Adam Goldberg

Adam Charles Goldberg (born October 25, 1970 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. Known for his supporting roles in film and television, Goldberg has appeared in films such as Dazed and Confused, Saving Private Ryan, A Beautiful Mind, and Zodiac. He has also played leading roles in independent films such as The Hebrew Hammer and 2 Days in Paris. His TV appearances include the shows Friends as Eddie Menuek, Chandler's roommate, Joey, Entourage, The Jim Gaffigan Show, The Unusuals, and his critically acclaimed role as hitman Mr. Numbers in the first season of Fargo.
== Personal life ==
Goldberg was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Donna (née Goebel)[1]and Earl Goldberg, a former lifeguard who ran a wholesale food business.[2][3]His father is Jewish with roots in Russia, Lithuania and Romania; his mother is a non-practicing Roman Catholic, of Mexican,[4] Irish, French, and German descent.[5][6][7] He lives in Los Angeles with his dog, Digger.[8]
In December 2014, Goldberg and his girlfriend, artist and designer[9] Roxanne Daner, had a son named Bud.[10][11]
== Career ==
=== Film ===
Goldberg's first major screen role was in the Billy Crystal film Mr. Saturday Night(1992). His career-making role was arguably that of the tough, wise-cracking infantryman Mellish in Steven Spielberg's 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. While he played a lead character in The Hebrew Hammer, Goldberg has mostly been cast in supporting roles.
Notable roles include Jerry, the undead servant to Christopher Walken's Angel Gabriel in the supernatural thriller The Prophecy. Goldberg has also worked with preeminent voice artists like Dan Castellaneta and Charlie Adler, and has given vocal performances in Babe: Pig in the City and cartoons like Eek! The Cat. Goldberg often portrays stereotypically Jewish characters (most notably in Dazed and Confused, The Hebrew Hammer, and in the TV series Entourage).[12]
Goldberg appeared extensively in the Flaming Lips documentary The Fearless Freaks, and had a supporting role in Christmas on Mars, a science fiction film written and directed by Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. In 1999, he appeared in the Sixpence None The Richer music video "There She Goes".
Goldberg wrote, produced, directed, and edited the features Scotch and Milk and I Love Your Work, as well as multiple television projects, notably including the philosophical travelogue Running with the Bulls for IFC.
=== Music ===
A guitarist and songwriter, Goldberg composed and arranged the music to the I Love Your Work and Running with the Bulls and provided a song for the Hebrew Hammer soundtrack. He is known to travel with a cheap acoustic guitar, as can be seen in Running with the Bulls. Goldberg has released rock and jazz albums, including Changes, with Latin jazz percussionist Phil Maturano.
He plays in a group named LANDy. LANDy's debut album, Eros and Omissions, was released on June 23, 2009. Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd, with whom Goldberg collaborated on the score for I Love Your Work, performed on the record. Earlimart's Aaron Espinoza is credited as having done the final mix as well as having engineered many of the more recent songs.[13]
On June 7, 2011, Goldberg performed as lead singer with his group The Goldberg Sisters, performing "Shush" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
=== Television ===
In 1995, Goldberg appeared in a signature wise-cracking role as delivery boy Leo in the television comedy Double Rush. Goldberg then appeared in a three-episode arc in the second season of Friends (1996) as Chandler's crazy roommate Eddie. He appeared some years later in a nine-episode arc in season two of the Friends spinoff show Joey as Jimmy, Joey Tribbiani's best friend from high school. He also appeared as a main character in the short-lived 2005 Foxseries Head Cases.
Goldberg appeared in the short-lived ensemble cop show The Unusuals, playing a detective in New York City with brain cancer who refuses treatment because of his dislike of doctors. His character was stated as being "sarcastic" and Goldberg had been described as "one of the better reasons to watch".[14] He subsequently appeared in the short-lived ensemble cop show NYC 22.
Goldberg played the role of Dave Marks, a struggling comedian and Jim Gaffigan's best friend, for two seasons on the TV Land sitcom The Jim Gaffigan Show.
