Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an
American actor, known for his performances in the films
Jeepers Creepers,
Waiting...,
Accepted,
Dodgeball,
Galaxy Quest,
Herbie: Fully Loaded,
Live Free or Die Hard, the
TV series Ed, and his personification of a
Macintosh computer in
Apple's "
Get a Mac" advertisement campaign.
Biography
Early life
Long was born in
Fairfield, Connecticut. His mother, Wendy Lesniak,
[Justin Long Interview, Die Hard 4 - MoviesOnline] is an actress who has mostly appeared on stage, and his father,
R. James Long, is a
philosophy and
Latin teacher at
Fairfield University. He has two brothers: an older brother, Damian, who is a local stage actor and a Film and English teacher and Theatre Director at
Weston High School, in
Weston, CT; and a younger brother, Christian, who appears in the movie
Accepted as the school mascot. Long was raised in a
conservative,
Roman Catholic family
[Interview: Justin Long] and attended
Fairfield College Preparatory School, a
Jesuit school in Fairfield where he was given the "Most Likely Not To Be Seen In Class" superlative. He attended
Vassar College, where he was a member of the
sketch comedy group Laughingstock and starred in several plays including
Butterflies are Free. He left college early to pursue his career. Before leaving, he worked at
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut as an acting instructor/counseler for a children's theatre group.
Career
Long's notable film credits include
Jeepers Creepers,
Waiting...,
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,
The Break-Up,
Crossroads,
Galaxy Quest,
Dreamland,
Alvin and the Chipmunks and
Live Free Or Die Hard. He was also a regular on the
NBC TV series
Ed (2000–2004), playing socially maladjusted high-school student Warren Cheswick. He voiced the character of Alvin in 2007's
Alvin and the Chipmunks and played the main character in the 2006 comedy film
Accepted. He made a guest appearance in the 2006 documentary
Wild West Comedy Show. In 2007, he co-starred with
Bruce Willis as a "
white-hat hacker" in
Live Free or Die Hard[Mac Computer And Maggie Q For Die Hard 4] and had a fairly large role in the movie
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang.
