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Jay Roach

Crew | * 06/14/1957 (68) | Albuquerque, New Mexico (United States of America (USA))

Matthew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American film director and producer, best known for directing the Austin Powers films and Meet the Parents.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. ...

Bombshell

R

2019 | 3.4/5 | 1h 49min
Drama
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Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he kn ...

Blown Away

R

1994 | 3.1/5 | 2h 1min
Action
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The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted. ...

Trumbo

R

2015 | 3.6/5 | 2h 4min
Drama
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As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain f ...

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

PG-13

1997 | 3.3/5 | 1h 34min
Science Fiction, Comedy, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Jay Roach

Primetime Emmy Award Directors Guild of America Award 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
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Movies with Jay Roach as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)2005 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'

TV Shows/Series with Jay Roach as Actor(1)

as himself1995 MADtv

Movies with Jay Roach as Crew(44)

Directing/Director2023 Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel
Production/Producer2023 Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel
Directing/Director2020 Coastal Elites
Production/Executive Producer2020 Coastal Elites
Directing/Director2019 Bombshell
Production/Producer2019 Bombshell
Production/Producer2017 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Crew/Thanks2016 Grimsby
Directing/Director2016 All the Way
Production/Executive Producer2016 All the Way
Production/Producer2015 Sisters
Directing/Director2015 Trumbo
Production/Producer2015 Trumbo
Crew/Thanks2012 The Dictator
Directing/Director2012 Game Change
Production/Executive Producer2012 Game Change
Directing/Director2012 The Campaign
Production/Producer2012 The Campaign
Production/Producer2010 Little Fockers
Directing/Director2010 Dinner for Schmucks
Production/Producer2010 Dinner for Schmucks
Production/Producer2009 Brüno
Production/Producer2008 Smother
Directing/Director2008 Recount
Production/Executive Producer2008 Recount
Production/Producer2007 Charlie Bartlett
Production/Producer2006 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Directing/Director2005 Earth to America
Production/Producer2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Directing/Director2004 Meet the Fockers
Production/Producer2004 Meet the Fockers
Production/Executive Producer2004 50 First Dates
Directing/Director2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember
Directing/Director2000 Meet the Parents
Production/Producer2000 Meet the Parents
Directing/Director1999 Mystery, Alaska
Directing/Director1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Crew/Cinematography1997 Sound of Peace
Directing/Director1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Production/Associate Producer1994 Blown Away
Writing/Story1994 Blown Away
Writing/Writer1993 Lifepod
Directing/Director1991 Zoo Radio
Crew/Cinematography1986 Odyssey

TV Shows/Series with Jay Roach as Crew(7)

Directing/Director2023 High Desert
Production/Executive Producer2023 High Desert
Directing/Director2015 The Brink
Production/Executive Producer2015 The Brink
Production/Producer2004 American Candidate
Production/Producer1993 Space Rangers
Writing/Writer1993 Space Rangers

Full Name: Jay Roach
Born: Friday, 06/14 1957 (June) in Albuquerque, New Mexico (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 68 years + 269 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California, Stanford University, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Eldorado High School
Employer: University of Southern California
Spouses (current/former): Susanna Hoffs
Children: Jackson Roach
Other names for Jay Roach (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mathew Jay Roach"
Jay Roach frequently works together with these people:
Sacha Baron Cohen (16x, Actor)
Jon Poll (14x, Crew)
Mike Myers (11x, Actor)
David D. Johnson (9x, Crew)
Peter Baynham (8x, Crew)
Michelle Graham (7x, Crew)
Anthony Hines (7x, Crew)
Hayley Erin (7x, Actress)
Jim Denault (7x, Crew)
Robert De Niro (6x, Actor)
Alan Baumgarten (6x, Crew)
Dan Mazer (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9047, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 02/19/2026