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Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician who portrayed Gideon Graves in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as well as Simon Lee in Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation, this makes Schwartzman one of only two actors from the movie to have played two roles across the franchise, the other being Mae Whitman.
He is best known for his roles in Wes Anderson and Hollywood films Rushmore, Spun, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Funny People, Saving Mr. Banks, Klaus, The French Dispatch, Asteroid City, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
He currently releases music through solo-project Coconut Records; formerly, he was the drummer of the rock band Phantom Planet. Schwartzman was also the star of the HBO series Bored to Death, where he played a writer who moonlighted as an unlicensed detective, advertising himself on Craigslist. He also appeared in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo. He also has a co-writing credit on Anderson's film Isle of Dogs.
Bryan Lee O'Malley has said a few times the inspiration for Gideon's character came partly from Jason as an actor.
Biography[]
Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Talia Shire (née Coppola) and the late producer Jack Schwartzman.
Many of his family members are involved in film. His maternal grandparents were composer Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola (née Pennino). His uncle is director Francis Ford Coppola, and his cousins are actor Nicolas Cage, and Marc Coppola, late film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola, director Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, and Christopher Coppola.
His brother is actor/musician Robert Schwartzman (vocalist for the band Rooney), his paternal half-siblings are cinematographer John Schwartzman and Stephine Schwartzman, and his maternal half-brother is Matthew Shire. Jason Schwartzman is of Polish Jewish descent on his father's side and Italian (Catholic) ancestry on his mother's side, and was raised without religion.[1]
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, Schwartzman had no acting experience.
Jason Schwartzman's breakout role was in "Slackers" as Ethan Dulles, a prototype to the hipster culture. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's film Rushmore, and has gone on to appear in 6 other Anderson films as one of his collaborators: The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, and Asteroid City. He also didn't have an acting role, but co-wrote Anderson's film Isle of Dogs.
He is also known for his roles in the films The Darjeeling Limited, Shopgirl with Steve Martin, I ♥ Huckabees, Spun, Funny People and Slackers. In 2006, he starred in Marie Antoinette under the direction of his cousin, Sofia Coppola, in which he appeared as King Louis XVI with Kirsten Dunst in the title role.
He made a cameo appearance in the Judd Apatow-produced musician biopic spoof Walk Hard as Ringo Starr. In 2009, he appeared in Apatow's third directorial feature entitled Funny People, in which he played Mark, a C-list television star.
Schwartzman starred in HBO's TV 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 2010, he performed as 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.
Credits[]
These are a list of credited roles of Jason Schwartzman in the Scott Pilgrim franchise.
Films[]
Television[]
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off[]
- "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life"
- "A League of Their Own"
- "Ramona Rents a Video"
- "Whatever" (credit only)
- "Lights. Camera. Sparks?!"
- "WHODIDIT"
- "2 Scott 2 Pilgrim"
- "The World Vs Scott Pilgrim"
Shorts[]
Trivia[]
- By portraying Gideon Graves and Simon Lee, Jason Schwartzman is one of only two actors to portray more than one separate character in the Scott Pilgrim franchise, the other being Mae Whitman who portrayed both Roxie Richter and Lisa Miller.
- Jason appeared on the TV series Fargo along with Kieran Culkin and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. As the show is crime anthology with each season set across different times, their characters on the show, Rye Gerhardt, Nikki Swango, and Josto Fadda, never have any scenes together.