Early life

Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Talia Shire (née Coppola) and the late producer Jack Schwartzman. Schwartzman's brother is actor and musician Robert Schwartzman, and his paternal half-siblings are Stephanie and John Schwartzman. Many other members of Schwartzman's family are involved in film: he is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine Coppola. His first cousin once removed, father Jack's first cousin, is Elliott B. Oppenheim, novelist and screenwriter, whose first novel was Kaleidoscope, a turbulent tale loosely based upon his final high school year in 1963-64.

His paternal grandparents were Polish Jewish immigrants, while his mother is Italian American and Catholic. Schwartzman has stated in interviews that he was raised without religion. He attended Windward School in West Los Angeles.

Career

Acting

Schwartzman's acting career began when he was 17 years old, when he starred in Wes Anderson's Rushmore in 1998. Prior to Rushmore, he had no acting experience. Shortly after in 2000 Jason 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 Slackers and in 2003 starred in Spun. In 2004, he starred in I Heart Huckabees, and Shopgirl in 2005. He also appeared in various television shows, such as Cracking Up. In 2006, he starred in Marie Antoinette under the direction of his cousin, Sofia Coppola, in which he appeared as King Louis XVI.

Schwartzman made a cameo appearance as Ringo Starr in the biopic spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. In 2009, he appeared as Mark, a C-list television star, in Funny People. He starred in the HBO show Bored to Death, in which he played 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 the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the movie 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 made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the television show Key & Peele. In 2014 he played himself in the lead role of the Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories episode The Endorsement.

Schwartzman's most recent significant on-screen acting appearance was in the 2013 Disney film Saving Mr. Banks. In it, he portrayed Disney songwriter Richard M. Sherman. Schwartzman's brother, John, served as the film's cinematographer.

Music

Prior to acting, Schwartzman was the drummer and a songwriter for the band Phantom Planet. Despite leaving the band, music remains one of his passions. 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. The first album, entitled Nighttiming, was produced by Michael Einziger and features a cover photo from Roman Coppola. The album was first released on iTunes on March 20, 2007. His second album, Davy, was released on iTunes on January 20, 2009. Schwartzman performed the musical score for Funny People and the theme song for Bored to Death. He has also written tracks for Smallville and Slackers.

Personal life

Schwartzman married long-time girlfriend Brady Cunningham at their home in the San Fernando Valley on July 11, 2009. Cunningham is an art and design director and co-owner of TENOVERSIX in Los Angeles. Schwartzman describes himself as "basically a vegan" as he does not eat meat, dairy, or eggs. He narrated a video, What to Eat: The Environmental Impacts of our Food, for Farm Sanctuary. He has two daughters, Marlowe Rivers (born 2010) and Una (born 2014).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Rushmore	Max Fischer
2000	Mare Bonky	Enrique
2001	CQ	Felix DeMarco
2001	Odessa or Bust	The Young Man	Short film
2002	Slackers	Ethan Dulles
2002	Julius And Friends: Hole In One	Julius (voice)	Short film
2002	Simone	Milton
2003	Spun	Ross
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
2005	Bewitched	Ritchie
2005	Shopgirl	Jeremy	Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2006	Marie Antoinette	King Louis XVI
2007	Hotel Chevalier	Jack Whitman	Short film
2007	The Darjeeling Limited	Jack Whitman	Also writer
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Ringo Starr	Uncredited
2009	The Marc Pease Experience	Marc Pease
2009	Funny People	Mark Taylor Jackson
2009	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Ash Fox (voice)
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Gideon Graves
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation	Simon Lee (voice)	Short film
2011	Fight For Your Right Revisited	Vincent van Gogh	Short film
2012	Moonrise Kingdom	Cousin Ben
2012	A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III	Kirby Star
2013	Castello Cavalcanti	Jed Cavalcanti	Short film
2013	Saving Mr. Banks	Richard M. Sherman
2014	Listen Up Philip	Philip
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	M. Jean
2014	Big Eyes	Ruben
2015	The Overnight	Kurt
2015	7 Chinese Brothers	Larry
2015	A Very Murray Christmas	Elliott

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Himself	Episode: "And the Sabrina Goes to..."
2000	Freaks and Geeks	Howie Gelfand	Episode: "Carded and Discarded"
2000	Get Real	Himself	Episode: "Falling From Grace"
2004-2006	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
2013	Parks and Recreation	Dennis Lerpiss	2 episodes
2013	Out There	Benjamin Brent / Cedric (voices)	2 episode
2013	Drunk History	Ralph Nader	Episode: "Detroit"
2013	Key & Peele	Himself	Episode: "LA Vice"
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Jason Schwartzman Wears a Striped Shirt & High Top Sneakers"
2014	Mozart in the Jungle	Bradford Sharp	2 episodes; Also writer and producer
2014	Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories	Jason Schwartzman	Episode: "The Endorsement"
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Greg	7 episodes
2015	Blunt Talk	Duncan Adler	3 episodes

Composer

Year	Title	Notes
2002	Orange County	Song: "California"
2002	Smallville	Song: "Lonely Day"
2002	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
2009	Funny People	Soundtrack
2012	LOL	Song: "Microphones"

Awards

On February 17, 2009, Schwartzman was named one of the "Top 10 Most Stylish Men in America" by GQ magazine.

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