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Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman

Actor, also writer, producer and composer · Born June 26, 1980 (46) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body

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 for The Darjeeling Limited.  He is known for his roles as Gideon Graves in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). 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). He 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, Coconut Records. He was also the drummer in the rock band Phantom Planet. He is a member of the Coppola family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Schwartzman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
June 26, 1980 (46)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also writer, producer and composer
Titles
70 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 22% in 30 days

What are Jason Schwartzman's films like?

Across their 50 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy21 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 99th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
40%
Bonds
22%
Society
13%
Power
9%
Morality
8%
Survival
5%
Ideas
4%
Identity18 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 45 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 24 · Serious 17 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 20

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 17 · Charged 19 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 10

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 24 · Funny 14

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 23 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 22 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 26 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 7

Roles they play

30 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 10 of 30 analyzed roles.

Hero
10 of 30
Trickster
9 of 30
Shadow
4 of 30
Ally
4 of 30
Shapeshifter
2 of 30
Threshold guardian
1 of 30
Show the 30 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
22
Melancholic
20
Tense
16
Contemplative
14
Bittersweet
11
Other
50

How their films linger

Bittersweet22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous13

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jason Schwartzman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 48 of their 70 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jason Schwartzman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

90 credits, 70 with a MovieCove page; 42 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse(2027)

    as Spot (voice)

  • Artificial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Zeke

  • Kevin(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Kevin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Oh. What. Fun.(2025)

    as Doug

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Talamasca: The Secret Order(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Burton

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Mountainhead(2025)

    as Hugo 'Souper' Van Yalk

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Pavements(2024)

    as Chris Lombardi

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Last Showgirl(2024)

    as Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Queer(2024)

    as Joe Guidry

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Megalopolis(2024)

    as Jason Zanderz

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Between the Temples(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Ben Gottlieb

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Gideon Graves / Gordon Goose (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes(2023)

    as Lucky Flickerman

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Quiz Lady(2023)

    as Ron Heacock

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Asteroid City(2023)

    as Augie Steenbeck

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse(2023)

    as Spot (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Digman!(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Roberto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • There There(2022)

    as Lawyer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • I Love That for You(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ethan

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Sing 2(2021)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    Story · as Hermès Jones

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Mainstream(2020)

    as Mark Schwartz

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • To Plant a Flag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Astronaut

  • Medical Police(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as The Goldfinch

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Klaus(2019)

    as Jesper (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Between Two Ferns: The Movie(2019)

    as Jason Schwartzman

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Righteous Gemstones(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Thaniel Block

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Bad Assistant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Parker St. Garrett

  • Wine Country(2019)

    as Devon

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Isle of Dogs(2018)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Golden Exits(2017)

    as Buddy

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Neo Yokio(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Arcangelo Corelli (voice)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Greg

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • The Polka King(2017)

    as Mickey Pizzazz

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea(2016)

    as Dash (voice)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Dreamland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Peter

  • A Very Murray Christmas(2015)

    as Elliott the Groom

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Blunt Talk(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Duncan Adler

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • 7 Chinese Brothers(2015)

    as Larry

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · as Greg

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Overnight(2015)

    as Kurt

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Big Eyes(2014)

    as Ruben

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Listen Up Philip(2014)

    as Philip

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 11 episodes · as Josto Fadda · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

    as M. Jean

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • 9 Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Man in Park

  • Mozart in the Jungle(2014)

    Show 40 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · as Bradford Sharpe

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Saving Mr. Banks(2013)

    as Richard Sherman

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Castello Cavalcanti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jed Cavalcanti

  • Choose You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Here Comes the Night Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Centaur

  • Drunk History(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Ralph Nader

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Teenage(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III(2012)

    as Kirby Star

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Die Again, Undead One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Writer · as Jason Schwartzman

  • Goats(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Cousin Ben Troop Screening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Cousin Ben

  • Moonrise Kingdom(2012)

    as Cousin Ben

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Key and Peele(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Schwartzman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Fight for Your Right Revisited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Vincent Van Gogh

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010)

    as Gideon Graves

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Simon Lee / Combatant (voice)

  • Non Plus One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Writer

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)

    as Ash Fox (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Bored to Death(2009)

    Show 24 episodes · as Jonathan Ames

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Marc Pease Experience(2009)

    as Marc Pease

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Funny People(2009)

    Composer · as Mark Taylor Jackson

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Yo Teach...! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 7 episodes · as Mr. Bradford / Mark Taylor Jackson

  • Parks and Recreation(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dennis Lerpiss

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story(2007)

    as Ringo Starr (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Chevalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jack Whitman

  • The Darjeeling Limited(2007)

    Writer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Marie Antoinette(2006)

    as Louis XVI

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The X's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Shopgirl(2005)

    as Jeremy

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Bewitched(2005)

    as Ritchie

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(2005)

    as Gag Halfrunt (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • I Heart Huckabees(2004)

    as Albert Markovski

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Cracking Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 12 episodes · as Ben Baxter

  • Spun(2002)

    as Ross

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • S1m0ne(2002)

    as Milton

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Slackers(2002)

    as Ethan Dulles

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Odessa or Bust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as The Young Man

  • CQ(2001)

    as Felix DeMarco

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Freaks and Geeks(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Howie Gelfand

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Rushmore(1998)

    as Max Fischer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Schwartzman

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • New England Toys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Thing That Hurts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 90 titles, 86 of them dated from 1996 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

$691M worldwide

Highest rated

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Fargo (2014)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19962026

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 27 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting87 of 90: 81 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thWriting4 of 90: 1 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing3 of 90: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleMusic2 of 90: 1 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 90: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

90 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · acting2000s21 · 21 acting · 2 crew2010s40 · 37 acting · 5 crew2020s22 · 22 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 29% of 45 roles
9808131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2015–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Original Screenplay
  2. 2015
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jason Schwartzman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of the 49 of 50 with a score; across their 44 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Midcredits score across 69 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 69 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved16
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · actor

Neo Yokio (2017)

81st percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 41 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jason Schwartzman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 36 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore28 titles9–58 · median 32 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity36 titles12–61 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity27 titles24–79 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs27 titles19–62 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense27 titles4–65 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jason Schwartzman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jason Schwartzman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Wes Anderson shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles