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Jay Roach

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Jay Roach

Born Jun 14, 1957 · 69 years44 titles 38 movies · 6 TV
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Biography

Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers film series, Meet the Parents, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, Trumbo, and Bombshell. Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the political television drama films Recount, Game Change, and All the Way. He produced the films under his Everyman Pictures banner. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards from six nominations for his work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Roach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as

Matthew Jay Roach

Born

Jun 14, 1957

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

5

Acting credits

21

Directing

3

Writing

31

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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