Jeff Goldblum

**Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum** (; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing movies of his era. These include _Jurassic Park_ (1993) and _Independence Day_ (1996).

Goldblum's first movie role was in _Death Wish_ (1974). His early roles include _California Split_ (1974), _Nashville_ (1975), and _Annie Hall_ (1977). He got wider attention for his roles in _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ (1978), _The Big Chill_ (1983), and _The Fly_ (1986). In 1996 he was nominated for an Academy Award for _Little Surprises_.

Jeff Goldblum was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for a guest appearance on _Will & Grace_. He also appeared in _Friends_, _Portlandia_ and _Inside Amy Schumer_. In 2023, he was the host of his own series _The World According to Jeff Goldblum_ (2019 - present).

His jazz band released their first album, _The Capitol Studios Sessions_, in 2018.

## Movies

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1974|_Death Wish_|Freak #1|||
|_California Split_|Lloyd Harris|||||
|1975|_Nashville_|Tricycle Man||||
|rowspan="3"|1976|_Next Stop, Greenwich Village_|Clyde Baxter|||
|_St. Ives_|Hood #3|||||
|_Special Delivery_|Snake|||||
|rowspan="3"|1977|_The Sentinel_|Jack|||
|_Annie Hall_|Lacey Party Guest|||||
|_Between the Lines_|Max Arloft|||||
|rowspan="3"|1978|_Remember My Name_|Mr. Nudd|||
|_Thank God It's Friday_|Tony Di Marco|||||
|_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_|Jack Bellicec|||||
|1981|_Threshold_|Aldo Gehring|Nominated - Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor|||
|rowspan="2"|1983|_The Big Chill_|Michael Gold|||
|_The Right Stuff_|Recruiter|||||
|rowspan="2"|1984|_The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_|New Jersey|||
|_Terror in the Aisles_|Jack Bellicec|||||
|rowspan="3"|1985|_Into the Night_|Ed Okin|||
|_Silverado_|"Slick" Calvin Stanhope|||||
|_Transylvania 6-5000_|Jack Harrison|||||
|1986|_The Fly_|Seth Brundle|Won - Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor <small>(2nd place)</small> New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor <small>(3rd place)</small>|||
|1987|_Beyond Therapy_|Bruce||||
|rowspan="2"|1988|_Vibes_|Nick Deezy|||
|_Earth Girls Are Easy_|Mac|||||
|rowspan="2"|1989|_The Tall Guy_|Dexter King|||
|_El Sueño del Mono Loco_|Dan Gillis|||||
|1990|_Mister Frost_|Mr. Frost||||
|1991|_The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish_|Pianist||||
|rowspan="4"|1992|_Fathers & Sons_|Max|||
|_The Player_|Himself|Cameo||||
|_Deep Cover_|David Jason|Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor||||
|_Shooting Elizabeth_|Howard Pigeon|||||
|1993|_Jurassic Park_|Dr. Ian Malcolm|Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|||
|rowspan="3"|1995|_Hideaway_|Hatch Harrison|||
|_Nine Months_|Sean Fletcher|||||
|_Powder_|Donald Ripley|||||
|rowspan="4"|1996|_The Great White Hype_|Mitchell Kane|||
|_Independence Day_|David Levinson|Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor||||
|_Little Surprises_||Director; short movie Nominated - Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film||||
|_Mad Dog Time_|Mickey Holliday|||||
|1997|_The Lost World: Jurassic Park_|Dr. Ian Malcolm|Nominated - Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi|||
|rowspan="3"|1998|_Holy Man_|Ricky Hayman|||
|_The Prince of Egypt_|Aaron|Voice||||
|_Welcome to Hollywood_|Himself|Cameo||||
|rowspan="3"|2000|_Beyond Suspicion_|John Nolan|||
|_Chain of Fools_|Avnet|||||
|_One of the Hollywood Ten_|Herbert Biberman|||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Perfume_|Jamie|Also executive producer||
|_Cats & Dogs_|Professor Brody|||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Run Ronnie Run!_|Himself|Uncredited cameo||
|_Igby Goes Down_|D.H. Banes|||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Dallas 362_|Bob|||
|_Spinning Boris_|George Gorton|||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Incident at Loch Ness_|Party Guest|Cameo||
|_The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_|Allistair Hennessey|Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble||||
|rowspan="4"|2006|_Mini's First Time_|Mike Rudell|||
|_Fay Grim_|Agent Fulbright|||||
|_Pittsburgh_|Himself|Also producer||||
|_Man of the Year_|Stewart|||||
|2008|_Adam Resurrected_|Adam Stein||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_The Switch_|Leonard|||
|_Morning Glory_|Jerry Barnes|||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie_|Chef Goldblum|||
|_Zambezia_|Ajax|Voice||||
|2013|_Le Week-End_|Morgan|Nominated - British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_The Grand Budapest Hotel_|Deputy Vilmos Kovacs|Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture||
|_Unity_|Narrator|Voice Documentary||||
|2015|_Mortdecai_|Milton Krampf||||
|2016|_Independence Day: Resurgence_|David Levinson||||
|rowspan="3"|2017|_Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2_|rowspan=2|Grandmaster|Closing credits cameo|
|_Thor: Ragnarok_||||||
|_Miyubi_|The Creator|Short movie||||
|rowspan="4"|2018|_Isle of Dogs_|Duke|Voice||
|_Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom_|Dr. Ian Malcolm|||||
|_Hotel Artemis_|Niagara (The Wolf King)|||||
|_The Mountain_|Dr. Wallace Fiennes|||||
|2021|_The Boss Baby: Family Business_|Dr. Erwin Armstrong|Voice|||
|2022|_Jurassic World Dominion_|Dr. Ian Malcolm||||
|2023|_Asteroid City_||Post - production|||
|2024|_Wicked: Part One_|The Wizard|Filming|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1975|_Columbo_|Protester|Episode: "A Case of Immunity"||||
|1976|data-sort-value="Blue Knight, The"|_The Blue Knight_|Daggett|Episode: "Upward Mobility"|||
|1977|_Starsky & Hutch_|Harry Markham|Episode: "Murder on Stage 17"||||
|rowspan="2"|1980|data-sort-value="Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The"|_The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_|Ichabod Crane|Television film||
|_Tenspeed and Brown Shoe_|Lionel Whitney|14 episodes|||||
|rowspan="3"|1982|_Rehearsal for Murder_|Leo Gibbs|Television film|||
|_Laverne & Shirley_|Jeffrey|Episode: "Watch the Fur Fly"|||||
|data-sort-value="Devlin Connection, The"|_The Devlin Connection_|Alexis Papageorgio|Episode: "The Absolute Monarch of Ward C"||||
|rowspan="2"|1984|_Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter_|Ernie Kovacs|Television film|||
|_American Playhouse_|Sophisticated urbanite|Episode: "Popular Neurotics"|||||
|1985|_Faerie Tale Theatre_|Buck Wolf|Episode: "The Three Little Pigs"||||
|1986|data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The"|_The Ray Bradbury Theater_|Cogswell|Episode: "The Town Where No One Got Off"|||
|1987|_Life Story_|James Watson|Television film||||
|rowspan="2"|1990|_Sesame Street_|Minneapolis|Episode 21.72|||
|_Framed_|Wiley|Television film|||||
|1990–1991|_Captain Planet and the Planeteers_|Verminous Skumm|Voice; 5 episodes||||
|1993|_Lush Life_|Al Gorky|Television film||||
|1993 & 1997|_Saturday Night Live_|Host|2 episodes||||
|1994|_Future Quest_|Himself (host)|22 episodes||||
|1995, 1998|data-sort-value="Larry Sanders Show, The"|_The Larry Sanders Show_|Jeff Goldblum|2 episodes|||
|1996|data-sort-value="Simpsons, The"|_The Simpsons_|MacArthur Parker|Voice; episode: "A Fish Called Selma"|||
|1998|_Mr. Show with Bob and David_|Civil War Narrator|Voice; episode: "Like Chickens... Delicious Chickens"||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_King of the Hill_|Dr. Vayzosa|Voice; episode: "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner"|||
|_Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe_|White Rabbit|Voice; Television special|||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Friends_|Leonard Hayes|Episode: "The One with the Mugging"|||
|_War Stories_|Ben Dansmore|Television film|||||
|2003–2005|_Crank Yankers_|Prof. Fermstein|Voice; 2 episodes||||
|2004|_Tom Goes to the Mayor_|Bill Joel|Voice; Episode: "Toodle Day"||||
|2005|_Will & Grace_|Scott Wooley|3 episodes||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Raines_|Michael Raines|7 episodes|||
|_Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!_|Himself|2 episodes|||||
|2009–2010|_Law & Order: Criminal Intent_|Detective Zack Nichols|24 episodes||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|_NTSF:SD:SUV::_|Gunnar Geirhart|Episode: "Full Hauser"|||
|_Allen Gregory_|Perry Van Moon|Voice; episode: "Van Moon Rising"|||||
|2011–2012|data-sort-value="League, The"|_The League_|Rupert Ruxin|2 episodes|||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Susan 313_|Benny Burnet|Pilot|||
|_Glee_|Hiram Berry|2 episodes|||||
|2012–2015|_Portlandia_|Various roles|5 episodes||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Monkey Love_|Roger|Voice; Episode: "It's a Jungle Out There"|||
|_Last Week Tonight with John Oliver_|Civil Forfeiture Cop|1 episode|||||
|2015|_Inside Amy Schumer_|Jury Foreman|Episode: "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer"||||
|2016|_Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_|Dr. Dave|Episode: "Kimmy Meets a Celebrity!"||||
|2017|_Tour de Pharmacy_|Marty Hass|Television film||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10_|Himself|Short|||
|_Happy!_|God|Voice; Episode: "Resurrection"|||||
|2019–2022|data-sort-value="World According to Jeff Goldblum, The"|_The World According to Jeff Goldblum_|Himself (host)|22 episodes|||
|2020|_RuPaul's Drag Race_|Guest Judge|1 episode||||
|2021 & 2023|_What If...?_|Grandmaster|Voice; 2 episodes: "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?", "What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?"||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Search Party_|Tunnel Quinn|6 episodes|||
|_Big Mouth_|Apple Brooch|Voice; Episode: "The Apple Brooch"|||||
|2024|_Kaos_|Zeus|Main role||||
|2026|_Henry David Thoreau_|Henry David Thoreau|Voice; documentary||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **genre**: Jazz
- **label**: Decca Records
- **associated acts**: Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jeff Goldblum
- **image**: Jeff Goldblum by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
- **alt**: Photo of Goldblum
- **caption**: Jeff Goldblum at the 2019 Phoenix Fan Fusion
- **birth name**: Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum
- **birth place**: West Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **occupation**: Celebrity, Musician
- **years active**: 1974 - present
- **children**: 2