- Born
- Birth nameMathew Jay Roach
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- Jay Roach was born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Trumbo (2015), Bombshell (2019) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). He has been married to Susanna Hoffs since April 17, 1993. They have two children.
- SpouseSusanna Hoffs(April 17, 1993 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenChildSamuel Roach
- RelativesMarci Reid(Cousin)
- Often uses a chaotic breakfast, lunch or dinner scene
- A huge fan of Elia Kazan's 1957 political classic A Face in the Crowd (1957), which he carefully analyzed before making Game Change (2012) for HBO in 2012.
- Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Bryan Cranston in Trumbo (2015).
- Among the many projects he is attached to direct are, "Austin Powers 4", which is in development with Mike Myers. "Used Guys" with Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey. "The Party", a remake of the Peter Sellers comedy. Among other projects.
- Has directed one Emmy Award-winning performance: Julianne Moore in Game Change (2012).
- Why comedies can't have as big budgets as action films is a long story, but evidently they can't.
- I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.
- When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.
- My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy.
- On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post-production. So I hope the combination becomes something worth collecting.
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) - $10,000,000
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