Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum born October 22 1952 is an American actor and musician He has starred in some of the highestgrossing films of his era such as Jurassic Park 1993 and Independence Day 1996 as well as their respective sequels The Lost World Jurassic Park 1997 and Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom 2018 and Independence Day Resurgence 2016 Goldblum also starred in films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 The Big Chill 1983 and Into the Night 1985 before coming to wider attention as Seth Brundle in The Fly 1986 which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor His other films include The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 The Tall Guy 1989 Deep Cover 1992 Powder 1995 The Prince of Egypt 1998 Cats Dogs 2001 Igby Goes Down 2002 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 Adam Resurrected 2008 Le WeekEnd 2013 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 and Thor Ragnarok 2017 Goldblum has also starred in several TV series including the eighth and ninth seasons of Law Order Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols He directed the short film Little Surprises which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Description above is from the Wikipedia article Jeff Goldblum licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia