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My Take
Jason Schwartzman fascinates me because he wears one of Hollywood's heaviest surnames so lightly. Born into the Coppola family, he could have coasted on lineage; instead he carved out a niche entirely his own, playing the verbose, slightly ridiculous, secretly wounded men who anchor Wes Anderson's meticulous worlds. His musician's instincts show in his acting too: precise timing, melodic line readings, a drummer's ear for the rhythm of dialogue. Few performers manage to be this mannered and this sincere at the same time. He is not a movie star in the conventional sense, and that is precisely why directors keep building strange, delicate films around him.
Overview
Jason Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. A member of the Coppola family, 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).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jason Schwartzman
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイソン・シュワルツマン
- Reading
- じぇいそん・しゅわるつまん
- Born
- June 26, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / composer / musician / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.