Justin Long

For the businessman, see Justin Long (businessman).

Justin Long
Long in 2014
Born	Justin Jacob Long (1978-06-02) June 2, 1978 (age 46) Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	Vassar College
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Kate Bosworth ​ (m. 2023)​
Father	R. James Long

Justin Jacob Long^[1] (born June 2, 1978^[2]) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his film roles, particularly in comedy and horror films, notably appearing in Galaxy Quest (1999), Jeepers Creepers (2001), Dodgeball (2004), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), Accepted (2006), Idiocracy (2006), Dreamland (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Drag Me to Hell (2009), He's Just Not That Into You (2009), Alpha and Omega (2010), Best Man Down (2013), The Wave (2019), and Barbarian (2022), as well as voicing Alvin Seville in the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film series. He is also known for his television appearances as Warren Cheswick in the NBC comedy-drama series Ed (2000–2004), Kevin Murphy in the Netflix original animated sitcom F Is for Family (2015–2021), and Nathan Bratt in the Disney+ series Goosebumps (2023), for which he was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer.^[3] He appeared with John Hodgman in TV commercials for Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign (2006–2009), and as himself in Intel's "Go PC" campaign.^[4][5]

Early life

Long was born the second of three boys in Fairfield, Connecticut, to R. James Long, a philosophy and Latin professor at Fairfield University, and Wendy Lesniak,^[6] a former actress who has mostly appeared on stage.^[7] His paternal grandmother was of Sicilian descent.^[8] Long had a "kind of conservative" Catholic upbringing.^[9] His older brother, Damian, is a local stage actor and teacher at Weston High School. Long attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a Jesuit institution, and Vassar College, where he was a member of the sketch comedy group Laughingstock and starred in several plays, including Butterflies Are Free.^[10]

Career

Long at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

Long's film credits include Idiocracy, Waiting..., Jeepers Creepers, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, The Break-Up, Crossroads, Galaxy Quest, Dreamland and Live Free or Die Hard. He was also a regular on the NBC TV series Ed (2000–04) as socially awkward Warren P. Cheswick. He was offered the opportunity to replace Steve Burns on Blue's Clues after he left the show, but ultimately declined.^[11] He was the voice of Alvin in Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.^[12] He also played the main character in the comedy film Accepted (2006).

Long made a guest appearance in the documentary, Wild West Comedy Show (2006). In 2007, he co-starred with Bruce Willis as a white-hat hacker in Live Free or Die Hard^[13] and had a role in the comedy The Sasquatch Gang. Long is known for his depiction of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign. The campaign featured commercials in which Long as a Mac and John Hodgman as a PC engaged in playful banter about "the strengths of the Mac platform and weaknesses of the PC platform."^[14]

Long also had a small role in the comedy film Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) as Brandon St. Randy, a gay porn star. In 2009, he starred in He's Just Not That into You with co-star Ginnifer Goodwin and After.Life opposite Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci. He also provided the voice of Humphrey in Alpha and Omega (2010), starring with Hayden Panettiere. Also in 2010, he starred in the comedy film Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore. He was cast as a one-armed Civil War veteran in Robert Redford's The Conspirator.^[15]

Long recorded the audiobook version of Judy Blume's Then Again, Maybe I Won't and Stephen King's Everything's Eventual. From July 7–18, 2010, he appeared in a production of Samuel J. and K. at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.^[16] On August 16, 2010, he co-hosted WWE Raw with Going the Distance co-stars Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.^[17] In 2014, he starred in the independent love drama Comet, which he and his co-star, Emmy Rossum, also produced. That same year, he starred in the Kevin Smith body horror-dark comedy film Tusk, about a man's lifelong fascination with walruses and extreme, fetishized body modification and cosmetic surgery. Also in 2014, Long appeared in a few skits on Inside Amy Schumer. In April 2019, he started the podcast Life Is Short with Justin Long; its introductory episode aired through Wondery on April 29, 2019. His first guest was actor Dax Shepard.^[18]

