Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum is an American actor. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, Jurassic Park and Independence Day , as well as their respective sequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , and Independence Day: Resurgence .
Goldblum starred in films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers , The Big Chill , and Into the Night before coming to the attention of wider audiences in David Cronenberg's The Fly which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor.
His other films include The Tall Guy , Deep Cover , Powder , The Prince of Egypt , Cats & Dogs , Igby Goes Down , The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou , Adam Resurrected , Le Week-End , The Grand Budapest Hotel , and Thor: Ragnarok . He also starred in several TV series including the eighth and ninth seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols. For directing the short film Little Surprises, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
“There is a thin line between passion and gas.”
On Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 2005; Quoted in Energy and climate change: creating a sustainable future by David A. Coley (2008), page 211.
