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Jeff Goldblum

Born: 1952-10-22 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (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). 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 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).

Filmography

2026

Henry David Thoreau as Henry David Thoreau (voice)
The Claudia Winkleman Show as Self
Henry David Thoreau as Henry David Thoreau (voice)

2025

Wicked: For Good as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Wicked: One Wonderful Night as Self
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
Making Wicked: For Good as Self
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek as Self

2024

Wicked as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
KAOS as Zeus
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked as Self
Making Wicked as Self
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl as Self / Host

2023

Asteroid City as The Alien
They Shot the Piano Player as Jeff Harris (voice)

2022

Jurassic World Dominion as Ian Malcolm
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach as Self
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen as Narrator

2021

What If...? as Grandmaster (voice)
The Boss Baby: Family Business as Dr. Armstrong (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as A Table

2020

LEGO Masters as Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time as Self

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
The World According to Jeff Goldblum as Self
The Mountain as Dr. Wallace Fiennes
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 as Self
#NoJoke as Self
Jenny Lewis' On The Line Online as Self

2018

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Ian Malcolm
Isle of Dogs as Duke (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
Hotel Artemis as Orian "Wolf King" Franklin / Niagara
Team Darryl as En Dwi Gast / Grandmaster
Always at The Carlyle as Self
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity as Self
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return as Self
Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation as Self
A Place We Call Reality as Self (uncredited)

2017

Big Mouth as The Apple Brooch
Thor: Ragnarok as Grandmaster
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as En Dwi Gast / Grandmaster (uncredited)
Spielberg as Self
Tour de Pharmacy as Marty Hass Present Day
Miyubi as The Creator

2016

Search Party as Tunnel
Independence Day: Resurgence as David Levinson
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque as David Levinson
The War of 1996: A United World News Special as David Levinson
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale as Self

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
Hot Ones as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Dr. Dave
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
Mortdecai as Milton Krampf
Unity as Narrator (voice)

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest/Musical Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Detective Zach Nichols
The Grand Budapest Hotel as Deputy Kovacs

2013

Le Week-End as Morgan

2012

Finding Your Roots as Self
Zambezia as Ajax (voice)
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Chef Goldblum

2011

Portlandia as Vocal Coach
Return to Jurassic Park as Self

2010

Conan as Self
Morning Glory as Jerry Barnes
The Switch as Leonard

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
Glee as Hiram Berry
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
The League as Rupert Ruxin
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self

2008

Adam Resurrected as Adam Stein

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
Head Case as Self
Raines as Michael Raines
Fay Grim as Agent Fulbright
The Making of 'Fay Grim' or: How Do You Spell Espionage? as Himself

2006

The One Show as Self
Mini's First Time as Mike Rudell
Man of the Year as Stewart
Pittsburgh as Self

2005

The Colbert Report as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Alistair
Dallas 362 as Bob
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
Movies That Shook the World
This Is an Adventure as Self
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly as Self

2004

Tom Goes to the Mayor as Bill Joel (voice)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Alistair Hennessey
Stories of Lost Souls as Himself
Incident at Loch Ness as Self - Party Guest
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures as Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Abby Singer as Jeff Goldblum (uncredited)
Spinning Boris as George Gorton
100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
War Stories as Ben Dansmore
DNA as Narrator
Supermarket as Self
Realizing The Right Stuff as Self

2002

Top Gear as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
Igby Goes Down as D.H.
Run Ronnie Run as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell as Dr. Ken Waller (archive footage)
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified as Self
One of the Hollywood Ten as Herbert Biberman
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as White Rabbit (voice)

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Zach Nichols
Primetime Glick
Cats & Dogs as Professor Brody
Perfume as Jamie
Chain of Fools as Avnet
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
Festival in Cannes as Self (uncredited)

2000

Welcome to Hollywood as Jeff Goldblum
Auggie Rose as John Nolan
Altman on His Own Terms as Narrator / Self

1999

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
The Big Chill: A Reunion as Self
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party

1998

Will & Grace as Scott Woolley
The Prince of Egypt as Aaron (voice)
Holy Man as Ricky Hayman
Roswell Top Secret as Self

1997

King of the Hill as Dr. Vayzosa (voice)
The View as Self
Nachtstudio as Self
The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Ian Malcolm
The Story of Bean as Self
Hollywood Dreamers as Self

1996

Independence Day as David Levinson
The Great White Hype as Mitchell Kane
Mad Dog Time as Mickey Holliday
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self - Host
Little Surprises ... (Director)

1995

Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as Jeff (voice)
Mr. Show with Bob and David as Civil War Narrator
Powder as Donald Ripley
Nine Months as Sean Fletcher
Hideaway as Hatch Harrison
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Ian Malcolm

1994

Friends as Leonard Hayes
The Stand as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Future Quest as Himself (Host)

1993

Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
GMTV as Self
Jurassic Park as Malcolm
Lush Life as Al gorky
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
The Real Jurassic Park as Narrator

1992

The Larry Sanders Show as Jeff Goldblum
The Player as Jeff Goldblum
Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
Deep Cover as David Jason
Fathers & Sons as Max
Shooting Elizabeth as Howard Pigeon
Robert Altman's Players as Self

1991

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish as Pianist

1990

Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Verminous Skumm (voice)
Framed as Wiley
Mister Frost as Mr. Frost
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music as Self

1989

The Simpsons as MacArthur Parker (voice)
The Fly II as Seth Brundle (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tall Guy as Dexter King
Twisted Obsession as Daniel Gillis

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
Earth Girls Are Easy as Mac
Vibes as Nick Deezy

1987

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg as Self (archive footage)
Life Story as Jim Watson
Beyond Therapy as Bruce

1986

The Fly as Seth Brundle
It's Garry Shandling's Show as Jeff Goldblum
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary as Self
The Town Where No One Got Off as Cogswell

1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater as Cogswell
Silverado as Slick
Into the Night as Ed Okin
Transylvania 6-5000 as Jack Harrison
B.B. King: Into the Night as Self

1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as New Jersey
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Ernie Kovacs

1983

The Right Stuff as NASA Recruiter
The Big Chill as Michael Gold

1982

1981

Threshold as Dr. Aldo Gehring

1980

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe as Lionel Whitney
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Ichabod Crane

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Jack Bellicec
Remember My Name as Mr. Lee Nudd
Thank God It's Friday as Toni Di Marco

1977

Annie Hall as Lacey Party Guest
The Sentinel as Jack
Between the Lines as Max

1976

Laverne & Shirley as Jeffery
St. Ives as Hood
Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Clyde Baxter
Special Delivery as Snake

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Starsky & Hutch
Nashville as Tricycle Man

1974

Death Wish as Freak #1
California Split as Lloyd Harris

1971

Columbo as Protester (uncredited)

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1959

The Grammys as Self

1952

Today as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter