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Jay Roach

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateJun 14, 1957 (69 years old)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthAlbuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Career Span1990 – Present (37 yrs)
Known Credits41 Titles
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DirectingPopularity Score 2

Jay Roach

Also known as:Matthew Jay Roach
Total Works

41

36 movies • 5 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

50 First Dates
6.9
50 First Dates
2004•movie
Role: Executive Producer
The Dictator
6.3
The Dictator
2012•movie
Role: Thanks
Meet the Parents
6.7
Meet the Parents
2000•movie
Role: Director
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
6.8
Role: Producer

Photos & Headshots3

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 41 titles featuring Jay Roach

50 First Dates
6.9
50 First Dates
2004•movie

Role: Executive Producer

The Dictator
6.3
The Dictator
2012•movie

Role: Thanks

Meet the Parents
6.7
Meet the Parents
2000•movie

Role: Director

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
6.8

Role: Producer

Meet the Fockers
6.3
Meet the Fockers
2004•movie

Role: Producer

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6.7

Role: Producer

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
6.6

Role: Director

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
6.3

Role: Director

Austin Powers in Goldmember
6.0

Role: Director

Little Fockers
5.7
Little Fockers
2010•movie

Role: Producer

Bombshell
6.8
Bombshell
2019•movie

Role: Director

Grimsby
6.0
Grimsby
2016•movie

Role: Thanks

Brüno
5.7
Brüno
2009•movie

Role: Producer

Dinner for Schmucks
5.7

Role: Director

The Campaign
5.8
The Campaign
2012•movie

Role: Director

Trumbo
7.2
Trumbo
2015•movie

Role: Producer

Sisters
6.0
Sisters
2015•movie

Role: Producer

Barry
7.9
1 eps
Barry
2018•series

as Jay Roach

The Roses
6.6
The Roses
2025•movie

Role: Director

Charlie Bartlett
6.7
Charlie Bartlett
2008•movie

Role: Producer

Blown Away
6.2
Blown Away
1994•movie

Role: Associate Producer

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
6.2

Role: Producer

Game Change
6.9
Game Change
2012•movie

Role: Director

All the Way
6.7
All the Way
2016•movie

Role: Director

Mystery, Alaska
6.3
Mystery, Alaska
1999•movie

Role: Director

Recount
6.8
Recount
2008•movie

Role: Director

The Brink
7.0
The Brink
2015•series

Role: Director

MADtv
7.1
1 eps
MADtv
1995•series

as Self

High Desert
6.6
High Desert
2023•series

Role: Director

Smother
5.0
Smother
2008•movie

Role: Producer

Coastal Elites
5.8
Coastal Elites
2020•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Lifepod
5.3
Lifepod
1993•movie

Role: Writer

Space Rangers
5.3
Space Rangers
1993•series

Role: Producer

Monty Python Conquers America
6.2

as Self

Zoo Radio
4.5
Zoo Radio
1991•movie

Role: Director

Earth to America
7.7
Earth to America
2005•movie

Role: Director

Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
8.0

as Self

Tales of the Unknown
7.0

Role: Director of Photography

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)

Focker-in-Law
Focker-in-Law
2026•movie

Role: Producer

Untitled Ocean's Prequel

Role: Producer