Line #120 Creator/JeffGoldblum


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6	->''"I now, more and more, appreciate when I'm in a group of good people and get to work in good movies and projects. I'm wildly grateful and appreciative."''
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8	[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Describe Je]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJelEXaPhJ8 Hehheha reHA RAHA!]]
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10	Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952 in West Homestead, Pennsylvania) is, [[VerbalTic uhh]], an American actor, uh, known for his portrayal of, uhh, quirky/nerdy characters, as well as his, um, unique form of, uh, di-dialo--''delivery!'' Which, uh, has become one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEJKQI_ht1I most memorable aspects]] of his, uh, career, averting the, um, t-trope that RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic. He, uh, also is a f-frequent subject of [[MemeticMutation internet memes]], g-going all the way back to the, um, late 1990s when a, uh, sc-sc-sc-screenshot from, uh, ''[[Film/TheFly1986 The Fly]]'' (co-co-coincidentally the [[TropeCodifier co-codifier]] of GibberingGenius) was given the, uh, caption ''Jeff Goldblum is watching you poop!'' Uh, fame.
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12	[-And he is, um, actually alive, [[http://searchengineland.com/jeff-goldblum-is-not-dead-despite-what-google-says-21588 despite what, uh, G-Google tells you]].-] He was eulogized on [[Series/TheColbertReport Colbert,]] and Goldblum [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ehxpq9/the-colbert-report-jeff-goldblum-will-be-missed paid respects to himself.]]
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14	Though, uh, typically typecast as um, nerdy --''Nerdy!'' -- eccentric intellectual types, his [[CloudCuckoolander offscreen behavior]] suggests, uh, that-that there is some TruthInTelevision th-there.
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16	[[SilverFox Now in his seventies]], Goldblum is still an unlikely sex symbol in the U.S., which is reflected in his private life: His second wife was none other than his ''Fly'' co-star Creator/GeenaDavis, and he had a long relationship with Creator/LauraDern, whom he met on the set of ''Film/JurassicPark1993''. A more-accurate description would be ''bon vivant''; he's not ''that'' nerdy in-person, and if you beat the Platform/PlayStation game based on ''Videogame/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' with [[OneHundredPercentCompletion 100% of all collectibles]], a [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner]]-esque cutscene of [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=HuYUoLM8BNA Jeff on a beach]] will appear telling you to get a life. [[AWinnerIsYou What a terrible reward to a game.]] "Get lost!" He sounds like a really sarcastic and disappointed drunk--well, [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQmK1CnwOUI moreso than usual]]. After appearing in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' (his character belongs to a group of cosmic beings who are known for their [[ImmortalImmaturity personal obsessions]]), a meme came about from his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3VSdT9q9c incoherent answer]] to a red carpet question about behind-the-scenes tensions in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] that he [[PopCultureIsolation clearly has no idea about.]]
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18	[[Film/IndependenceDay Checkmate.]]
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20	[[folder:Jeff Goldblum has appeared in such productions as (arranged alphabetically):]]
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22	!!Films (Note: The second season of ''The Complete Works Podcast'' worked its way through his entire feature filmography and is periodically updated)
23	* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479341/ Adam Resurrected]]''
24	* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''
25	* ''Film/AnnieHall'': "This is Davis. Yeah, I-I forgot my mantra." (Don't worry, [[MST3KMantra we've found one for you]]!)
26	* ''Film/AsteroidCity''
27	* ''Film/TheBigChill''
28	* ''Film/CatsAndDogs''
29	* ''Film/DeathWish'': His first film, as one of the "freaks" who provide the inciting incident.
30	* ''Film/DeepCover''
31	* ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''
32	* ''Film/TheFly1986'': His StarMakingRole.
33	* ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel''
34	* ''Film/TheGreatWhiteHype''
35	* ''Literature/{{Hideaway}}''
36	* ''Film/HolyMan''
37	* ''Film/HotelArtemis''
38	* ''Film/IgbyGoesDown''
39	* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': See above.
