Directing
Jay Roach
- Titles
- 39movies6TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19902025
- Directed
- 22titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Meet the Parents79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Satire & Parody5.7average 2.3
- Cringe Humor5.4average 2.2
- Situational Comedy5.4average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay6.1average 3.7
- Pop Culture4.6average 2.2
- Politics4.8average 2.6
- Physical Comedy4.5average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor4.0average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age1.2, average 2.9
- Scare1.1, average 2.6
- Melancholy3.3, average 4.7
- Fantasy0.4, average 1.8
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Ensemble Cast 4
- Political Drama 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Eccentric Characters 3
- Spy Parody 2
- Absurdist Comedy 2
- Pop Culture Satire 2
- Iconic Characters 2
- Character Study 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
- Cringe Comedy 2
- Fast-Paced 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jon PollEditorThe Roses, Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, +5 more
Jim DenaultCinematographerThe Campaign, Dinner for Schmucks, Trumbo, All the Way, Game Change, +2 more
Theodore ShapiroComposerThe Roses, Bombshell, The Campaign, Dinner for Schmucks, Trumbo, +1 more- AAlan BaumgartenEditorMeet the Fockers, Dinner for Schmucks, Trumbo, Recount, Lifepod
Mike MyersActorAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
Seth GreenActorAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Michael YorkActorAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Robert WagnerActorAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Will FerrellActorAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Campaign, Earth to America
Mindy SterlingActorAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Peter DemingCinematographerAustin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Mystery, Alaska
George S. ClintonComposerAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Movies and TV shows
38Upcoming
2 titles
Oceans
Director, Producer
Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel
Producer, Director
2020s
3 titles · average score 63
Meet the Parents 4 (2026)
Producer
67
The Roses (2025)
Director, Producer
60
Coastal Elites (2020)
Executive Producer, Director
2010s
12 titles · average score 65
67
Bombshell (2019)
Producer, Director
80
Barry (2018)
TV show · as Jay Roach
69
All the Way (2016)
Director, Executive Producer
60
Grimsby (2016)
Thanks
72
Trumbo (2015)
Director, Producer
59
Sisters (2015)
Producer
59
The Campaign (2012)
Producer, Director
71
Game Change (2012)
Director, Executive Producer
63
The Dictator (2012)
Thanks
58
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Producer, Director
55
Little Fockers (2010)
Producer
2000s
11 titles · average score 65
57
Brüno (2009)
Producer
70
Recount (2008)
Director, Executive Producer
67
Charlie Bartlett (2008)
Producer
48
Smother (2008)
Producer
70
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Producer
Earth to America (2005)
Director
63
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Director, Producer
68
50 First Dates (2004)
Executive Producer
79
Meet the Parents (2000)
Producer, Director
1990s
9 titles · average score 62
64
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Director
Sound of Peace (1997)
Cinematography
62
Blown Away (1994)
Story, Associate Producer
52
Lifepod (1993)
Writer
Zoo Radio (1991)
Director
Tales of the Unknown (1990)
Director of Photography
1980s
1 titles
Odyssey (1986)
Cinematography