Cast & creator
Jay Roach
Best known for Barry, The Dictator, 50 First Dates
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.
Also known as: Matthew Jay Roach
51
film credits
9
television credits
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1986–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (60)
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Barry
Jay Roach
2018
The Dictator
Thanks
2012
50 First Dates
Executive Producer
2004
The Roses
Director
2025The Roses
Producer
2025
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Director
1999
Meet the Fockers
Director
2004Meet the Fockers
Producer
2004
High Desert
Director
2023High Desert
Executive Producer
2023
Meet the Parents
Director
2000Meet the Parents
Producer
2000
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Producer
2005
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Director
1997
Little Fockers
Producer
2010
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Director
2002
Bombshell
Director
2019Bombshell
Producer
2019
Grimsby
Thanks
2016
Focker-in-Law
Producer
2026
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Producer
2006
Sisters
Producer
2015
The Brink
Director
2015The Brink
Executive Producer
2015
Dinner for Schmucks
Director
2010Dinner for Schmucks
Producer
2010
The Campaign
Director
2012The Campaign
Producer
2012
Space Rangers
Producer
1993Space Rangers
Writer
1993
Blown Away
Story
1994Blown Away
Associate Producer
1994
Brüno
Producer
2009
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Producer
2017
Trumbo
Producer
2015Trumbo
Director
2015
All the Way
Director
2016All the Way
Executive Producer
2016
MADtv
Self
1995
Charlie Bartlett
Producer
2008
Mystery, Alaska
Director
1999
Untitled Ocean's Prequel
Producer
2027
Smother
Producer
2008
Game Change
Director
2012Game Change
Executive Producer
2012American Candidate
Producer
2004
Monty Python Conquers America
Self
2008
Earth to America
Director
2005
Recount
Director
2008Recount
Executive Producer
2008
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
Self
1999Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
Director
1999
Coastal Elites
Executive Producer
2020Coastal Elites
Director
2020
Lifepod
Writer
1993
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'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Zoo Radio
Director
1991
Tales of the Unknown
Director of Photography
1990Odyssey
Cinematography
1986Sound of Peace
Cinematography
1997