Jonathan Goldstein

Actor, Producer, Writer

Birthdate: March 5, 1969 (57 Years Old)

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Jonathan Goldstein (birthname: Jonathan Michael Goldstein) is a writer-director-producer who has specialized in comedy, working consistently with creative partner John Francis Daley. After having directed two short films, Goldstein co-wrote Horrible Bosses (2011) with Daley (based on Michael Markowitz’s story), launching his feature film career. Goldstein co-wrote the screenplay of (with Daley) the Vegas spoof comedy, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), followed by the animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), whose script was co-written by Goldstein with Daley, and Erica Rivinoja. Goldstein wrote the original story only (with Daley) of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), with additional story writing by director Sean Anders and co-screenwriter John Morris. For the first time, Jonathan Goldstein got his first feature as co-writer and director (again with partner Daley) with Vacation (2015), starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Beverly D’Angelo, and Chevy Chase, grossing over triple $31 million costs with a $107.2 million box office. With partner Daley, Jonathan Goldstein wrote the story for the MCU hit, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and co-wrote the screenplay with director Jon Watts (and credited co-screenwriters Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers), starring Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Zendaya. Goldstein (with Daley) was hired by New Line Cinema to rewrite and co-direct the hit action comedy, Game Night (2018), and though they didn’t receive script credit, the pair reported that they rewrote “almost all of the original script dialogue, totally overhauled the characters…and comprehensively reworked the original script’s third act.” Game Night co-starred Jason Bateman (originally slated to direct and also serving as a lead producer), Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, and Kyle Chandler, and earning $117.7 million, triple the $37 million budget. Jonathan Goldstein proceeded to co-write and co-direct (with partner Daley) the $151-million-budgeted Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), the reboot of the original Dungeons & Dragons franchise which Goldstein and Daley shared screenwriting credit with Michael Gillo, and starred Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez, with Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, and Hugh Grant. With Daley, Goldstein co-wrote (with third credited writer Joby Harold) the story for The Flash (2023), directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, and Ron Livingston.

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Personal life

Jonathan Goldstein was born and raised in New York City by parents Judith Berg (assistant high school principal; Wallace Foundation senior education program officer) and Richard Goldstein (retired math teacher). Goldstein’s family moved to Beachwood, Ohio in 1980. Goldstein graduated from Beachwood High School in 1986. Goldstein then did his undergraduate studies and graduated from the University of Michigan; he earned his law degree from Harvard University in 1995. Goldstein was then a corporate litigator for the law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He quit the law, moved to Los Angeles, and sought a comedy writing career. Goldstein married novelist Adena Halpern in 2007; the couple has one child. Goldstein’s height is 6’ 2”.

Known For

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

(2023)

Game Night

(2018)

Jonathan Goldstein Movies

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2023 |
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
2018 |
Game Night
Game Night
2018
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
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Vacation

Producer

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2019 |
Stuber
Stuber
2019
Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A detective recruits his Uber driver into an unexpected night of adventure.
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2023 |
The Flash
The Flash
2023
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
2021 |
Vacation Friends
Vacation Friends
2021
Adventure, Comedy
An uptight couple makes friends with a rowdy couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward turn when they get back home.
2017 |
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Peter Parker tries to stop Adrian 'The Vulture' Toomes from selling weapons made with advanced Chitauri technology while trying to balance his life as an ordinary high school student.
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Vacation
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Horrible Bosses 2
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2