Jason Schwartzman
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox person Jason Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor, musician, and member of the Coppola family. 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 a 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 (2027). 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 (2014–2018), 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
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."<ref name="InterfaithFamily"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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, he is related to many individuals involved in the entertainment industry. He is the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and academic August Coppola; great-nephew of opera conductor Anton Coppola; the paternal 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.<ref name="InterfaithFamily">Template:Cite web</ref>
Career
Acting
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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 September 2012, Schwartzman was originally going to be cast as the male lead in the DreamWorks animated film Trolls; however, he was replaced by Justin Timberlake.<ref name=PRNSlate2016>Template:Cite press release</ref> In February 2013, he made a cameo appearance in "Parks and Recreation" Season 5 episodes 15 and 16. 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.<ref name="Fargo">Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2023, Schwartzman played a leading role in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City.
Music
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.<ref>[[[:Template:AllMusic]] Coconut Records] at Allmusic</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has also written tracks for Smallville and Slackers. His song "Microphone" was featured in the 2012 coming-of-age comedy LOL.
Personal life
Schwartzman married his longtime girlfriend, Brady Cunningham, an art and design director, at their home in the San Fernando Valley on July 11, 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Their first child, a daughter, was born in December 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Their second daughter was born in June 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The pair also have a son.
In 2006, Schwartzman described himself as "basically a vegan".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2009, he was named one of the "Top 10 Most Stylish Men in America" by GQ magazine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2011, he narrated a video titled What to Eat: The Environmental Impacts of Our Food for Farm Sanctuary.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Rushmore | Max Fischer | |
| 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 | ||
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | 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) | <ref name="btva">Template:Cite web 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.</ref> | |
| 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 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Template:N/a | Co-writer (story only, with Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, and Kunichi Nomura) |
| 2019 | Wine Country | Devon | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Himself | ||
| Klaus | Jesper (voice) | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2020 | Mainstream | Mark Schwartz | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 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 | Lawyer | |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | Augie Steenbeck / Jones Hall | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Johnathon Ohnn / The Spot (voice) | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="btva" /> | |
| Quiz Lady | Ron Heacock | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2024 | Between the Temples | Ben Gottlieb | Also executive producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Megalopolis | Jason Zanderz | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Queer | Joe Guidry | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Pavements | Chris Lombardi | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| The Last Showgirl | Director | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2025 | Template:Pending film | Template:TBA | Post-production<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2027 | Template:Pending film | Johnathon Ohnn / The Spot (voice) | In production |
| TBA | Template:Pending film | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Himself (Phantom Planet drummer) | 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)<ref name="btva" /> | ||
| 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 | |
| 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Fargo | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "The Tiger"; uncredited<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2025 | Mountainhead | Hugo Van Yalk | Television film |
| Talamasca: The Secret Order | Burton | Episode: "We Watch and We Are Always There" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Artful Escape | Zomm/Terminal (voice)<ref name="btva" /> |
Composer
| 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<ref name="Interview Here">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="KCRW Goats">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Goats | ||
| LOL | Song: "Microphone" | |
| 2013 | Palo Alto | Song: "Is This Sound Okay?" |
Discography
Studio albums
| Details | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Heat<ref name=Billboard>Template:Cite web</ref> | US Indie<ref name=Billboard /> | |
Nighttiming
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Davy
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Goats Original Soundtrack
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Singles
- "Microphone" (2008)
- "Bored to Death" (2010) – theme of the show
Other appearances
- "West Coast" is played in the movie Cloverfield during the party scene
- "Summer Day" is included on Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 3
- "Wires", "I Am Young", and "Nighttiming" are included on Funny People: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009)
- "It's Christmas" is included on the digital-only promotional release The Christmas Gig (2010) released by Target
- "West Coast" appears in the end of The O.C. season 4, episode 10
- "Is This Sound Okay?" appears in Palo Alto
Accolades
Notes
References
External links
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- Wunderkammer Magazine Retrospective on Schwarzman, 2009
- Schwartzman Interview on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
- Schwartzman's Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Set
- Young Baby Records official site
- Coconut Records at Rhapsody
- Coconut Records at Facebook
- Coconut Records at Myspace
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- American male film actors
- American male film score composers
- American male screenwriters
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- American people of Polish-Jewish descent
- American writers of Italian descent
- Coppola family
- Drummers from Los Angeles
- Indie rock musical groups from California
- Living people
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- Phantom Planet members
- Screenwriters from California
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