Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry.
He is known for starring in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day(1996), as well as their sequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Independence Day: Resurgence(2016), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
On Will & Grace he portrayed Scott Woolley.