Jeffrey Lynn "
Jeff"
Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an
American
actor. Currently, he stars as Detective
Zach Nichols on the
USA Network's crime drama series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Early life
Goldblum was born in the
Pittsburgh suburb of
West Homestead, Pennsylvania, the son of Shirley S. (
née Temeles), a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a
medical doctor.
[ He has a sister, Pamela and an older brother, Lee. Another older brother, Rick, died at age 23. His family is Jewish and belonged to an Orthodox synagogue;] Goldblum's paternal grandfather, Josef Povartzik (who changed his surname to Goldblum), emigrated from Minsk, Russian Empire in 1911, and his maternal grandfather, Samuel Louis Temeles, from Złoczów, Austria–Hungary, in 1910.["Jeff Goldblum: Not Dead Yet"]