Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor.
Tthe son of Shirley S., 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.
Goldblum's parents were interested in show business. Goldblum moved to New York City at 17 to become an actor. He 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.
In 1974, Goldblum appeared in Death Wish as Freak # 1. Later in his career, as "Lacey Party Guest" in Annie Hall. He has had leading roles in films such as The Fly, Independence Day, The Lost World, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Tall Guy and Vibes. 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 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.
Goldblum has had leading roles in films such as The Fly, Independence Day, The Lost World, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Tall Guy and Vibes. Goldblum's strong supporting roles include those in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Big Chill, Into the Night, Jurassic Park, and he also had strong supporting roles in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and the cult films The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension and Igby Goes Down.
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.