40	** ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence''
41	* ''Film/IntoTheNight''
42	* ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'': He credits this as the film where he discovered his distinctive cadence.
43	* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' as Dr. Ian Malcolm: Science! is sexy in the franchise that made him an international star.
44	** ''Film/JurassicPark1993''
45	** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''
46	** ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''
47	** ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion''
48	* ''Film/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow1980''
49	* ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''
50	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (2017 -- present) as the Grandmaster
51	** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''[[note]]In TheStinger [[/note]]
52	** ''Film/ThorRagnarok''
53	** ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021''
54	** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' (2022, though only in a DeletedScene)
55	* ''Film/MisterFrost''
56	* ''Film/MorningGlory''
57	* ''Film/{{Mortdecai}}''
58	* ''Film/TheMountain''
59	* ''Film/NextStopGreenwichVillage''
60	* ''Film/NineMonths''
61	* ''Film/{{Powder}}''
62	* ''Film/RehearsalForMurder''
63	* ''Film/TheRightStuff''
64	* The following Creator/RobertAltman films:
65	** ''Film/CaliforniaSplit'' (very, very briefly)
66	** ''Film/{{Nashville}}''
67	** ''Beyond Therapy''
68	** ''Literature/ThePlayer'' (as himself)
69	** Goldblum also narrated the 2000 documentary ''Altman: On His Own Terms''.
70	* ''Film/TheSentinel1977'' (albeit with a SameLanguageDub by an unknown actor for most of his scenes)
71	* ''Film/{{Silverado}}''
72	* ''Film/TheSwitch'', where he [[PlayingAgainstType plays against type]] as a {{smug\|Snake}}, [[TheAlcoholic hard-drinking]], [[TheCasanova womanizing]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive executive]].
73	* ''Film/TheTallGuy'', wherein he dresses in a rabbit suit and dances.
74	* ''Film/ThankGodItsFriday''
75	* ''Film/TourDePharmacy'' as the older Marty Hass.
76	* ''Film/Transylvania65000''
77	* ''Film/{{Vibes}}''
78	* ''Film/WickedPartOne''
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80	!!Podcasts:
81	* ''Podcast/DarkDice'' in Season 2 as Balmur the elven sorcerer/cleric and [[spoiler:the Silent One]]
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83	!!Television series:
84	* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' (Seasons 8 and 9 only)
85	* ''Series/{{Raines}}''
86	* ''Series/TenspeedAndBrownShoe'' (His first starring role in any medium)
87	* ''Series/TheWorldAccordingToJeffGoldblum''
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89	!!Television guest/recurring appearances:
90	* ''Series/TheColbertReport''
91	* As a favorite guest of Creator/ConanOBrien's, he has frequently appeared on all of his talk shows to date as well as the ''Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend'' podcast. During Comic Con week 2017, he played a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dfQRSpwa0 superhero psychotherapist]] in a sketch.
92	* ''Series/CrankYankers'': Performed two prank calls as "Professor Ira Fermstein" (a DirtyOldMan college professor) and one as "Jeff Green" (who made plans to book a DJ for a SurpriseParty for his son, only to call back one hour later saying that ''somebody'' leaked the news of the party to said son) over Seasons 2 and 3.
93	* ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'''s comedic adaptation of "The Three Little Pigs" features him as Buck Wolf.
94	* The ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One with the Mugging", as a fictional classically-trained actor.
95	* Each of Garry Shandling's sitcoms incorporated him as a CelebrityStar at least once, reflecting their real life friendship:
96	** ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow'': "Go Go Goldblum"
97	** ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'': "Nothing Personal" and "Just the Perfect Blendship"
98	** Prior to this Shandling actually interviewed Goldblum twice over 1986-87 when he was serving as a guest host on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' (the second interview also brought in Creator/GeenaDavis).
99	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'', as Hiram Berry (one of Rachel's two dads).
100	* ''Series/{{Happy}}'': "[[GrandFinale Resurrection]]"
101	* ''Kaos'', as Zeus.
