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Jeff Goldblum

One Of The, uh, Most Powerful Cards in... All of the... the Duel Monsters! Uhm, yeah.

"Must go faster. Must go faster."

An American Actor known for his portrayal of quirky/nerdy characters, as well as his...uh unique form of...uh di-dialogue delivery, which has became one of the most memorable parts of his career, averting the trope that Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic. He also was the subject of an early internet meme the late 1990s, in which a screenshot from The Fly (1986) was given the caption "Jeff Goldblum is watching you poop!". Uh, yeah.

And he actually is alive, despite what Google tells you

. too, uhm. Same goes for Stephen Colbert and, uh, Goldblum himself

, and yeah. Chaos theory.

Checkmate

He appeared in:

''Adam Resurrected''
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Annie Hall: "I've forgotten my mantra." (don't worry Jeff, we've found one for you)
The Big Chill
Captain Planet And The Planeteers: He was Verminous Scumm! Wow.
Cats & Dogs
The Colbert Report: appears fairly often in early-segment sketches. Usually ends the sketch with a blatant plug for Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Once appeared on Colbert after Michael Jackson's death (and subsequent copycat rumors of Goldblum's death) to deliver a eulogy for himself.
Death Wish: His first film.
Earth Girls Are Easy
The Fly (1986 version)
Vibes
An episode of Friends
Independence Day: See above.
Into the Night
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Jurassic Park: Science! is sexy.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
The Prince of Egypt
Powder (1995 movie)
Raines
The Right Stuff
Has hosted two episodes of Saturday Night Live.
Was in an episode of Sesame Street as an Indiana Jones parody.
Silverado
The Tall Guy (where he dresses in a rabbit suit and dances!)
Tenspeed And Brown Shoe
The Switch, where he plays against type as a smug hard-drinking womanizing executive.
Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, where he performs as the Jeff GoldBluMan Group
Top Gear, where he placed a respectable time despite driving the entire course in third gear.
Will and Grace (a few episodes)
Glee

Tropes commonly associated with Jeff Goldblum in Real Life:

Adorkable: Yes.
Blue Furred Space Hunk: In Earth Girls Are Easy.
Body Horror: The Fly.
Cloud Cuckoolander: Get him, Christopher Walken, John Malkovich, and Crispin Glover together, you got a party!
Gibbering Genius: The trope's patron saint. In the interests of space, the trope lists exceptions for Jeff Goldblum rather than examples.
Nerds Are Sexy: You want him. Don't deny it.
Running Gag: "Must go faster." He finds a way to shoehorn that line into most of his roles
Tall, Dark and Handsome At 6'4.5", he's one of the tallest A-List actors in Hollywood, second only to Tim Robbins' 6'5".