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Jay Roach
Director 69 years old

Jay Roach

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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... Read full bio →

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14 titles
The Roses

The Roses

Jay Roach 2025 1h 45m

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

Bombshell

Bombshell

Jay Roach 2019 1h 49m 6.3

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.

All the Way

All the Way

Jay Roach 2016 2h 12m 6.0

Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.

Trumbo

Trumbo

Jay Roach 2015 2h 4m 7.1

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.

The Campaign

The Campaign

Jay Roach 2012 1h 25m 5.9

The film follows two rival politicians (Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis) who are trying to win an election to represent their small South Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Game Change

Game Change

Jay Roach 2012 1h 58m 7.0

During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.

Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks

Jay Roach 2010 1h 54m 5.6

Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice.

Recount

Recount

Jay Roach 2008 1h 56m 7.0

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.

Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers

Jay Roach 2004 1h 55m 6.4

Meet the Fockers is the sequel to the extremely successful comedy Meet the Parents. This time Ben Stiller must introduce his parents to the parents of his girlfriend which isn’t so easy as both sides have difficulties relating to each others differences.

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Jay Roach 2002 1h 34m 6.5

The third comedy and parody of the James Bond secret agent films written and produced by Mike Myers who plays the sexy secret agent as well as his enemy Dr. Evil.

Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents

Jay Roach 2000 1h 48m 6.7

Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

Mystery, Alaska

Mystery, Alaska

Jay Roach 1999 1h 59m 6.3

In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Jay Roach 1999 1h 35m 6.8

The mad comedy and parody of secret agent films like James Bond. The second from a total of three films produced written and starring Mike Myers as Austin Powers as well as his enemy Dr. Evil.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Jay Roach 1997 1h 29m 7.2

An out of control comedy and parody of secret agent films like James Bond. This is the first from three total films starring the secret agent Austin Powers. Produced and written by Mike Myers who also plays Powers as well as his arch nemesis Dr. Evil.

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