Early Life
Geoffrey Arend was born on February 28, 1978, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Sabiha Khan Arend and Geoffrey D. Arend Sr., founded the trade publication Air Cargo News. Geoffrey’s mother is Pakistani, and his American father has English and German heritage. Arend grew up in Queens, and he attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, graduating in 1996.
Career
From 1998 to 2001, Arend voiced Charles ‘Upchuck’ Ruttheimer III on the animated MTV series “Daria.” He also voiced the character in the TV movie “Is It College Yet?” (2000) and the video game “Daria’s Inferno” (2000). Geoffrey’s first film was 2001’s “Super Troopers,” and he followed it with “Bubble Boy” (2001), “It Runs in the Family” (2003), “A Tale of Two Pizzas” (2003), “The Ringer” (2005), “National Lampoon’s Pledge This!” (2006), “Loveless in Los Angeles” (2007), “Killing Zelda Sparks” (2007), and “An American Carol” (2008), and he co-starred with Zach Braff and Natalie Portman in 2004’s “Garden State,” which was also written and directed by Braff. He appeared alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in 2009’s “(500) Days of Summer,” which grossed $60.7 million against a $7.5 million budget and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Arend guest-starred on “Undeclared” (2002), “Guiding Light” (2003), “Law & Order” (2003), “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2004), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2005), “Love Monkey” (2006), “Greek” (2008), and “Private Practice” (2009), and he appeared in the 2002 TV movie “Porn ’n Chicken.” In 2009, he starred as Hector Culligan on the TNT drama “Trust Me,” and from 2011 to 2013, he played Ethan Gross on the ABC series “Body of Proof.”
Personal Life
On October 11, 2009, Geoffrey married actress Christina Hendricks, who was starring as Joan Harris on the Emmy-winning AMC series “Mad Men” at the time. The couple separated in April 2019, and their divorce was finalized in December of that year.
Awards
In 2012, Arend won an Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting for “Save the Date” at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Real Estate
Soon after divorcing, Christina and Geoffrey sold their New York City condo for $1.2 million, which was a tiny bit more than they paid back in 2016. In June 2020, Arend paid $1.2 million for a new home in Los Angeles.