102	* ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' featured him as a recurring guest player.
103	* Served as a guest judge on ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' in Season 12's "Choices 2020".
104	* Hosted two episodes of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in TheNineties.
105	* ''Series/SearchParty'' (Season 5)
106	* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Made a few 1990 appearances, most famously as Bob's brother -- an Franchise/IndianaJones parody -- in a street story (included on the MilestoneCelebration DVD set ''50 Years and Counting''.)
107	* ''Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity'' reveals that the all-powerful Creator/{{Netflix}} Algorithm [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith prefers to assume the form of Jeff Goldblum]], [[DoubleVision much to the confusion of Goldblum himself sitting in the audience]].
108	* ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'', where he performs as the ''[[Music/BlueManGroup Jeff GoldBluMan Group]]'' among other things.
109	** ''Film/TimAndEricsBillionDollarMovie'', as ''Chef'' Goldblum.
110	* ''Series/TopGear'', where he placed a respectable time despite driving the entire course in ''third gear''.
111	* ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' has him as the titular fictional celebrity -- Dr. Dave, misery-exploiting talk show host -- in Season 2's "Kimmy Meets a Celebrity!"[[note]]A CelebrityParadox in that Kimmy is talking to a photo of Geena Davis at the top of the episode[[/note]]
112	* ''Series/WillAndGrace'', as a would-be chessmaster with a grudge against Karen in a short Season 7 arc.
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114	!!Theatre
115	* ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' (2004 Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera[[note]]Pittsburgh being his hometown[[/note]] staging -- the 2006 {{Mockumentary}} ''Pittsburgh'' is constructed around this actual production)
116	* ''Theatre/ThePillowman'' (2005 Broadway version)
117	* ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' (2010 West End staging)
118	* ''Seminar'' (second cast of the 2011-12 Broadway staging)
119	* ''Theatre/SpeedThePlow'' (2006 L.A. Theater Works recording and 2008 West End revival)
120	* ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' (1989 Shakespeare in the Park staging, New York City; as Malvolio)
121	* ''Theatre/TwoGentlemenOfVerona'' (1971 Broadway musical adaptation; as a chorus member/Eglamour understudy, his first professional acting credit)
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123	!!VideoGames
124	* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII''
125	* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromHorrorland'' (As Count Dracula!)
126	* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' games that feature original material (as opposed to clips/soundbites from the films):
127	** ''VideoGame/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''
128	** ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'' series
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130	!!Western animation (both television and feature films)
131	* ''Animation/AdventuresInZambezia''
132	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness''
133	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': He voiced Verminous Skumm in Season One! Wow.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs''
135	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', as a scam artist in "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner".
136	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''
137	* ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe''[[note]]Notably, his voiceover as Long-Eared Jack was retained for the American edit, which was otherwise a SameLanguageDub of the BBC version[[/note]]
138	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', as [=MacArthur=] Parker (Troy [=McClure=]'s agent) in Season Seven's "A Fish Called Selma".
139	[[/folder]]
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141	!!Tropes, ahem, commonly associated with Jeff Goldblum's work:
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143	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He's quite amused by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVcwLIQF-I impressions]], parodies, and memes he's inspired over the years, such as Creator/DavidDuchovny's impression of him in a "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (which suggested that his verbal affectations were a cover for [[NeverLearnedToRead illiteracy]]) and the various goofs on the infamous ShirtlessScene in ''Film/JurassicPark1993''. This isn't surprising, given how prone he is to AdamWesting.
144	* AdamWesting: Frequently since the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially on talk shows. It's also likely the reason behind ''The World According to Jeff Goldblum'', with him exploring the world with his trademark quirky persona. Other examples can be found on the trope page, where he has his own folder.
