Early life

Long was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, to father Raymond James Long, a philosophy and Latin professor at Fairfield University, and mother, Wendy Lesniak, a former actress who has mostly appeared on stage. His grandmother was of Sicilian descent. Long had a conservative Roman Catholic upbringing. His older brother, Damian, is a local stage actor as well as a teacher and theatre director at Weston High School. Long attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a 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.

Career

Long's film credits include Idiocracy, Waiting..., Jeepers Creepers, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, The Break-Up, Crossroads, Galaxy Quest, Dreamland and Live Free or Die Hard. He was also a regular on the NBC TV series Ed (2000-04), playing socially awkward Warren Cheswick. He voiced the character of Alvin in Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. He also played the main character in the 2006 comedy film Accepted.

Long 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 Hard and had a role in the film, The Sasquatch Gang. Long is known for his depiction of a Mac in Apple's “Get a Mac” campaign. The campaign featured commercials in which Long as a Mac and John Hodgman as a PC engaged in playful banter about "the strengths of the Mac platform and weaknesses of the PC platform."

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. In 2009, he starred in 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 (2010), starring with Hayden Panettiere. Also in 2010, Long starred in the comedy Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore. He was cast as a one-armed Civil War veteran in Robert Redford's The Conspirator.

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. On August 16, 2010, he co-hosted WWE Raw with Going the Distance co-stars Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In 2014 he starred in the independent love drama Comet, which he and his co-star Emmy Rossum also produced.

Personal life

Long dated actress Drew Barrymore, but they confirmed their breakup in July 2008. He began dating actress Amanda Seyfried in mid-2013. Long and Seyfried broke up in September 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Galaxy Quest	Brandon	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2001	Happy Campers	Donald
2001	Jeepers Creepers	Darry Jenner	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2002	Crossroads	Henry
2003	Jeepers Creepers 2	Darry Jenner
2004	Raising Genius	Hal Nestor
2004	Hair High	Dwayne	Voice role
2004	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Justin Redman
2004	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Chris Harken	Direct-to-video
2005	Robin's Big Date	Robin	Short film
2005	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Kevin
2005	Waiting...	Dean
2006	The Sasquatch Gang	Zerk Wilder
2006	Dreamland	Mookie
2006	The Break-Up	Christopher Hirons
2006	Accepted	Bartleby “B” Gaines
2006	Idiocracy	Dr. Lexus
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Matt Farrell	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2007	Battle for Terra	Senn
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Alvin Seville	Voice role
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	George Harrison	Uncredited
2008	Strange Wilderness	Junior
2008	Just Add Water	Spoonie
2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Brandon St. Randy
2008	Pineapple Express	Justin	Deleted scene
2009	He's Just Not That into You	Alex
2009	Still Waiting...	Dean	Uncredited
2009	Taking Chances	Chase Revere
2009	Serious Moonlight	Todd
2009	Drag Me to Hell	Clay Dalton
2009	Funny People	Re-Do Guy
2009	Beyond All Boundaries	Corp. James R. Garrett / Sgt. John H. Morris	Short film; voice
2009	Up	Alpha	Voice
2009	Planet 51	Lem	Voice role
2009	Old Dogs	Troop Leader Adam Devlin	Uncredited
2009	After.Life	Paul
2009	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Alvin Seville	Voice role
2010	Youth in Revolt	Paul Saunders
2010	Going the Distance	Garrett
2010	Alpha and Omega	Humphrey	Voice role
2011	The Conspirator	Nicholas Baker
2011	10 Years	Marty Burn
2011	Free Hugs	Checkout Boy	Short film
2011	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Alvin Seville	Voice role
2012	For a Good Time, Call...	Jesse
2012	Best Man Down	Scott
2013	Movie 43	Robin	Segment: "Super Hero Speed Dating"
2013	iSteve	Steve Jobs
2013	A Case of You	Sam	Also producer and writer
2013	Walking with Dinosaurs	Patchi	Voice role
2014	Ask Me Anything	Dan Gallo
2014	Veronica Mars	Drunken Wingman	Uncredited
2014	Comet	Dell	Also executive producer
2014	Tusk	Wallace Bryton
2014	The Lookalike	Holt Mulligan	Also producer
2015	Yoga Hosers	The Master of Winnipeg Enlightenment
2015	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Alvin Seville	Voice role
2016	Frank & Lola

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000-04	Ed	Warren P. Cheswick	71 episodes
2006	Campus Ladies	Connor	Episode: "Fraternity Row"
2006	That '70s Show	Andrew Davis	Episode: "Love of My Life"
2006-07	King of the Hill	Various voices	3 episodes
2009	Saturday Night Live	Matthew McConaughey	Episode: Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor
2011-15	New Girl	Paul Genzlinger	5 episodes
2012	Unsupervised	Gary (voice)	13 episodes
2013	Mom	Adam	3 episodes
2014	TripTank	Camera Man / Andrew (voices)	2 episodes
2015	F Is for Family	Kevin Murphy (voice)	Series
2015	Portlandia	Justin	Episode: "The Fiancée"
2015	Inside Amy Schumer	Brian	Episode: "Fight Like a Girl"

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