On June 24, 2019, Long, along with an ensemble cast, presented The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts, a dramatic reading of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. Long portrayed former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James Comey.^[19] In 2020, he appeared in the reality television series Celebrity Watch Party alongside his younger brother Christian Long.^[20] He appeared in commercials for Intel's "Go PC" campaign.^[4][5]

In July 2024, he was confirmed to direct and write a segment for V/H/S/Beyond, which was released exclusively on Shudder on October 4, 2024.^[21]

Personal life

Long had a relationship with Drew Barrymore^[22] that was on and off between 2007 and 2010.^[23] He also dated Amanda Seyfried from 2013 to 2015.^[24][25]

During an episode of the podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Long revealed that he was the victim of a drugging and abduction during the filming of Youth In Revolt while in Michigan. According to Long, after an evening of drinking, he left with several local people who offered him marijuana that he believed was actually phencyclidine, more commonly known as PCP. After getting him severely intoxicated, these people took him to various locations against his will and refused to return him to his hotel. According to Long, they made reference to filming him while high on hard drugs and selling the footage to TMZ or another website dedicated to celebrity gossip. Long was so concerned that he eventually escaped by leaping from the moving vehicle. He said he has faced lingering nerve damage in his leg due to the injuries he sustained in the escape.^[26]

In January 2022, it was reported that Long was dating actress Kate Bosworth.^[27] In April 2023, the couple announced their engagement.^[28] During an episode of his Life is Short podcast in May 2023, Long referred to Bosworth as his "now-wife."^[29]

Politics

Long is a Democrat. He supported Barack Obama during the 2012 U.S. presidential election and was an outspoken critic of the Republican nominee Mitt Romney, describing him as a "modern-day Gordon Gekko". Long endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.^[30] He endorsed Sanders again in the 2020 Democratic primary, has been seen at Sanders rallies, and has appeared on the campaign trail as a surrogate.^[31]

Filmography

Left to right: Jonah Hill, Long, and Blake Lively promoting Accepted at Comic-Con 2006

