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Jason Schwartzman
Schwartzman at the Berlinale 2024
Born (1980-06-26) June 26, 1980 (age 44)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Brady Cunningham
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(m. 2009)​
Children3
Parents
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • drums
Years active1994–present
Labels
  • Young Baby
  • Coconut
Formerly ofPhantom Planet
Websiteyoungbabyrecords.com

Jason Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's 1998 film Rushmore, and has since appeared in six other Anderson films: The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). He also has co-writing credit on The Darjeeling Limited.

He is known for his roles as Gideon Graves in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023), and the Spot, whom he voices in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and the upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Schwartzman's other films include Spun (2003), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Marie Antoinette (2006), Funny People (2009), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Klaus (2019), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), and Queer (2024). He starred in the television series Bored to Death (2009–2011) and appeared in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2020). He was an executive producer on the Amazon Prime show Mozart in the Jungle (2014–18), a series in which he also acted.

Schwartzman has released three albums through his solo musical project, under the name of Coconut Records. He has also previously been drummer in the rock band Phantom Planet.

Early life

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Jason Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles on June 26, 1980, the son of actress Talia Shire (née Coppola) and film producer Jack Schwartzman. His father is Jewish and his mother is Italian, with Schwartzman describing his ancestry as "half Polish Jewish and half Italian."[1][2][3] His younger brother, Robert Schwartzman, is also an actor and musician. His paternal half-siblings are Stephanie and cinematographer John Schwartzman, while his maternal half-brother is Matthew Shire. As a member of the Coppola family, many of his relatives are also involved in the entertainment industry—he is the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and opera conductor Anton Coppola; the cousin of actor Nicolas Cage and filmmakers Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Gia Coppola, and Christopher Coppola; and the grandson of Coppola family matriarch Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and composer Carmine Coppola. He attended Windward School in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.[1]

Career

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Acting

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Schwartzman began his acting career in 1998 when, at the age of 18, he starred in Wes Anderson's Rushmore. In 2000, he had a guest role in the short-lived series Freaks and Geeks. In 2001, he starred in CQ, a film by his cousin Roman Coppola. In 2002, he starred in the comedy film Slackers, and in 2003 headlined the drama Spun. He starred in I Heart Huckabees in 2004 and Shopgirl in 2005. He also appeared in various television shows, such as Cracking Up. In 2006, he starred as King Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette under the direction of his cousin Sofia Coppola.

Schwartzman made a cameo appearance as Ringo Starr in the biopic spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. In 2009, he appeared as C-list television star Mark in Funny People. He also voiced Ash Fox in Wes Anderson's animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox, which he called "the best movie I've ever been a part of".[4] He starred in the HBO show Bored to Death as a writer who moonlights as a private detective and puts himself up for hire on Craigslist. In 2009, he starred in The Marc Pease Experience. In 2010, he played Gideon Graves in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the film adaptation of the comics by Bryan Lee O'Malley.

In 2011, Schwartzman made a cameo appearance as Vincent van Gogh in the Beastie Boys' short film Fight for Your Right Revisited. In 2013, he cameoed as himself in an episode of the television show Key & Peele. In 2014, he played himself in the Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories episode "The Endorsement". In 2020, he starred as Italian crime boss Josto Fadda in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo.[5]

In 2023, Schwartzman played a leading role in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City.

Music

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Prior to acting, Schwartzman was the drummer and a songwriter for the band Phantom Planet. He appeared in the music video for the rock remix of "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy, and contributed to Ben Lee's 2005 album Awake Is the New Sleep. In 2007, he created the indie rock solo act Coconut Records.[6] The first album, Nighttiming, was produced by Michael Einziger and features a cover photo by Roman Coppola. The album was first released on iTunes on March 20, 2007. It had musical contributions by members of Incubus, as well as appearances by actresses Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst and Schwartzman's brother Robert. His second album, Davy, was released on iTunes on January 20, 2009. Schwartzman also played the drums on Phoenix's rendition of The Beach Boys' song "Alone on Christmas Day" in 2015. The song was featured in Bill Murray's Netflix special A Very Murray Christmas.

Schwartzman's work has also been featured in many films and television programs. In 2009, he composed the theme song to his HBO series Bored to Death, in which he also starred, under his Coconut Records title. That same year, he contributed to the film score to the film Funny People with composer Michael Andrews. The original soundtrack is downloadable, as well as available in vinyl LP, on Coconut Records' official Cinder Block store.[7] He has also written tracks for Smallville and Slackers. His song "Microphone" was featured in the 2012 coming-of-age comedy LOL.

Personal life

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Schwartzman married his longtime girlfriend, Brady Cunningham, an art and design director, at their home in the San Fernando Valley on July 11, 2009.[8] Their first child, a daughter, was born in December 2010.[9] Their second daughter was born in June 2014.[10] The pair also have a son.

In 2006, Schwartzman described himself as "basically a vegan".[11] In 2009, he was named one of the "Top 10 Most Stylish Men in America" by GQ magazine.[12] In 2011, he narrated a video called What to Eat: The Environmental Impacts of Our Food for Farm Sanctuary.[13][14]

Filmography

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Film

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Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Rushmore Max Fischer
2000 Mare Bonky Enrique
2001 CQ Felix DeMarco
Odessa or Bust The Young Man Short film
Julius And Friends: Hole In One Julius (voice)
2002 Slackers Ethan Dulles
Spun Ross
Simone Milton
2003 Julius And Friends: Yeti, Set, Go Julius (voice) Short film
2004 I Heart Huckabees Albert Markovski
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Gag Halfrunt Uncredited
Bewitched Ritchie
Shopgirl Jeremy Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
2006 Marie Antoinette King Louis XVI
2007 Hotel Chevalier Jack Whitman Short film
The Darjeeling Limited Jack Whitman Also co-writer (with Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Ringo Starr Uncredited
2009 Funny People Mark Taylor Jackson
The Marc Pease Experience Marc Pease
Fantastic Mr. Fox Ash Fox (voice) [15]
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Gideon Graves
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation Simon Lee (voice) Short film
2011 Fight For Your Right Revisited Vincent van Gogh
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Cousin Ben
Cousin Ben Troop Screening with Jason Schwartzman Cousin Ben Short film
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Kirby Star
2013 Castello Cavalcanti Jed Cavalcanti Short film
Saving Mr. Banks Richard M. Sherman
2014 Listen Up Philip Philip Lewis Friedman
The Grand Budapest Hotel M. Jean
Big Eyes Ruben
2015 The Overnight Kurt
7 Chinese Brothers Larry
A Very Murray Christmas Elliott
2016 Dreamland Peter
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea Dash (voice)
2017 The Polka King Mickey Pizzazz
Golden Exits Buddy [16]
2018 Isle of Dogs — Co-writer (story only, with Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, and Kunichi Nomura)
2019 Wine Country Devon [17]
Between Two Ferns: The Movie Himself
Klaus Jesper (voice) [18][15]
2020 Mainstream Mark Schwartz [19]
2021 The Sparks Brothers Himself Documentary
The French Dispatch Hermes Jones Also co-writer (story only, with Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola and Hugo Guinness)
Sing 2 Additional voices
2022 There There Unnamed
2023 Asteroid City Augie Steenbeck / Jones Hall [20]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Johnathon Ohnn / The Spot (voice) [21][15]
Quiz Lady Ron Heacock [22]
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman [23]
2024 Between the Temples Ben Gottlieb Also executive producer[24]
Megalopolis Jason Zanderz [25]
Queer Frank Cochran [26]
Pavements Chris Lombardi [27]
The Last Showgirl Director [28]
TBA Oh. What. Fun. † Post-production[29]
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse † Johnathon Ohnn / The Spot (voice) In production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Himself Episode: "And the Sabrina Goes to..."
2000 Freaks and Geeks Howie Gelfand Episode: "Carded and Discarded"
Get Real Himself Episode: "Falling From Grace"
2004 Cracking Up Ben Baxter 7 episodes
2005 The X's Brandon (voice) Episode: "Secret Agent Manual / The Spy Who Liked Me"
2009–2011 Bored to Death Jonathan Ames 24 episodes
2011 Sesame Street Himself 1 episode
2013 Parks and Recreation Dennis Lerpiss 2 episodes
Out There Benjamin Brent / Cedric (voices)[15]
Drunk History Ralph Nader Episode: "Detroit"
Key & Peele Himself Episode: "Boarding Order"
Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself Episode: "Jason Schwartzman Wears a Striped Shirt & High Top Sneakers"
Ghost Ghirls Brad Holmes Episode: "Comedy of Terrors"
2014 Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories Jason Schwartzman Episode: "The Endorsement"
2014–2016 Mozart in the Jungle Bradford Sharp 8 episodes; also writer and producer
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Greg 7 episodes
2015–2016 Blunt Talk Duncan Adler 7 episodes
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Greg 4 episodes
2017–2018 Neo Yokio Arcangelo Corelli (voice) 7 episodes
2020 Medical Police The Goldfinch 4 episodes
Fargo Josto Fadda 10 episodes
2021–2022 Duncanville Uncle Sam (voice) 2 episodes
2022 The Righteous Gemstones Thaniel Block 3 episodes
I Love That for You Ethan 2 episodes
2023 Digman! Roberto (voice) Episode: "Et Tu"
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Man at Party Episode: "DON'T JUST SAY 'RELAX,' ACTUALLY RELAX"
Ten Year Old Tom (voice) Episode: "The Henderson Consulting Squirrels/Rick's Boat"
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Gideon Graves / Gordon Goose (voice) 6 episodes[30]
Fargo Narrator (voice) Episode: "The Tiger"; uncredited[citation needed]

Video games

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Year Title Role
2021 The Artful Escape Zomm/Terminal (voice)[15]

Composer

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Year Title Notes
2002 Orange County Song: "California"
Smallville Song: "Lonely Day"
Slackers Songs: "Oh Angela" and "Ethan's Song"
2004 Cracking Up Theme music
2006 The O.C. Song: "California"
2008 Cloverfield Song: "West Coast"
2009 Bored to Death Theme music
Funny People Soundtrack
2012 Here (short film) Co-composer, with Woody Jackson[31][32]
Goats
LOL Song: "Microphone"
2013 Palo Alto Song: "Is This Sound Okay?"

