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Biography
for|the skier|Justin Long (skier)Infobox person|name=Justin Long| image = Justin Long TIFF 2011.jpg| caption = Long at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival | birthname = Justin Jacob Longcite web|title=Justin Long Bio|url= http://www.younghollywood.com/celebrity/justin-long.html|publisher=Young Hollywood|accessdate=2010-08-30| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|6|2| birth_place = Fairfield, Connecticut | nationality = United States|American | occupation = Actor| yearsactive = 1999& ndash;present| domestic partner = Drew Barrymore (2006& ndash;2008)| website = Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Galaxy Quest , Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|Jeepers Creepers , Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story|Dodgeball , Live Free or Die Hard , '' He's Just Not That into You (film)|He's Just Not That into You and Drag Me to Hell '', and his personification of a Macintosh|Mac in Apple Inc.|Apple 's " Get a Mac " advertising campaign.
Early life
Long, the middle of three brothers, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut . His father, R. James Long|Raymond James Long , is a philosophy and Latin professor at Fairfield University , and his mother, Wendy Lesniak,cite web|url= http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12217.html |title=Justin Long Interview, Die Hard 4 - MoviesOnline |publisher=Moviesonline.ca |date= |accessdate=2010-03-22 is a former actress who has mostly appeared on stage. Long had a conservative Catholic Church|Roman Catholic upbringing.cite web|last=Topel|first=Fred|url= http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Justin-Long-3173.html|title=Interview: Justin Long|work= Cinema Blend |quote =My family is Roman Catholic and kind of conservative...|date=2006-08-14|accessdate=2010-03-22cite news|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-465952/Q--A-Die-Hards-Justin-Long.html|title=Q & A with Die Hard's Justin Long|publisher= Daily Mail |work=|date=2007-07-03|quote = I grew up in a Catholic, conservative family|accessdate=2010-10-19|first=|last= His grandmother is Sicily|Sicilian .cite web|last=Murray|first=Rebecca|url= http://movies.about.com/od/accepted/a/acceptdjl080806_2.htm|title=Justin Long Talks About The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang and Strange Wilderness|work= About.com |quote = |date=|accessdate=2010-07-01 His older brother, Damian, is a local stage actor as well as a teacher and theater director at Weston High School (Connecticut)|Weston High School . His younger brother, Christian, appears in Justin's film Accepted as the school mascot. Long attended Fairfield College Preparatory School , a Society of Jesus|Jesuit school, and Vassar College , where he was a member of the sketch comedy group Laughingstock and starred in several plays, including Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free . Long worked at Sacred Heart University as an acting instructor/counselor for a children's theater group.
Career
Long's film credits include Idiocracy , Waiting... (film)|Waiting... , Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|Jeepers Creepers , Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story , The Break-Up , Crossroads (2002 film)|Crossroads , Galaxy Quest , Dreamland (film)|Dreamland , Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)|Alvin and the Chipmunks and Live Free or Die Hard . He was also a regular on the NBC TV series Ed (television program)|Ed (2000–2004), playing socially awkward Warren Cheswick . He voiced the character of Alvin in 2007's Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)|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: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland|Wild West Comedy Show . In 2007, he co-starred with Bruce Willis as a " White hat (computer security)|white-hat hacker " in Live Free or Die Hard cite web|url= http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Mac-Computer-And-Maggie-Q-For-Die-Hard-4-3468.html |title=Mac Computer And Maggie Q For Die Hard 4 |publisher=Cinemablend.com |date=2006-09-22 |accessdate=2010-03-22 and had a role in the film, The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang .
Long is known for his depiction of a Macintosh|Mac in Apple Inc.|Apple's “ Get a Mac ” Advertising campaign|campaign . The campaign features commercials in which Long as a Mac and John Hodgman as a Personal computer|PC engage in playful banter about "the strengths of the Mac platform and weaknesses of the PC platform." http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-ca-long23jul23,0,1268414.story? track=tottext McNamara, Mary. "Not Strictly Commercial". Los Angeles Times . July 23, 2006.
Long also had a small role in the 2008 comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno , where he plays Brandon St. Randy, a homosexual|gay Pornographic film actor|porn star . In 2009, he starred in '' He's Just Not That into You (film)|He's Just Not That into You along 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 (film)|Alpha and Omega (2010), starring with Hayden Panettiere . Also in 2010, Long starred in the comedy Going the Distance (2010 film)|Going the Distance '' with Drew Barrymore . He was cast as a one-armed Civil War veteran in Robert Redford's The Conspirator (film)|The Conspirator .cite web|author=Pics and Justin Long for Redford’s Conspirator |url= http://www.newsinfilm.com/2009/10/16/pictures-and-justin-long-for-redfords-conspirator|title=Pics and Justin Long for Redford’s Conspirator|publisher=News in Film|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2010-03-22
Long read 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. http://www.wtfestival.org/2010/samueljandk Samuel J. and K appearance
On August 16, 2010, he co-hosted WWE RAW|WWE Monday Night RAW with Going the Distance co-stars Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/special/allspecialguesthosts/ Raw Special Guest Stars - August 16, 2010: The Cast of 'Going the Distance'
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/11/apple-ditches-mac-guy-in-new-ads.php RadarOnline Article about Apple not bringing Long back, and bringing him back after all
http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Justin+Long%3A+Drag+Me+To+Hell/ Interview with Justin Long at SuicideGirls.com
http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/blbreakupjl052206.htm Video interview with Justin Long at the premiere of The Break-Up
" http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php? id=1343 Robin's Big Date" on Transbuddha.com
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