Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and musician of Polish Jewish and Italian descent.
The son of actress Talia Shire and producer Jack Schwartzman, he was exposed to showbiz at a young age as a member of the Coppola family of performers and artists; he frequently works with his cousin Roman Coppola. He started acting at seventeen in Wes Anderson's Rushmore, and has been a frequent collaborator of the director ever since. He's also a musician; his solo project is called Coconut Records. He was also the founding member of the band Phantom Planet, in which he played drums for their first two albums, including their biggest hit, "California", until his departure in 2003 to focus on acting.
Selected filmography:
- Rushmore (1998): Max Fischer
- I ♡ Huckabees (2004): Albert Marovski
- Bewitched (2005): Ritchie
- Marie Antoinette (2006): Louis XVI
- Hotel Chevalier and The Darjeeling Limited (2007): Jack Whitman
- Funny People (2009): Mark Taylor Jackson
- Bored to Death (2009-2011): Jonathan Ames
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Ash Fox (voice role)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010): Gideon Graves
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Cousin Ben
- Saving Mr. Banks (2013): Richard M. Sherman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): M. Jean
- Big Eyes (2014): Ruben
- Mozart in the Jungle (2014-2016): Bradford Sharp
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017): Greg
- The Polka King (2017): Mickey Pizzazz
- Neo Yokio (2017-2018): Arcangelo Corelli (voice role)
- Wine Country (2019): Devon
- Klaus (2019): Jesper Johanssen (voice role)
- Fargo: Season Four (2020): Josto Fadda
- The French Dispatch (2021): Hermes Jones
- Sing 2 (2021): Ryan (voice role)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023): Jonathan Ohnn/The Spot (voice role)
- Asteroid City (2023) as Augie Steenbeck
- Quiz Lady (2023) as Ron Heacock
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023): Lucky Flickerman
