Jeff Goldblum: Biography in Details
Who is Jeff Goldblum?
Jeff Goldblum is an American actor and musician. Likey, he has starred in Jurassic Park, Independence Day, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic World: the Fallen Kingdom, and Independence Day: Resurgence.
Jeff Goldblum: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings
Jeff Goldblum was born in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, in the United States on October 22, 1952. His birth sign is Libra. His birth name is Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum.
His father’s name is Harold L. Goldblum (doctor) and his mother’s name is Shirley Goldblum (radio broadcaster), who later ran a kitchen equipment sales firm.
He was a member of an orthodox synagogue in his childhood.
He has three siblings namely, Pamela Goldblum, Rick Goldblum, Lee Goldblum. His brother, Rick expired at the age of 23 due to kidney failure.
Jeff Goldblum holds mixed(Austrian-Jewish and Russian-Jewish) ethnicity.
In which school did Jeff Goldblum attend?
He attended the ‘Taylor Allderdice High School’ in Pittsburgh. He had a passion for acting from a young age and top up drama at the ‘Carnegie Mellon University’ during summer sessions.
Jeff Goldblum: Professional Life, Career
Love for acting
Jeff Goldblum shifted to New York at the age of 17 to be an actor.
His first stage performance in ‘Broadway’ was in the musical, ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
He made his film debut in 1974 with the brutal revenge story of ‘Death Wish’ where he essayed the role of a rapist ‘Freak # 1’.
Moving further, he did small roles in films such as ‘California Split’ (1974), ‘Special Delivery’ (1976), ‘Next Stop, Greenwich Village’ (1976), ‘Annie Hall’ (1977) and in the remake ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1978).
At the same time, Jeff Goldblum made appearances in television featuring in each episode of ‘Columbo’ (1975), ‘The Blue Knight’ (1976) and ‘Starsky & Hutch’ (1977). In the same year, he played Lionel Whitney in the television detective series ‘Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.’
Movies
His film career started taking off in the 1980s. In the year 1983, he received favorable reviews for his role Michael Gold in the film ‘The Big Chill’. In 1985, he earned lead roles in two films – ‘Silverado’ and ‘Into The Night’.
In the year 1990s, Jeff Goldblum featured in some of the biggest blockbusters of the time. In 1993, he essayed the part of Dr. Ian Malcolm in Steven Spielberg’s science fiction ‘Jurassic Park’ and reprised the role in the film’s sequel ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’ in 1997.
In the year 1996, he played David Levinson in the film ‘Independence Day.’
Taught acting and Direction
Jeff Goldblum co-established and remained a teacher at the North Hollywood, Los Angeles acting school ‘Playhouse West’ in the 1980s.
In the year 1996, he directed a short film ‘Little Surprises’, which featured many actors from the school.
He was one of the jury members of the 1999 ‘Cannes Film Festival’.
He is the founding member of a new theatre company ‘The Fire Dept’ based in New York.
Series and Production
Whereas, from 2009 to 2010, he was featured as senior Detective Zach Nichols in the television series ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’.
In the year 2006, he produced the film ‘Pittsburg’ where he portrayed himself.
In the year 2010, he played a prominent role as Jerry Barnes in the comedy film ‘Morning Glory’ that also starred Diane Keaton and the legendary Harrison Ford.
He is was cast in the sequel film ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ reprising his character, David Levinson from the original movie ‘Independence Day’ (1996). In fact, the movie is scheduled for a 2016 release and will see him feature opposite Johnny Depp.
Voice actor
Besides that, Jeff Goldblum has also lent his voice for several video games. Some of such portrayals are as David Levinson in ‘Independence Day’ (1997), as Dr. Ian Malcolm in ‘Jurassic Park: Chaos Island’ (1997) and in ‘Lego Jurassic World’ (2015), and as Nero in ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’ (2015).
He has voiced for many U.S. commercials like ‘Apple’ ads including ‘iBook’ and ‘iMac’; a cream line of ‘Procter & Gamble’ and ‘Toyota ads. At present, the features in the commercial of the website, ‘apartments.com’ as its spokesperson.
Awards, Achievements
Goldblum won Best Actor for The Fly (1986) at Saturn Award, he won Best Ensemble for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) at COFCA Award.
Likewise, he won Ensemble of the Universe for Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) at CinemaCon Award. Similarly, he won Best Supporting Actor for Jurassic Park (1993).
How much is the net worth of Jeff Goldblum?
He has an estimated net worth of around $40 million (as per 2022 data) and he has earned that sum of money from his professional career.
Whereas his salary is unknown.
Social Media
Jeff Goldblum is active on Facebook and Instagram. He has around 2.13K followers on Facebook. Around 1.7M followers on Instagram. But, he doesn’t have an official page on Twitter.
Body Stats: Height, Weight, Body Size
Jeff Goldblum has a height of 6 feet 4 inches and weighs 90Kg. His chest, waist, biceps sizes are 42-35-14 inches respectively.
His hair color is dark brown and his eye color is dark brown.
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Jeff Goldblum's Anniversary Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
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| 2024 | November | Friday |
| 2025 | November | Saturday |
| 2026 | November | Sunday |
| 2027 | November | Monday |
| 2028 | November | Wednesday |
Jeff Goldblum's Birthday Dates
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| 2024 | October | Tuesday |
| 2025 | October | Wednesday |
| 2026 | October | Thursday |
| 2027 | October | Friday |
| 2028 | October | Sunday |
