Igby Goes Down and
Wes Anderson's
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Trivia

Is the voice behind the iMac/iBook commercials for Apple Computer.

Engaged to
Laura Dern. [1995-1997]

In a jazz band called "The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra" with actor
Peter Weller, they perform at local clubs in Los Angeles. They were also in a band together in the movie
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of legendary acting coach,
Sanford Meisner.

Was engaged to
Catherine Wreford, a 23 year old dancer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Appears alongside ex-wife
Geena Davis in three films, back to back:
Transylvania 6-5000;
The Fly and
Earth Girls Are Easy.

While filming
Earth Girls Are Easy, he and co-stars
Damon Wayans and
Jim Carrey took approximately two hours to be suited up as the aliens.

Along with
Jim Carrey and
Damon Wayans, his voice was dubbed for certain scenes in
Earth Girls Are Easy.

After playing the victim of an alien invasion in the remake of
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, he appears in two films in which he fights aliens:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and
Independence Day. Also one where he plays an alien:
Earth Girls Are Easy.

He can wiggle his ears one at a time. He demonstated this talent on
Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Has worked twice with three of the writers of
Raiders of the Lost Ark: the film's director,
Steven Spielberg, directed him in
Jurassic Park and
The Lost World: Jurassic Park; the screenwriter,
Lawrence Kasdan, directed him in
The Big Chill and
Silverado.
Philip Kaufman, whose idea it was for Indy to pursue the Ark of the Covenant, directed him in
Invasion of the Body Snatchers and
The Right Stuff.

Appears in two remakes of cult science fiction/horror films:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers and
The Fly.

Often plays eccentric characters.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.

Born on the same day as actor
Christopher Lloyd.

Attended Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is the same high school that
Rob Marshall and Curtis Martin attended.
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