While ABC had high hopes for its 1996-1997 TV series "Relativity", the show failed to connect with the audience but the network was high on Adam Goldberg who played Doug Kroll; ABC signed him to and exclusive development deal. Goldberg's voice and style have easily loaned themselves to cynical and acerbic characters. like the cynical, former delinquent bike messenger in the "Double Rush" (CBS, 1995) and as Matthew Perry's neurotic roommate from hell several 1995 episodes of "Friends" (NBC).
Born and raised in Southern California, Goldberg knew early on he wanted to act and by age 14 was already studying professionally. He made his feature film debut in 1991 as the younger brother (in the early sequences) in "Mr. Saturday Night," and earned notice as Mike, the neurotic high school junior whose machismo and intellect are in conflict in "Dazed and Confused" (1993). The same year, he played the slave and henchman of Christopher Walken in "The Prophecy". The actor lent his distinctive voice to a tough mutt in the family film "Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco" (1996) and appeared as a Jewish soldier alongside Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Goldberg moved behind the cameras as writer and director of the independent neo-noir "Scotch and Milk" (1998) but continued to be a familair on-screen face as he became increasingly in-demand as a character actor. Goldberg had a highly visible turn as one of John Nash's (Russell Crowe's) physics colleagues in "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), and appeared as one of the leads in the well-received crime noir "The Salton Sea" (2002) before returning to his comedic roots as one of Matthew McConaughhey's betting buddies in the romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days" (2003). well-received
Significant Others
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Companion: Christina Ricci. began dating January 2003; split in January 2006; back together as of August 2006
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Companion: Clea Lewis. no longer together
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Companion: Daisy Hall. dating in 1998
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Companion: Natasha Lyonne. reportedly dating as of October 2000
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Companion: actor. dating as of January 2003
Education
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Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
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Tracy Roberts Institute, Los Angeles, California
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The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, West Hollywood, California
Milestones
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1991 Made TV-movie debut in bit part in Babe Ruth (NBC)
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1991 Made screen debut in Mr. Saturday Night
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1993 Had spotlighted role in Dazed and Confused
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1995 Had recurring role as the obnoxious new roommate of Matthew Perry s Chandler on the hit NBC sitcom Friends
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1995 Was regular on the CBS sitcom Double Rush
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1996 Co-starred as David Conrad s roommate on the ABC drama Relativity
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1997 Signed exclusive series development deal with ABC
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1998 Appeared in the ensemble of Steven Spielberg s Saving Private Ryan
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1998 Wrote and directed first film, Scotch and Milk (filmed in 1997)
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2000 Returned to series TV as co-star of the short-lived Fox fall drama The $treet
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2001 Co-starred as a colleague of John Forbes Nash in the biopic A Beautiful Mind
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2001 Had a supporting role in the indie comedy-romance All Over the Guy
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2002 Co-starred with Val Kilmer and Vincent D Onofrio in the crime thriller The Salton Sea
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2003 Played Matthew McConaughey s buddy in the romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days
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2003 Portrayed Mordechai Jefferson Carver a Jewish superhero who saves Hannukah in the comedy The Hebrew Hammer
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2006 Cast opposite Samaire Armstrong and Jon Foster in the horror flick Stay Alive
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2006 Co-starred with Denzel Washington in director Tony Scott s, DéjÀ Vu
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2007 Co-starred in Julie Deply s 2 Days in Paris