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Justin Long
Long at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Justin Jacob Long June 2, 1978 (1978-06-02) (age 31) Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, known for his performances in such films as Jeepers Creepers, Waiting..., Accepted, Dodgeball, Galaxy Quest, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Live Free or Die Hard, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the TV series Ed, Drag Me to Hell and his personification of a Macintosh computer in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertisement campaign.

Biography

Long was born in Fairfield, Connecticut and raised in a Roman Catholic family.¹ He attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a Jesuit school. His mother, Wendy Lesniak,² is an actress who has mostly appeared on stage, and his father, R. James Long, is a philosophy and Latin teacher at Fairfield University.

Long has two brothers: an older brother, Damian, who is a local stage actor as well as a teacher and theater director at Weston High School, and a younger brother, Christian, who appears in the movie Accepted as the school mascot. Long 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/counselor for a children's theater group.

Career

Long's 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 awkward 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 role in the film, The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang.

(left-right) Jonah Hill, Long and Blake Lively promoting Accepted at Comic-Con in 2006

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

Long also had a small role in the 2008 comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno, where he plays Brandon St. Randy, a gay porn star. He recently starred in "He's Just Not That Into You" (2009) as the character Alex, along with co-star Drew Barrymore.

Filmography

References

External links

• Justin Long at the Internet Movie Database
• Mac Ads
• RadarOnline Article about Apple not bringing Long back, and bringing him back after all
• Interview with Justin Long at SuicideGirls.com
• Video interview with Justin Long at the premiere of The Break-Up
• "Robin's Big Date" on Transbuddha.com
• Justin Long on Living Free and Well, You Know