145	* AdvertisingCampaigns: He has participated in quite a few of these, starting with {{Japandering}} in a series of U.K. ads for Holsten Pils lager over 1990-93 (a period when he was frequently working in Europe). In the U.S., his first campaign had him serving as an Apple spokesman in the late 1990s as the company made its comeback with the [=iMac=]. He's even played original whimsical characters in ads, namely Brad Bellflower in a long-running Apartments.com campaign and, in a Creator/TimAndEric-helmed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYUTIc0Pw5s ad for General Elecric]], "Terry Quattro, Famous Person". For the 2019 holiday season, he was turned loose in a Tiffany and Co. men's-specific [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHVrQbrp_rg pop-up shop]].
146	* AffablyEvil: The Grandmaster in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' is the most obvious example among his characters; others include Milton Krampf in ''Film/{{Mortdecai}}'', who is scheming to acquire a rare painting but is really very pleasant. David Jason in ''Film/DeepCover'' '''starts''' this way, but the lack of respect he gets from those who rank higher than he ''seriously'' gets to him, [[spoiler: turning him psychotically vicious]].
147	* AntiquatedLinguistics: In interviews and public appearances, he's prone to complex phrasings and out-of-use words/expressions, ''some'' of which were common when he was young, mostly for fun. "I'm nothing if not conscientious" is a favorite phrase of his and "Gee" or "Golly" turn up quite a bit in his fumfering. This GuestHost [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okIKj4ztJhw monologue]] from ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' drips with such language.
148	* BasedOnATrueStory: Jeff has played actual people in several films, mostly made for television:
149	** ''Creator/ErnieKovacs: Between the Laughter'' (1984), which deals with Kovacs's early career in television and the concurrent fight to reclaim his two daughters from his first wife.
150	** ''Life Story'' (aka ''The Race for the Double Helix'', 1987), as James Watson, one of the scientists who figured out the structure of [=DNA=].
151	** ''One of the Hollywood Ten'' (2000), about the travails of writer-director Herbert Biberman, victim of UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist.
152	** ''Spinning Boris'' (2003) as George Gorton, one of several American political consultants who were hired by ''Russian'' President Boris Yeltsin's 1996 reelection campaign.
153	* TheCastShowoff: Whenever he has a chance to play the piano, such as in ''The Fly'' and ''Law and Order: Criminal Intent''. He is '''very''' serious about this, having turned it into a side career; his longstanding weekly gig at the Rockwell club in Los Angeles was parlayed into an album of jazz standards, ''Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: The Capitol Studios Sessions'', in 2018, which sold so well that a followup, ''I Shouldn't Be Telling You This'', arrived a year later.
154	* ChronicallyKilledActor: For starters, he technically has four deaths in ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' (1978) (in order the first two attempts at Pod!Jack, Jack himself, and his pod person replacement). From there on, it's at least nine more kills, including ''The Fly''. In a way ''Film/MisterFrost'' has the body dying, but he's Satan and thus could just appear in another one, and the plot of ''Film/{{Hideaway}}'' kicks off when Hatch Harrison is medically brought back from the dead after drowning in a car accident. Ironically enough, his character in ''Jurassic Park'' was SparedByTheAdaptation, even forcing [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the book sequel]] to retcon Ian Malcolm's death.
155	* ColdHam: He vocally channels his constant enthusiasm — on ''and'' offscreen — less through yelling and more through speaking quickly and intensely with verbal pauses, unusual syllable/word emphasis, and almost musical cadence (as Creator/MelBrooks, who executive produced ''Film/TheFly1986'', put it, he speaks in "mounting scales"). He also is prone to MilkingTheGiantCow with his gangly body and has wide, expressive eyes, making it possible for him to communicate intense emotions even if his character has little or no dialogue (''Film/{{Nashville}}'', ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''). He can [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]] when a part requires it (the second act of ''The Fly'' has him do it to invoke OOCIsSeriousBusiness), but more often than not his intensity is enough to steal a scene or movie. ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' is an excellent example of this: where the Asgardian characters are all of a WorldOfHam, his decadent, cheerful despot Grandmaster plays it cool.
156	* CoolOldGuy: He became this in TheNewTens as he entered his sixties, thanks to his continued cultivation of his CloudCuckoolander and [[TheCharmer Charmer]] tendencies (in particular, his getting a personal stylist and from there becoming an eccentric fashion plate), deep affection for his multigenerational fanbase, frequent AdamWesting, and ongoing colorful body of work. He often refers to himself as "a late bloomer", and is more popular now than he was in the SummerBlockbuster days of TheNineties.
157	* DVDCommentary: Participated in commentaries for ''Beyond Suspicion'' (aka ''Auggie Rose'') -- one of his more obscure films, to the point it went direct-to-cable in the U.S. -- and ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'' once it became part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection. Both team him up with the films' directors.
158	* EndearinglyDorky: He's played several characters of this stripe, often contrasted with another character who decidedly averts the trope.
159	** In ''Tenspeed and Brown Shoe'', Lionel Whitney is an ex-stockbroker who establishes a detective agency to live out his detective novel-fueled dreams of being a hardboiled gumshoe. His inexperience with the criminal world, tendency to see things in terms of melodramatic genre tropes and act accordingly, and distinct lack of menace even when he warns heavies that he's a black belt in karate (which isn't a lie, incidentally) causes him a lot of trouble that his savvy partner E.L. Turner (an ex-con) has to get him out of. In turn his pure-hearted nature serves as a needed counterbalance to Turner's flexible morality, which causes its own problems.
160	** In ''Film/TheFly1986'', Seth Brundle is a shy scientist who's lived in isolation for six years working on a teleportation project, coming out of his shell just as the film begins [[ThePowerOfLust to flirt with a beautiful journalist at a press event]]. While Veronica is initially interested in the project once she sees it in action, his sweetness and passion for his work endear him to her as a person and they become lovers, much to the ire of her obnoxious editor/ex-lover Stathis. This LoveTriangle inadvertently leads to a TragicMistake on Seth's part that begins mutating him into a monster from the inside out. Notably one of the things that warns Veronica that something is wrong with him is that, due in part to feeling DrunkWithPower over the initial positive side effects of the transformation, he ''stops'' being this trope and becomes aggressive and quick to anger.
161	** In ''Film/IndependenceDay'', David Levinson is a JewishAndNerdy, scruffy satellite technician toiling away at a cable company, a sharp contrast to the film's other two "core" characters -- the noble, idealistic, ex-fighter pilot President of the United States Thomas J. Whitmore (whom David's ex-wife now works for!) and the wisecracking hotshot jet pilot Captain Steven Hiller. The third act pairs David and Steven up to much comic effect.
162	* FauxAffablyEvil: Several of his characters fall under this; the titular ''Film/MisterFrost'' appears to be a polite Yuppie but is actually {{Satan}} in human form -- albeit as charming and [[ColdHam coolly hammy]] as one might wish(?) for. In ''Film/HotelArtemis'', the feared "Wolf King" of Los Angeles's underworld is casual and collected and obeys all rules of the titular establishment but is ''not'' a man to be crossed.
163	* GibberingGenius: His CharacteristicTrope. Starting with 1981's ''Threshold'', in which he plays the designer of an artificial heart, he's played intense, fast-talking, realistically-dictioned men of science in both comic and dramatic contexts: [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossTheEighthDimension Dr. Sidney Zweibel / New Jersey]] (neurosurgeon), [[Film/TheFly1986 Dr. Seth Brundle]] (inventor of teleportation technology / ProfessorGuineaPig), [[Film/JurassicPark1993 Dr. Ian Malcolm]] (mathematician), [[Film/{{Powder}} Donald Ripley]] (high school physics teacher), [[Film/IndependenceDay David Levinson]] (satellite technician), [[Film/CatsAndDogs Professor Charles Brody]] (ProfessorGuineaPig for a cure for dog allergies), and [[WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness Dr. Erwin Armstrong]] (founder of a chain of advanced placement schools and [[spoiler: ''actually'' a BrainyBaby plotting world domination]]). Even his iMac commercials had him rambling about such things as how nobody picks the color beige as their favorite. Having invoked this trope so frequently and successfully -- his StarMakingRole ''and'' most popular role both qualify, after all, while the ''Independence Day'' filmmakers wrote the role of David with him in mind -- Goldblum is its patron saint. Occasionally there are variations:
164	** Averted in ''Film/IntoTheNight'': He plays an aerospace engineer who's dealing with insomnia and his job isn't important to the plot. As a result, he's perpetually weary and speaks at a normal pace or slower.
