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Jay Roach
Producer 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 →

Filmography

Every title this person produced

17 titles
Focker-in-Law

Focker-in-Law

John Hamburg 2026

Henry, son of Greg and Pam Focker, faces family chaos when he decides to marry a strong-willed woman who appears to be his complete mismatch.

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.

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Peter Landesman 2017 1h 43m 5.0

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

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.

Sisters

Sisters

Jason Moore 2015 1h 58m 6.0

Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

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.

Little Fockers

Little Fockers

Paul Weitz 2010 1h 38m 4.9

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back.

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.

Brüno

Brüno

Larry Charles 2009 1h 23m 5.5

Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen) stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.

Smother

Smother

Vince Di Meglio 2008 1h 32m 4.0

After he's fired from his job, an everyday guy faces pressure from his wife to have a baby and from his mom, who has decided to move in with the young couple.

Charlie Bartlett

Charlie Bartlett

Jon Poll 2007 1h 37m 7.1

A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.

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

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

Larry Charles 2006 1h 24m 7.0

A pretend Kazakhstan reporter Borat visits the United States to learn the cultural differences between his homeland and the US. The film is a clever mix of documentation and comedy. Sacha Baron Cohen won a Golden Globe for his acting.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Garth Jennings 2005 1h 49m 7.6

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

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.

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.

Space Rangers

Space Rangers

1993 45m

Space Rangers is an American futuristic science fiction drama. The short lived series aired on CBS in 1993. The show was created by Pen Densham and Trilogy Entertainment Group.

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