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Galaxy Quest	Brandon	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2001	Happy Campers	Donald
	Jeepers Creepers	Darius "Darry" Jenner	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2002	Crossroads	Henry
2003	Jeepers Creepers 2	Darry Jenner	Cameo
2004	Raising Genius	Hal Nestor
	Hair High	Dwayne	Voice[32]
	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Justin Redman
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Chris Harken	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Robin's Big Date	Robin	Short film
	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Kevin
	Waiting...	Dean Saunders
2006	The Sasquatch Gang	Zerk Wilder
	Dreamland	Mookie
	The Break-Up	Christopher Hirons
	Accepted	Bartleby "B" Gaines
	Idiocracy	Dr. Lexus
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Matthew "Matt" Farrell	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Battle for Terra	Senn	Voice[32]
	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Alvin Seville
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	George Harrison	Uncredited^[citation needed]
2008	Strange Wilderness	Junior
	Just Add Water	Spoonie
	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Brandon St. Randy
	Pineapple Express	Justin	Deleted scene[33]
2009	He's Just Not That Into You	Alex
	Still Waiting...	Dean Saunders	Uncredited^[citation needed]
	Taking Chances	Chase Revere
	Serious Moonlight	Todd
	Drag Me to Hell	Clay Dalton
	Funny People	Re-Do Guy	Cameo
	Beyond All Boundaries	Corp. James R. Garrett / Sgt. John H. Morris	Voice, short film
	Planet 51	Lem Kerplog	Voice[32]
	Old Dogs	Troop Leader Adam Devlin	Uncredited^[citation needed]
	After.Life	Paul Coleman
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Alvin Seville	Voice[32]
2010	Youth in Revolt	Paul Saunders
	Going the Distance	Garrett Scully
	Alpha and Omega	Humphrey	Voice[32]
2011	The Conspirator	Nicholas Baker
	10 Years	Marty Burn
	Free Hugs	Checkout Boy	Short film
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Alvin Seville	Voice[32]
2012	For a Good Time, Call...	Jesse
	Best Man Down	Scott
2013	Movie 43	Robin	Segment: "Super Hero Speed Dating"
	iSteve[34]	Steve Jobs
	A Case of You	Sam	Also producer and writer
	Walking with Dinosaurs	Patchi	Voice[32]
2014	Ask Me Anything	Dan Gallo
	Veronica Mars	Drunken Wingman	Uncredited^[citation needed]
	Comet	Dell	Also executive producer
	Tusk	Wallace Bryton
	The Lookalike	Holt Mulligan	Also producer
2015	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Alvin Seville	Voice[32]
2016	Yoga Hosers	Yogi Bayer
	Frank & Lola	Keith Winkleman
	Lavender	Liam
	Ghost Team	Ross
	Trump Baby	Baby	Voice, short film
2017	And Then I Go	Tim Hanratty
	Literally, Right Before Aaron	Adam Schulz
2019	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot	Brandon St. Randy	[35]
	After Class	Josh Cohn
	The Wave	Frank
	Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings	Apollo Cricket	Voice, English dub[32]
2021	Lady of the Manor	Max Cameron	Also writer, director and producer; directorial debut
2022	House of Darkness	Hapgood "Hap" Jackson
	Barbarian	AJ Gilbride
	Christmas with the Campbells	David
	Clerks III	Orderly
2023	Dear David	Bryce
	It's a Wonderful Knife	Henry Waters
	The Christmas Break	Jack Bradford	Television film
2024	V/H/S/Beyond		Co-writer/co-director of the segment titled, Fur Babies.[36]
	Spin the Bottle
TBA	In Memoriam	TBA	Filming
	Shrek 2 Retold	TBA	[37]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2004	Ed	Warren P. Cheswick	71 episodes
2005	Punk'd	Himself	Episode dated: "December 11, 2005"
2006	Campus Ladies	Connor	Episode: "Fraternity Row"
	That '70s Show	Andrew Davis	Episode: "Love of My Life"
2006–2007	King of the Hill	Various voices	3 episodes
2009	Saturday Night Live	Matthew McConaughey	Episode: "Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor"
2011–2012, 2015	New Girl	Paul Genzlinger	5 episodes
2012	Unsupervised	Gary	Voice, 13 episodes
2013	Mom	Adam	3 episodes
2014	Sober Companion		Pilot
	The Michael J. Fox Show	Zack	Episode: "Changes"
	TripTank	Camera Man / Andrew	Voice, 2 episodes[32]
2015–2021	F Is for Family	Kevin Murphy	Voice, 35 episodes
2015	Portlandia	Justin	Episode: "The Fiancée"
	Inside Amy Schumer	Brian	Episode: "Fight Like a Girl"
2015–2018	Drunk History	Arno Allan Penzias / Elmer McCurdy	2 episodes
2016	Dream Team	Marty Schumacher	Pilot
2016–2018	Skylanders Academy	Spyro	Voice, main role[38]
2017	Do You Want to See a Dead Body?	Himself	Episode: "A Body and an Actor"
2018	The Conners	Neil	2 episodes
2019	The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts	Himself, James Comey	live reading/performance
	Giri/Haji	Ellis Vickers	4 episodes
2020	Shop Class	Himself	Host
2021	Creepshow	Simon Sherman	Season 2 Episode 5 / Night of the Living Late Show
	Masters of the Universe: Revelation	Roboto	Voice[32]
2023	Goosebumps	Nathan Bratt	Main role, Nominated - Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer

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31. @BernieSanders (November 25, 2019). "Trump lied when he said he'd stand up to corporate greed and help working people. We're going to do what he failed to do: end corporate greed, stop corruption and restore workers' rights. Join us in Portsmouth" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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External links

• Justin Long at IMDb
• Video interview with Justin Long Archived May 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at the premiere of The Break-Up