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Jason Schwartzman
Jason Schwartzman
Birth name	Jason Francesco Schwartzman
Born	June 26, 1980 (1980-06-26) (age 27) Los Angeles, California

Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal Life 2 Filmography 2.1 Actor 2.2 Composer 2.3 Writer 3 Awards 4 Quotes 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Talia Shire (née Coppola) and the late producer Jack Schwartzman. Many other members of Schwartzman's family are involved in film; he is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine Coppola. His brother is actor/musician Robert Carmine (vocalist for the band Rooney), and his half-brother is cinematographer John Schwartzman. Schwartzman is of Italian descent on his mother's side and Jewish descent on his father's.^[1]

Schwartzman is known for his role in the films The Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore, Shopgirl, I ♥ Huckabees, and Slackers. Prior to acting, he was the drummer and a songwriter for the band Phantom Planet. Despite leaving the band for an acting career, he still composes music for some films. He appears in the music video for the rock remix of "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy. He also contributed to Ben Lee's 2005 album Awake Is The New Sleep. In 2006, he starred in Marie Antoinette under the direction of his cousin, Sofia Coppola, in which he appeared as King Louis XVI with Kirsten Dunst in the title role.

In 2007, he created the pop rock solo act Coconut Records. The first CD was released on iTunes on March 20, 2007. Songs include "West Coast," "Nighttiming," and "This Old Machine."

Schwartzman is currently dating LA fashion designer Brady Cunningham.^[2] He also has a bulldog named Arrow.

• Rushmore (1998)
• Freaks and Geeks, Episode 7: "Carded and Discarded" (2000) (TV series)
• CQ (2001)
• Slackers (2002)
• S1m0ne (2002)
• Spun (2002)
• Cracking Up (2004) (TV series)
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (uncredited)
• Bewitched (2005)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Marie Antoinette (2006)
• Hotel Chevalier (2007)
• The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

• Orange County (2002) & The O.C. (2003) (Phantom Planet song "California")
• Slackers (2002) (song "Little Locked Room" & "Lonely Day")
• The O.C. (2007) (song "The West Coast")

• The Darjeeling Limited

Schwartzman won the following awards:

• the 1999 Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best Actor (for Rushmore)
• the 1999 YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film (for Rushmore)

He was also nominated for the following:

• the 1999 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor (for Rushmore)

• "I love them more than anything, and we're a very tight family and a very normal family. I have the best brothers and mom and cousins and everything in the entire world." - On Channel 8's Good Morning Texas, October 2007.

• Coppola family tree

• Jason Schwartzman at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason Schwartzman Interview on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos