Jason Schwartzman

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.

Jason Schwartzman
Schwartzman at the Berlinale 2024
Born	(1980-06-26) June 26, 1980 (age 45) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor musician
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Brady Cunningham ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3
Parents	Jack Schwartzman (father) Talia Shire (mother)
Relatives	Robert Schwartzman (brother) John Schwartzman (half-brother) Carmine Coppola (grandfather) August Coppola (uncle) Francis Ford Coppola (uncle) Anton Coppola (great-uncle) Nicolas Cage (cousin) Sofia Coppola (cousin) Roman Coppola (cousin) Romy Mars (cousin)
Musical career
Genres	Indie rock pop film score
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards drums
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Young Baby Coconut
Formerly of	Phantom Planet

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 (2014–18), 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

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, 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.^[1]

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".^[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

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

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 titled What to Eat: The Environmental Impacts of Our Food for Farm Sanctuary.^[13][14]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Film

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
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	Lawyer
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	Joe Guidry	[26]
	Pavements	Chris Lombardi	[27]
	The Last Showgirl	Director	[28]
2025	Oh. What. Fun. †	TBA	Post-production[29]
2027	Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse †	Johnathon Ohnn / The Spot (voice)	In production
TBA	Artificial †		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Himself - Phantom Planet	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
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[31]
2025	Mountainhead	Hugo Van Yalk	Television film
	Talamasca: The Secret Order †	Burton	Post-production

Video games

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

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[32][33]
	Goats
	LOL	Song: "Microphone"
2013	Palo Alto	Song: "Is This Sound Okay?"

Discography

Studio albums

Details	Peak chart positions
	US Heat[34]	US Indie[34]
Nighttiming Released: March 20, 2007 Label: Young Baby Records	—	—
Davy Released: January 20, 2009 Label: Young Baby Records	10	36
Goats Original Soundtrack Released: August 7, 2012 Label: Young Baby Records	—	—

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

Awards and Nominations received by Jason Schwartzman

Year[a]	Organizations	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2024	The Astra TV Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie	Quiz Lady	Nominated
2012	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Cast	Moonrise Kingdom	Nominated[b]
2013	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Won[b]
2015			The Grand Budapest Hotel	Won[c]
1999	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Actor	Rushmore	Nominated
2000	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
2014	Detroit Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Won[c]
2014	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Ensemble		Won[c]
2015	Georgia Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble		Won[c]
	Gold Derby Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Nominated[c]
2020		Ensemble of the Decade		Runner-up[c]
2012	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Performance	Moonrise Kingdom	Nominated[b]
2024	Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards	Best Vocal/Motion-Capture Performance	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Nominated
2019		Best Original Screenplay	Isle of Dogs	Nominated[d]
2019	Humanitas Prize	Family Feature Film		Nominated[d]
2021	Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards	Best Original Screenplay	The French Dispatch	Nominated[e]
1999	Lone Star Film & Television Awards	Best Actor	Rushmore	Won
2007	New York Film Critics Online Awards	Best Screenplay	The Darjeeling Limited	Won
2022	North Dakota Film Society Awards	Best Screenplay	The French Dispatch	Nominated[e]
1999	Online Film & Television Association Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance: Male	Rushmore	Won
2014		Best Music, Adapted Song ("Let's Go Fly a Kite")	Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated[f]
2012	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Moonrise Kingdom	Won[b]
2013			Saving Mr. Banks	Nominated[g]
2014			The Grand Budapest Hotel	Nominated[c]
2014	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble		Nominated[c]
2005	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor — Musical or Comedy	Shopgirl	Nominated
2011	Scream Awards	Best Villain	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Nominated[h]
2015	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Nominated[c]
2014	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Won[c]
2012			Moonrise Kingdom	Nominated[b]
1999	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Hissy Fit	Rushmore	Nominated
		Choice Movie Breakout		Nominated
2020	Visual Effects Society Awards	Outstanding Animated Character	Klaus	Nominated[i]
2014	Voice Arts Awards	Outstanding Audiobook Narration — Short Story Anthology	"One More Thing"	Nominated[j]
2014	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Nominated[c]
2022	Writers Guild of America Awards	Best Original Screenplay	The French Dispatch	Nominated[e]
1999	YoungStar Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film	Rushmore	Won

Notes

1. Indicates the year of ceremony.
2. Shared with Bob Balaban, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Lucas Hedges, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, and Bruce Willis.
3. Shared with F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Florian Lukas, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, and Owen Wilson.
4. Shared the nomination with Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, and Kunichi Nomura.
5. Shared the nomination with Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, and Hugo Guinness.
6. Shared the nomination with B. J. Novak, Emma Thompson, Bradley Whitford, and the Sherman Brothers (Richard M. & Robert B.).
7. Shared the nomination with Kathy Baker, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Griffiths, Tom Hanks, B. J. Novak, Melanie Paxson, Emma Thompson, Ronan Vibert, Bradley Whitford, and Ruth Wilson.
8. Shared the nomination with Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Keita Saitô, Shôta Saitô, and Mae Whitman.
9. Shared the nomination with other languages' "Jesper" voice actors: Alfredo Cassano, Maxime Delalande, and Yoshimichi Tamura.
10. Shared the nomination with Lena Dunham, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, B. J. Novak, Katy Perry, and Rainn Wilson.