Jason Schwartzman

Biography: Jason Schwartzman

Relatives of famous people rarely have the chops to overcome nepotism cries, but Jason Schwartzman, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, is one actor who does. Schwartzman was born June 26, 1980, to producer Jack Schwartzman and actress Talia Shire, the latter best known as Rocky Balboa's love interest Adrian. He graduated from the Windwood School in 1999 and continued to live with his mom and two brothers at their home in the Los Angeles area. Chosen at the tail end of an exhausting casting search, Schwartzman burst into the film industry with his deft, hilarious portrayal of chronic overachiever Max Fischer in Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed Rushmore (1998). Since then, the young actor kept a low profile, opting to spend time with his band Phantom Planet, which recorded an album for Epic Records. Keeping with his geek-chic nature, he also chose small, quirky roles in television, such as his guest appearance as a slimy fake-ID dealer on NBC's tragically short-lived series Freaks and Geeks or his work in spoofs for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards. He maintained his credibility in the independent scene during the next couple of years, appearing in Spun, and acting in his cousin Roman Coppola's CQ. After a role on the short-lived, though critically acclaimed, Fox sitcom Cracking Up in 2003, Schwartzman began kicking his film career into high gear. After a role in the quirky 2004 David O. Russell ensemble comedy I Heart Huckabees, the young actor appeared in 2005's big-screen version of Bewitched with Will Ferrell. He then played a lovable slacker in the intimate, critically acclaimed dramedy Shopgirl, appearing with Claire Danes and Steve Martin, who wrote the novella that the script was adapted from. In 2006, Schwartzman joined the cast of his cousin Sophia Coppola's biopic Marie Antoinette, playing French king Louis XVI opposite star Kirsten Dunst. Then in 2007, he re-teamed with Wes Anderson, starring in and co-writing The Darjeeling Limited, a film about three brothers taking a soul-searching train ride through India. The film got mixed reviews, but reception to it was positive overall, setting Schwartzman up nicely for his next film, The Marc Pease Experience, in which he played the title role of a former high-school musical star who's stuck living in the past. ~ Stephanie M. Kuenn, All Movie Guide less

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Tags: Comedy Drama Psychological Drama Showbiz Comedy
Length: 146min
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The Adventurer's Handbook (2010)
Cast: Jason Schwartzman Akiva Schaffer
Tags: Comedy
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Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman play two members of a foursome of buddies who head out into the far reaches of the world in order to follow the footsteps of their favorite explorers in this Universal Pictures comedy. Hill, Matt Spicer, and Max...
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The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
Cast: Ben Stiller Todd Louiso Jason Schwartzman Anna Kendrick
Tags: Comedy Showbiz Comedy
Length: 84min
Ten years after graduation, a former high school musical superstar who insists on living in the past discovers that there's more to life than the bright lights of Broadway as his former teacher and mentor prepares for a particularly chaotic...
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
Cast: Francis Ford Coppola Sofia Coppola Judy Davis Rip Torn Kirsten Dunst
Tags: Biopic Historical Film Historical Epic Period Film
Length: 122min
Writer and director Sofia Coppola puts a new spin on the life and times of one of Europe's most infamous monarchs in this lavish historical drama which fuses a contemporary sensibility with painstaking recreations of the look of the 18th century. Born...
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Cast: Wes Anderson Adrien Brody Anjelica Huston Owen Wilson Natalie Portman
Tags: Road Movie Sophisticated Comedy Comedy
Length: 91min
Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited stars Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrien Brody as three brothers who, at the insistence of the oldest, take a train ride through India together in order to strengthen their bond. Even though the vacation...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Cast: Meryl Streep Bill Murray Wes Anderson George Clooney Michael Gambon
Tags: Family Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 88min
A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers, who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. For 12 years, Mr. and...
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Shopgirl (2005)
Cast: Steve Martin Claire Danes Jason Schwartzman Samuel Bottoms Rebecca Pidgeon
Tags: Comedy Drama Romantic Drama Coming-of-Age
Length: 116min
Steve Martin wrote the screenplay and served as co-producer for this screen adaptation of his short novel, which takes a witty but bittersweet look at a young woman and the two men involved with her. Mirabelle Buttersfield (Claire Danes) is an...
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Bewitched (2005)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine Michael Caine Nora Ephron Nicole Kidman Will Ferrell
Tags: Romantic Comedy Fantasy Fantasy Comedy Showbiz Comedy Comedy
Length: 100min
Nora Ephron directed and co-wrote this updated adaptation of a classic situation comedy that also casts a satirical eye on the entertainment industry. Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) is a movie star whose career has been going into a slow and steady...
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Spun (2002)
Cast: Patrick Fugit John Leguizamo Mickey Rourke Jason Schwartzman Mena Suvari
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy
Length: 101min
A crystal-meth addict struggles to get his next fix as he obsesses over a recent breakup in Spun, a lack-comic drug drama from music video director Jonas Akerlund. Rushmore's Jason Schwartzman stars as Ross, a young man who finds his maniacal world...
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I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman Jude Law Isabelle Huppert Lily Tomlin Naomi Watts
Tags: Absurd Comedy Comedy Ensemble Film
Length: 106min
Five years after achieving commercial and critical success with his film Three Kings, director and screenwriter David O. Russell returns to the more idiosyncratic territory of his earlier work with this intelligent and offbeat comedy. Bernard and...
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