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Justin Long
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 Long at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | Justin Jacob Long June 2, 1978 Fairfield, Connecticut |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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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. He is also famous for playing the voice of the title character in Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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Biography
Early life
Long was born in Fairfield, Connecticut. His mother, Wendy Lesniak,1 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 Roman Catholic family2 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 Hard3 and had a fairly large role in the movie The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang.
Long is also known for his depiction of a Mac in Apple's Get a Mac campaign. The campaign features commercials in which Long as a Mac and John Hodgman as a PC, are engaged in playful banter about "the strengths of the Mac platform and weaknesses of the PC platform."4 Despite Long's various roles as computer geeks, he admitted to CraveOnline, "I'm very, very computer illiterate... I get the worst of both worlds; I look like a geeky hacker but I don't know anything about computers".5
Long is currently filming the psychological thriller After.Life in New York with Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci.6
Personal life
Long dated actress Drew Barrymore from August 2007 - July 2008.7 He has since been linked romantically with Kirsten Dunst and Tila Nguyen.8910
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Brandon | |
| 2001 | Happy Campers | Donald | |
| Jeepers Creepers | Darry Jenner | ||
| 2002 | Crossroads | Henry | |
| 2003 | Jeepers Creepers II | Darry Jenner | |
| 2004 | Raising Genius | Hal Nestor | |
| Hair High | Dwayne | voice | |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Justin | ||
| Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Chris Harken | ||
| 2005 | Robin's Big Date | Robin | |
| Waiting... | Dean | ||
| Herbie: Fully Loaded | Kevin | ||
| The Sasquatch Gang | Zerk Wilder | ||
| 2006 | Dreamland | Mookie | |
| The Break-Up | Christopher | ||
| Accepted | Bartleby “B” Gaines | ||
| Idiocracy | Doctor Lexus | ||
| 2007 | Just Add Water | Spoonie | |
| Live Free or Die Hard | Matt Farrell | ||
| Terra | Senn | voice | |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | Alvin | voice | |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | George Harrison | uncredited | |
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness | Junior | |
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Brandon | ||
| Patriotville | Chase Revere | ||
| 2009 | He's Just Not That into You | Alex | |
| Serious Moonlight | Todd | ||
| Youth in Revolt | Paul Saunders | ||
| Drag Me to Hell | Clay | ||
| Planet 51 | Lem | voice | |
| After.Life | Paul | ||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel1112 | Alvin | voice |
References
- ^ Justin Long Interview, Die Hard 4 - MoviesOnline
- ^ Interview: Justin Long
- ^ Mac Computer And Maggie Q For Die Hard 4
- ^ McNamara, Mary. "Not Strictly Commercial." Los Angeles Times 23 Jul. 2006. The Life of Hollywood.
- ^ Justin Long on Living Free and Well, You Know
- ^ The Mac Guy vs Liam Neeson
- ^ EXCLUSIVE: Rep: Drew Barrymore & Justin Long Split.
- ^ Kirsten Dunst and Justin Long 'dating', The Sunday Times, 2008-07-18, http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24041012-5005368,00.html, retrieved on 26 December 2008
- ^ H'WEEN TREAT, New York Post, 2008-11-04, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11042008/gossip/pagesix/hween_treat_136763.htm, retrieved on 26 December 2008
- ^ Tila on Justin Long Make Out: "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas", Us Weekly, 2008-11-13, http://www.usmagazine.com/news/tila-tequila-on-justin-long-make-out-what-happens-in-vegas-stays-in-vegas, retrieved on 26 December 2008
- ^ "'Alvin And The Chipmunks' Producers Reveal 'Squeakuel' Details -- And The Chipettes Are In!" (2008-07-28). Retrieved on 2008-07-28.
- ^ "Justin Long Confirms ‘Chipmunks’ Sequel, But Will The Chipettes Be In It?" (2008-07-28). Retrieved on 2008-07-28.