165	** In ''The Mountain'', his character, inspired by lobotomist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II Walter Jackson Freeman II]], has a normal, soothing pace of speech -- which is useful when talking to medical staff and ''especially'' patients. Interestingly when he's off the clock, unwinding and hitting on women, there's more energy and verbal pauses when he speaks. Perhaps he used to be this trope and going to seed slowed him down?
166	* GoofySuit: He experienced an ''inversion'' of this trope as his very first onstage experience as a third grader, when he was tapped to play the Goodwill Industries mascot Good Willy at a school assembly and ended up loving the experience of being unrecognizable in a full-body costume until a DramaticUnmask at the end. (An interview clip in which he recounts this story can be found as an EasterEgg on the special edition DVD/Blu-Ray releases of ''Film/TheFly1986'', with him drawing a line from the Goofy Suit to his finding his star-making role in a [[PeopleInRubberSuits rubber monster one]].)
167	* InkSuitActor: Aaron in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' resembles a Middle Eastern version of Goldblum, down to the his tall, slender build and facial structure.
168	* {{Irony}}: Jeff's appearance on Series/TopGear during the 'Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car' was made memorable because he never went beyond 3rd gear after he was apparently told by the crew that 3rd was the fastest. Listen carefully to what Ian Malcolm is shouting during the T. Rex jeep chase scene next time you watch ''Film/JurassicPark1993''...
169	* MethodActing: He studied under Sanford Meisner, who taught an instinct-based version of method acting. Although he's moved away from this trope over the years, he's still extremely committed to his roles whether he is given room to improvise (as in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'') or not (his work with Creator/WesAnderson, in which he cannot change a single word -- not even an article). As an example of how far he's capable of going for a role, for ''Film/TheFly1986'' he regularly worked out with weights to achieve Seth's initial post-fusion physique and was able to do most of the start and endpoints of the acrobatic routines that were otherwise performed by doubles who were professional gymnasts. He also drank a great deal of coffee to achieve the "speedy little tempo rhythm" of a fly and even kept one in a plastic bag to observe its movements! And all of this was on top of the physical contortions and hours of makeup needed for the later stages of his SlowTransformation.
170	* MilkingTheGiantCow: His {{Verbal Tic}}s are so famous that it's easy to overlook his dramatic, even extravagant, hand gestures both on and offscreen, to the point that the term "floating hands" is affectionately used in the fanbase. Sofia Boutella was disappointed that his character in ''Film/HotelArtemis'' was confined to a gurney at the time their scene together took place because it meant she wouldn't be able to watch him gesture in person! Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrR6nnjJ25s suspected]] during ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'''s shoot that Creator/KevinKline's gestures as Otto were a riff on Goldblum's mannerisms; Kline didn't like that suggestion when she brought it up -- but he ''had'' [[Film/TheBigChill worked]] with Goldblum [[Film/{{Silverado}} twice]] by that point...
171	* MotorMouth: Even if his given character isn't a GibberingGenius, he may well be a fast talker. Such characters are often exposition-dumpers (''Fay Grim''), specialize in deception (''Film/ManOfTheYear''), are trying to sell something ([[Theatre/TheMusicMan Harold Hill]], some of his ''Portlandia'' characters), or are prone to being excitable/flustered ([[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978 Jack Bellicec]], Lionel Whitney in ''Tenspeed and Brown Shoe'').
