Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor and musician, whose career began in the mid-1970s, and is best known for his roles in major box-office successes, including Seth Brundle in the 1986 film remake of The Fly, Ian Malcolm in the first two films of the Jurassic Park franchise, Deputy Vilmos Kovacs in The Grand Budapest Hotel, and David Levinson in Independence Day and its 2016 sequel. He also portrayed Detective Zach Nichols in the USA Network crime drama series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009-2010). Additionally, he voiced Verminous Skumm in Captain Planet and the Planeteers and Aaron in the 1998 DreamWorks animated film The Prince of Egypt. He also made a guest appearance in Sesame Street, playing Bob's adventurous brother Minneapolis Johnson a spoof of Indiana Jones.
For Disney, he played Donald Ripley in the 1996 Hollywood Pictures film Powder, Ricky Hayman in the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film Holy Man, and Alistair Hennessey in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. He was also mentioned in the The Muppets episode "Hostile Makeover". Additionally, he played Grandmaster in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and reprised this role in Thor: Ragnarok, Team Darryl, and What If...? He also served as the host of the Disney+ original series The World According to Jeff Goldblum.
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Jeff Goldblum in 2010.
Jeff Goldblum attending the 2014 Tribeca Film Fest.
Jeff Goldblum speaks at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con.
Jeff Goldblum with his wife, Emilie Livingston, and their kids, River and Charlie, at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in June 2018.
Jeff Goldblum visiting Jimmy Kimmel Live! in June 2018.
Jeff Goldblum walking the Red Carpet at the 75th annual Venice Film Festival in September 2018.
Jeff Goldblum attending the 2019 Sundance Film Fest.
Jeff Goldblum attending the 2019 D23 Expo.
Jeff with Vincent Martella at the 2019 D23 Expo.
Jeff Goldblum at his show's D23 panel.
Trivia[]
- He was considered for the role of Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch before the role was given to Ving Rhames.[1]
- He was considered for the role of Dr. Delbert Doppler in Treasure Planet before the role was given to David Hyde Pierce.[2]
- While Goldblum did voice the Grandmaster in seasons 1 and 2 of What If...?, he did not reprise his role for the season 3 episode "What If...Howard the Duck Got Hitched?", for unknown reasons.