In 2017, Goldberg joined the cast of NBC's Taken as a regular cast member during the show's second season. He portrays Kilroy, an accomplished computer hacker.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992	Mr. Saturday Night 	Eugene Gimbel 	
1993	Son in Law 	Indian 	
1993	Dazed and Confused 	Mike Newhouse 	
1995	Higher Learning 	David Isaacs 	
1995	The Prophecy 	Jerry 	
1996	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Pete 	Voice only
1998	Scotch and Milk 	Jim 	
1998	Some Girl 	Freud 	
1998	Saving Private Ryan 	Pvt. Stanley Mellish 	
1998	Babe: Pig in the City 	Flealick 	Voice only
1999	EDtv 	John 	
2000	Sunset Strip 	Marty Shapiro 	
2001	Waking Life 	One of Four Men 	
2001	All Over the Guy 	Brett Miles Sanford 	
2001	Fast Sofa 	Jack Weis 	
2001	According to Spencer 	Feldy 	
2001	A Beautiful Mind 	Sol 	
2002	The Salton Sea 	Kujo 	
2003	The Hebrew Hammer 	Mordechai Jefferson Carver 	
2003	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 	Tony 	
2005	The Fearless Freaks 	Himself 	Documentary
2005	I Love Your Work 	 	Director and writer only
2006	Man About Town 	Phil Balow 	
2006	Stay Alive 	Miller Banks 	
2006	Keeping Up with the Steins 	 	Uncredited
2006	Déjà Vu 	Dr. Alexander Denny 	
2007	2 Days in Paris 	Jack 	
2007	Zodiac 	Duffy Jennings 	
2007	Nancy Drew 	Arrogant Director Andy 	
2008	From Within 	Roy 	
2008	Christmas on Mars 	Dr. Scott Zero (A Mars Psychiatrist)	
2008	Kate Wakes 	Jared 	Short
2009	(Untitled) 	Adrian Jacobs 	
2009	Landy's BFF 	Himself 	
2010	Miss Nobody 	Bill Malloy 	
2010	Norman 	Mr. Angelo 	
2010	A Monster in Paris 	Raoul 	Voice only
2012	Lost Angeles 	Deepak 	
2015	No Way Jose 	Jose 	Also director
2016	Going Under 	Lou 	
2016	Rebirth 	Zach 	
2016	Between Us 	Liam 	
2017	Once Upon a Time in Venice 	Lou the Jew 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1995 	Double Rush 	Leo 	Main cast
1995 	ER 	Joshua Shem 	1 episode
1996 	NYPD Blue 	Reporter Dave Bloom 	1 episode
1996 	Space: Above and Beyond 	Sgt. Louie Fox 	1 episode
1996 	Friends 	Eddie Manoick 	3 episodes
1996–1997	Relativity 	Doug Kroll 	Main cast
2000 	The Outer Limits 	Sid Camden / Chad Warner	1 episode
2000–2001	The $treet 	Evan Mitchell 	Main cast
2001 	Will & Grace 	Kevin Wolchek 	1 episode
2004 	Frankenstein 	Detective Michael Sloane	TV movie
2005 	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Victor Garros 	1 episode
2005–2006	Joey 	James "Jimmy" Costa 	9 episodes
2006 	My Name Is Earl 	Philo 	1 episode
2007 	Medium 	Bruce Rossiter 	1 episode
2007 	Entourage 	Nick Rubenstein 	4 episodes
2009 	The Unusuals 	Detective Eric Delahoy 	Main cast
2009 	Numb3rs 	Chris McNall 	1 episode
2011 	White Collar 	Jason Lang 	1 episode
2012 	NYC 22 	Ray "Lazarus" Harper 	Main role
2013 	Animal Practice 	Himself 	1 episode
2013 	Franklin & Bash 	August West 	1 episode
2013 	The Anna Nicole Story 	Howard K. Stern 	TV movie
2014 	Fargo 	Grady Numbers 	5 episodes
2015 	Maron 	Jack Ross 	1 episode
2015 	The Jim Gaffigan Show 	Dave Marks 	Main cast
2017 	Graves 	Christopher Sachs 	Regular cast; 2 episodes
2017 	Lore 	Peter Stumpp 	Episode: "The Beast Within"
2018 	Taken 	Harden Kilroy 	Regular cast
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