Jeff Goldblum's First Television Role Was On This Classic Detective Show
Jeff Goldblum's charisma was made for the big screen, but he's also managed to fit it inside a few TV shows. His first TV part was on this classic crime drama.
Jeff Goldblum's initial foray into television was a role in the classic detective show Columbo, specifically in Season 5, Episode 2 titled "A Case of Immunity." This 1975 episode featured Peter Falk as a homicide detective trying to apprehend a foreign murderer protected by diplomatic immunity. Goldblum portrayed a protester who became entangled in the chaos.
However, he was not officially credited for his appearance and lacked any dialogue. Despite Columbo running for ten seasons, Goldblum only made one appearance in the series. Nevertheless, he did attempt to create his own detective show, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, but it only lasted one season. Later, he starred in Raines, a crime genre show starring himself, which also had a short run of seven episodes.
Goldblum has since appeared in multiple Law & Order series, including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where he played Detective Zack Nichols for 24 episodes.
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