Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith ( born September 26, 1938 in New York City, New York ) is an American actor.
Life
Goldsmith attended Boston University and began his acting career under the name Jonathan Lippe, the surname of his stepfather, whom he had adopted at the age of six years. At first, he played at theaters in New York and in 1961 made his Broadway debut in a supporting role in the comedy A Cook for Mr. General, in the Dustin Hoffman also participated. However, this should be his only Broadway production. In 1966 he moved to California to seek his fortune as a film and television actor. He quickly received guest roles in various television series, he was still to be seen in the same year in an episode of Star Trek as a nameless member of the security department. He had less often feature film roles; among other things, he entered in 1968 in small supporting roles in the spy thriller Ice Station Zebra alongside Rock Hudson and western Hang 'Em High next to Clint Eastwood. In 1976, he starred alongside John Wayne an undisclosed uncredited supporting role in The Last Sniper.
On television, Goldsmith was from the mid 1960s to the late 1980s, a busy actor. He has appeared as a guest star in numerous successful series formats in the 1960s, including in Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, and Hawaii Five-O, in the 1970s, including in Cobra, accept, The Streets of San Francisco and Angels Charlie, as well as in the 1980s, including in the A-Team, Knight Rider and MacGyver. He also had one recurring guest role both in Dallas and in Dynasty.
With the beginning of the 1990s, Goldsmith withdrew almost completely from the drama business. Between 2007 and 2012 he appeared in a nationwide, U.S. television campaign for Dos Equis beer. A picture from the advertisement was then a well-known Internet phenomenon, known as The Most Interesting Man in the World.