172	* MrFanservice: [[https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-wonderful-geek-sexiness-of-jeff-goldblum This article]] argues that his being a shining example of "geek sexiness" in sci-fi and horror filmmaking is one of the keys to his enduring popularity. His ShirtlessScene in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' became one of its most famous images in TheNewTens -- to the point that it's inspired everything from a tongue-in-cheek oil painting to, in 2018, both a Funko Pop! limited edition figure and [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/jurassic-parks-shirtless-jeff-goldblum-is-now-a-giant-s-1827696080 a giant statue placed near Tower Bridge in London]]! (It was also ''this page's image'' until September 2019.)
173	* MustHaveCaffeine: He used to be a downplayed example, often using coffee as an aid when working (particularly on ''Film/TheFly1986''). However, he gave it up in TheNewTens, partially because he doesn't care for the taste. This is humorously explored in the "Coffee" episode of ''The World According to Jeff Goldblum''.
174	* NerdGlasses: He is myopic and as the page image above shows, in TheNewTens turned to wearing the "chunky black frames" version of this trope, bearing in mind his CloudCuckoolander intellectualism. If he wants to get a really close look at something/someone, he may do a GlassesPull (he's done this enough on Conan O'Brien's shows that it's been joked about).
175	** Parodied by ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the October 10, 2020 episode -- when Joe Biden (as played by Creator/JimCarrey) accidentally merges himself with a fly (namely the one that sat on Vice President Mike Pence's head for two minutes during that week's Vice Presidential debate) and from there starts mutating into Goldblum in a parody of ''The Fly'', the SlowTransformation includes sprouting a pair of these.
176	** Taken up to eleven in 2021 when Goldblum's brand of choice Jacques Marie Mage brought out a limited edition set of frames: [[https://jacquesmariemage.com/goldblum/ "The Jeff"]], which he helped to design. He also composed a note, included with each pair, that asks the wearer "I wonder if yer gonna start adopting some o' my personality traits? Well, if so, have fun as you try out a few obtuse phrases. Don't be afraid to add in strings of redundant adjectives."
177	* PlayingAgainstType: [[invoked]] With his "type" being "eccentric intellectual with {{Motor Mouth}}" and/or a TallDarkAndSnarky member of an ensemble, it can be quite noticeable when he plays roles outside that mold. For instance, ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'' is notable for being one of the few films in which he does not stutter or have weird syllable emphasis at all, instead speaking in a very precise speech pattern full of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
178	* PuppyDogEyes: When people comment about his "odd" appearance, beyond his height they're usually consciously or unconsciously referring to the way his eyes are, as described by film critic/podcaster Steven Benedict in an episode discussing ''Film/TheFly1986'', naturally "slightly protruding". One reason that film served as his StarMakingRole was because those expressive eyes served so well as [[EyesNeverLie indications]] for his increasingly hideous character -- and in fact, one looks ''even larger'' (via a contact lens) in his final humanoid stage. During a 1987 ''[[Series/TheTonightShow Tonight Show]]'' interview, guest host/personal friend Creator/GarryShandling had Creator/GeenaDavis sit down with them as well, and quipped:
179	-->See Jeff, you ''look'' in love...yeah, although you're looking at me, which is confusing! He has that, he has that look in his eyes, you know, like a dog gets when you save them from the Humane Society, that they just, you know...'Please take me home!' You know that look? That's what he has. You know, that kind of searching, distressed look.
180	* RoleReprise: He returned as David Levinson in ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' and reprised his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm for two brief scenes in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''. He also provides a voiceover as Malcolm in the ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'' games.
181	* RunningGag:
182	** "Must go faster." First appeared in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'''s famous Jeep chase scene, and was later incorporated into the climax of ''Film/IndependenceDay'' at the director's request.
