Acting credits
5
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Jay Roach
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
Low visibility
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Movies: 36Series: 5Crew credits: 37
TMDB ID: 6737
IMDb ID: nm0005366
Known for: Directing
Born: June 14, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2026
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q524278
Other jobs
Director (18)Producer (12)Executive Producer (2)Thanks (2)Director of Photography (1)Story (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jay Roach.
Nov 25
Focker-In-Law
Producer
2026 Movie
6.7
The Roses
Director
2025 Movie
5.8
Coastal Elites
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
6.8
Bombshell
Director
2019 Movie
6.2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Producer
2017 Movie
6.7
All the Way
Director
2016 Movie
6.0
Grimsby
Thanks
2016 Movie
6.0
Sisters
Producer
2015 Movie
7.2
Trumbo
Producer
2015 Movie
5.8
The Campaign
Director
2012 Movie
6.2
The Dictator
Thanks
2012 Movie
6.9
Game Change
Director
2012 Movie
5.7
Little Fockers
Producer
2010 Movie
5.7
Dinner for Schmucks
Director
2010 Movie
5.6
Brüno
Producer
2009 Movie
4.9
Smother
Producer
2008 Movie
6.8
Recount
Director
2008 Movie
6.7
Charlie Bartlett
Producer
2008 Movie
6.5
Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
2008 Movie
6.8
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Producer
2006 Movie
8.0
Earth to America
Director
2005 Movie
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self (archive footage)
2005 Movie
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Producer
2005 Movie
6.3
Meet the Fockers
Director
2004 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jay Roach.
