Jay Roach
Known for Directing
Born
June 14, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Filmography
51 films, 9 shows
Known for Directing
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.
Born
June 14, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Filmography
51 films, 9 shows

The Roses
2025 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
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.

Coastal Elites
2020 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.

Bombshell
2019 · 1h 49m
country: Canada
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
2016 · 2h 12m
country: United States
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'

Trumbo
2015 · 2h 4m
country: United States
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
2012 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Game Change
2012 · 1h 58m
country: United States
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
2010 · 1h 54m
country: United States
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. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.

Recount
2008 · 1h 56m
country: United States
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

Earth to America
2005 · 2h
country: United States
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.

Meet the Fockers
2004 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · 1h 34m
country: United States
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

Meet the Parents
2000 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999 · 26m
country: Unknown
A look at the production of "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me", the 1999 hit comedy sequel, starring Mike Myers and directed by Jay Roach.

Mystery, Alaska
1999 · 1h 59m
country: Canada
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
1999 · 1h 35m
country: United States
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 · 1h 29m
country: Germany
As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

Zoo Radio
1991 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Under the terms of their father's will, rival radio station managers Burt and John Powell must compete with each other for their inheritance. Burt's KLST and John's KWIN have six months to build their ratings, with the winner getting the whole sixty million dollars. The KLST weirdos party on as the KWIN suits hatch schemes.