183	** Many of his characters suffer from some sort of physical ailment, including [[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978 nose bleeds]], [[Film/TheRightStuff sea sickness]], [[Film/IntoTheNight insomnia]], [[Film/TheFly1986 motion sickness]], [[Film/IndependenceDay air sickness]], [[Film/TheTallGuy various allergies]], [[Film/CatsAndDogs dog allergies]], and [[WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs canine flu]]. In an extreme example his character in ''Adam Resurrected'', a survivor of a Nazi death camp who subsequently lost his mental bearings, suffers from a variety of psychosomatic ailments (in particular spontaneous bleeding), perplexing the head doctor at the mental hospital he cycles in and out of.
184	** The three regular TV roles he's had to date are all quirky detectives. Lionel Whitney of ''Tenspeed and Brown Shoe'' gives up his stockbroker job to open a detective agency and be the sort of hardboiled private eye he loves to read about; he's dorky but more than competent when it counts the most. Michael Raines solves murders by way of hallucinations of the victims. Zachary Nichols of ''Law and Order: Criminal Intent'' has a dry, often black sense of humor and keen talent for getting under the skin of suspects due to his understanding of psychology. On top of that, ''The World According to Jeff Goldblum'' has him referring to ''himself'' as a detective, albeit one who investigates SeriousBusiness.
185	** He's also played a lot of writers, working in such fields as music criticism (''Between the Lines''), [[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978 poetry]], [[Film/TheBigChill celebrity journalism]], LuridTalesOfDoom (''Transylvania 6-5000''), screenwriting (''Twisted Obsession'', ''Fathers & Sons'', and ''One of the Hollywood Ten''), and essays (''Le Week-End''). [[Franchise/JurassicPark Dr. Ian Malcolm]] has also had books published. Combined with AdamWesting in the ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}} in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10'' short in which he "reveals" he's written a book answering the question "Was Snoopy the dog an Apollo 10 astronaut?"
186	** In interviews, etc. at any given moment he will bring up a movie and/or actor he likes/is reminded of. It happens about OnceAnEpisode in ''The World According to Jeff Goldblum''. (''WebAnimation/SethMacFarlanesCavalcadeOfCartoonComedy'' parodied this -- years before his memetic reputation truly took off -- in the "Jeff Goldblum Crackers" short, as the snack asks the eater if she's seen ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''.)
187	* SesameStreetCred: Appeared as himself on the trope namer in 1990 as part of all-star versions of the songs "Monster in the Mirror" and "Sing" (the latter with Geena Davis, his wife at the time, as part of a tribute special to songwriter Joe Raposo). However, his best-known appearance on the show was as an original character that same year: Bob's AdventurerArchaeologist brother Minneapolis Johnson in "The Golden Cabbage of Snufertiti" street story.
188	* TallDarkAndHandsome: At 6'4½", he's one of the tallest A-list actors in Hollywood, second only to Creator/TimRobbins' and Creator/VinceVaughn's 6'5". This plays into his sometimes being cast as...
189	** TallDarkAndSnarky: His most famous character, Dr. Ian Malcolm in the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise, is very much this ("Boy do I hate being right all the time."), as is Detective Nichols in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''. Several of his supporting roles, such as those in ''Film/TheBigChill'', ''Film/NineMonths'', ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'', and ''Film/TheSwitch'', are this to contrast with a more innocent and/or less successful lead.
190	* ThemeNaming: His two sons by his third/current wife Emilie Livingston are named Charlie ''Ocean'' and ''River'' Joe.
191	* VerbalTic: He tends to stutter and "um" and "uh" while speaking. Contrary to assumptions, this is not an actual speech impediment but an affectation known as ''fumfering''; he's said that he effectively "discovered" it with a stumble on a line in ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'' that the director liked. (It's more obvious when one compares his acting work to his interviews or sees films in which he deliberately doesn't use it such as ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel''.) It still lends a bit of irony to casting him as Aaron, the brother of Moses, in ''The Prince of Egypt'', as in [[Literature/TheBible the original book]], Moses begs for Aaron to speak for him because he lacks his stutter.
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193	->''"And, uh, like that, we didn't expect a troper to suddenly-suddenly reach the end of this page. Here I am now by myself, um, talking to myself. That's-that's Chaos Theory."''

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