On this day: Jeff Goldblum is born

It was on the set of that film that he began a relationship with actress Geena Davis, who later became his second wife. The couple appeared in three films together, but split up in 1990.

In 2008 Goldblum starred as a Holocaust survivor living in a psychiatric hospital, in the German-Israeli film Adam resurrected. He has taught acting at the Playhouse West in North Hollywood, been the voice of Apple and enjoyed a cameo spot on children’s series Sesame Street.

In summer 2010 he made a rare West End appearance in the Neil Simon comedy play The Prisoner of Second Avenue.

What the JC said: Believe it or not, his ears are the most instant suggestion of something lurking, ready to fly. They are fiercely pointed. And then there are the eyeballs and the way they start pounding round his sockets when he’s looking for the words to convey what he wants to say. Over the past 20 years or so, Goldblum has carved a niche in Hollywood as the smoothie who’s hiding something a bit, well, creepy.

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