Justin Long

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Justin Long

(left-right) Jonah Hill, Long and Blake Lively promoting Accepted at Comic-Con in 2006
Born Justin Jake Long
June 2, 1978 (1978-06-02) (age 30)
Fairfield, Connecticut
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Justin Jake 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, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Live Free or Die Hard, the TV series Ed, and his personification of a Macintosh computer in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertisement campaign.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] 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 Sandwich Mascot. Long was raised in a conservative, Roman Catholic family[2] 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.

[edit] Career

Long's notable film credits include Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, 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 has also appeared in the movies The Break-Up and 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[3] 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 his 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]

[edit] Personal life

Justin is currently dating actress Drew Barrymore.[6] Previous romances include Kaitlin Doubleday, his co-star from Waiting...

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Justin Long Interview, Die Hard 4 - MoviesOnline
  2. ^ Interview: Justin Long
  3. ^ Mac Computer And Maggie Q For Die Hard 4
  4. ^ McNamara, Mary. "Not Strictly Commercial." Los Angeles Times 23 Jul. 2006. The Life of Hollywood.
  5. ^ Justin Long on Living Free and Well, You Know
  6. ^ Couples Watch: Drew Barrymore & Justin Long

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