Discography

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Studio albums

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Details Peak chart positions
US Heat[33] US Indie[33]
Nighttiming
  • Released: March 20, 2007
  • Label: Young Baby Records
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Davy
  • Released: January 20, 2009
  • Label: Young Baby Records
 10 36
Goats Original Soundtrack
  • Released: August 7, 2012
  • Label: Young Baby Records
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Singles

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Other appearances

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bloom, Nate. "Interfaith Celebrities: Five Beautiful Women, A Violinist and One Caveman". InterfaithFamily.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Fraser, Antonia (October 17, 2006). "Sofia's Choice". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014. He told me he was half Polish-Jewish and half Italian.
  3. ^ Soroken, Lauren. "With Jason Schwartzman and Jonathan Ames". Heeb.
  4. ^ "Jason Schwartzman on 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox': "It's the best movie I've ever been a part of"". Daily Actor. November 23, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Thorne, Will (July 18, 2019). "Jack Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw Among 12 Joining 'Fargo' Season 4 Cast". Variety. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  6. ^ Coconut Records at Allmusic
  7. ^ "Cinder Block Store "Goats" Original Soundtrack LP (2012)". Cinder Block. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  8. ^ DiNunno, Gina (August 21, 2009). "Jason Schwartzman Ties the Knot". TV Guide. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  9. ^ Michaud, Sarah (January 3, 2011). "It's a Girl for Jason Schwartzman". People. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  10. ^ Willis, Jackie (June 10, 2014). "Jason Schwartzman Welcomes Baby No. 2". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  11. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (October 20, 2006). "Interview: Jason Schwartzman". IGN. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "The 10 Most Stylish Men in America". New York Daily News. February 17, 2009. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  13. ^ "What to Eat - voiced by Jason Schwartzman". April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  14. ^ "What to Eat: The Environmental Impacts of our Food". PlateToPlanet.org. Farm Sanctuary. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Jason Schwartzman (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 17, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  16. ^ Nordine, Michael (May 3, 2016). "Alex Ross Perry's Golden Exits Cast Announced: Jason Schwartzman, Emily Browning & More Lead Indie Drama". IndieWire. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  17. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 29, 2018). "Jason Schwartzman & Cherry Jones Join Amy Poehler's Netflix Comedy Wine Country". Deadline. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  18. ^ Amidi, Amid (November 17, 2017). "BREAKING: Netflix Will Produce Sergio Pablos' 2D Feature Klaus". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  19. ^ McNary, Dave (October 31, 2018). "Film News Roundup: Andrew Garfield Joins Gia Coppola's Romance Movie Mainstream". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  20. ^ Kit, Borys (August 13, 2021). "Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman Join Wes Anderson's Next Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  21. ^ Croll, Ben (June 13, 2022). "Spider-Verse: Enigmatic New Villain The Spot Unveiled With First Look Image at Annecy". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  22. ^ Remley, Hilary (June 7, 2022). "Awkwafina and Sandra Oh's Estranged Sisters Movie Begins Production". Collider. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  23. ^ Grobar, Matt (June 27, 2022). "The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes: Jason Schwartzman Newest Addition To Lionsgate Prequel". Deadline. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  24. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (December 6, 2023). "Sundance Unveils Packed 2024 Lineup That Includes A.I., Pedro Pascal, Kristen Stewart, Satan, Devo & Steven Yeun". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  25. ^ Rooney, David (May 16, 2024). "Megalopolis Review: Francis Ford Coppola's Passion Project Starring Adam Driver Is a Staggeringly Ambitious Big Swing, if Nothing Else". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  26. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (April 21, 2023). "Drew Starkey to Star With Daniel Craig in Luca Guadagnino's Queer With Filming Starting This Month in Italy (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  27. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (July 23, 2024). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Joker: Folie à Deux, Almodovar, Guadagnino, Kurzel, Larrain & More In Competition – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  28. ^ Hammond, Pete (September 6, 2024). "The Last Showgirl Review: Pamela Anderson Is A Revelation In Gia Coppola's Smart Story Of A Vegas Veteran As The Spotlight Fades". Deadline. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  29. ^ Kit, Borys (May 23, 2024). "Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Danielle Brooks Join Michelle Pfeiffer in Amazon MGM Holiday Comedy Oh. What. Fun. (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  30. ^ "'Scott Pilgrim' Netflix Anime Series Reunites Film's Cast, from Michael Cera to Chris Evans". March 30, 2023. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  31. ^ Brown, Emma (January 25, 2012). "Here, There and Everywhere with Waris Ahluwalia and the Luxury Collection". Interview. Crystal Ball Media. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  32. ^ Masters, Kim (September 10, 2012). "Jason Schwartzman and Woody Jackson". The Business. KCRW. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  33. ^ a b "Coconut Records – Chart History". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
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