Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#725
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Jason Schwartzman represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 29 years in, and Jason is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Jason Schwartzman appears in 42 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Jason. The Grand Budapest Hotel is the clearest case: a film rated 8.8 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, science fiction, adventure. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Bob Persichetti, Michael Showalter, Jesse Armstrong and others, Jason Schwartzman helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as M. Jean · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as Spot (voice) · The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as M. Jean
Career snapshot
Ranked #725 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
42
1998–2027
Career length
29 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.8
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Most frequent director
Wes Anderson
9 films together
Longest collaboration
9×
With Wes Anderson
Most common genre
Comedy
29 titles
Average runtime
1h 42m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.9
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
7.4 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. Rushmore — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
7.4
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
7.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Rushmore.
Most productive era
2020s
18 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.41 film | 6.56 films | 7.56 films | 6.18 films |
| Action | — | — | 7.51 film | 5.23 films |
| Comedy | 7.41 film | 6.59 films | 7.010 films | 6.49 films |
| Crime | — | 6.61 film | — | — |
| Romance | — | 6.14 films | 7.62 films | 6.51 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1998Rushmore
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Max Fischer.
Highest rated performance
8.8 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2019Klaus
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
The current state of the argument, as Spot (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
42 of 42 films
as Jesper (voice)
Directed by Sergio Pablos
as M. Jean
Directed by Wes Anderson
as Spot (voice)
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos
as Ash Fox (voice)
Directed by Wes Anderson
as Max Fischer
Directed by Wes Anderson
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 54 titles · 60 total credits · active 1998–2027
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 · Spot (voice)
Kevin
2026 · TV · Kevin (voice)
Oh. What. Fun.
2025 · Doug
Mountainhead
2025 · Hugo 'Souper' Van Yalk
Pavements
2025 · Chris Lombardi
Megadoc
2025 · Self (uncredited)
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025 · TV · Burton
Between the Temples
2024 · Ben Gottlieb · Executive Producer
Megalopolis
2024 · Jason Zanderz
Queer
2024 · Joe Guidry
The Last Showgirl
2024 · Director
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Spot (voice)
Asteroid City
2023 · Augie Steenbeck
Quiz Lady
2023 · Ron Heacock
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Lucky Flickerman
Digman!
2023 · TV · Roberto (voice)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2023 · TV · Gideon Graves / Gordon Goose (voice)
Sing 2
2021 · Additional Voices (voice)
Mainstream
2021 · Mark Schwartz
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Hermès Jones · Story
The Sparks Brothers
2021 · Self
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020 · Self
Medical Police
2020 · TV · The Goldfinch
Klaus
2019 · Jesper (voice)
The defining work
#1
Jesper (voice)
Klaus (2019)
Performance score8.6
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Jesper (voice) gives Jason Schwartzman a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
View movie#2
M. Jean
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Performance score8.4
The Grand Budapest Hotel asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. M. Jean is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Spot (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Performance score8.2
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Spot (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Ash Fox (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Performance score8.1
Fantastic Mr. Fox asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ash Fox (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Jesper (voice)
Start here. Klaus is the clearest statement of what Jason Schwartzman does — accessible, 97 minutes, and rated 8.1 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Jason at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Rushmore (1998)
Keeps the comedy register of Klaus but asks for a colder reading of it.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Same director as Rushmore, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Same director as Fantastic Mr. Fox, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Keeps the adventure register of The Grand Budapest Hotel but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Wes Anderson
Director
9 films together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Sofia Coppola
Director
2 films together
Notably Marie Antoinette
Edgar Wright
Director
2 films together
Notably Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Garth Jennings
Director
2 films together
Notably Sing 2
Alex Ross Perry
Director
2 films together
Notably Pavements
Andrew Niccol
Director
1 film together
Notably S1m0ne
Jonas Åkerlund
Director
1 film together
Notably Spun
David O. Russell
Director
1 film together
Notably I ♥ Huckabees
Nora Ephron
Director
1 film together
Notably Bewitched
Jake Kasdan
Director
1 film together
Notably Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Judd Apatow
Director
1 film together
Notably Funny People
John Lee Hancock
Director
1 film together
Notably Saving Mr. Banks
Tim Burton
Director
1 film together
Notably Big Eyes
Maya Forbes
Director
1 film together
Notably The Polka King
Scott Aukerman
Director
1 film together
Notably Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Sergio Pablos
Director
1 film together
Notably Klaus
Francis Lawrence
Director
1 film together
Notably The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Jessica Yu
Director
1 film together
Notably Quiz Lady
Joaquim Dos Santos
Director
1 film together
Notably Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Luca Guadagnino
Director
1 film together
Notably Queer
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
1 film together
Notably Megalopolis
Mike Figgis
Director
1 film together
Notably Megadoc
Jesse Armstrong
Director
1 film together
Notably Mountainhead
Michael Showalter
Director
1 film together
Notably Oh. What. Fun.
Bob Persichetti
Director
1 film together
Notably Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Léa Seydoux
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Edward Norton
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Harvey Keitel
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ralph Fiennes
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
F. Murray Abraham
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mathieu Amalric
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adrien Brody
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Willem Dafoe
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jeff Goldblum
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jude Law
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Saoirse Ronan
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Grand Budapest Hotel
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Wes Anderson
Director
9 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 9 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Grand Budapest HotelEdgar Wright
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldGarth Jennings
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Sing 2Alex Ross Perry
Director
2 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
PavementsSofia Coppola
Director
2 films together · 6.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Marie AntoinetteJoaquim Dos Santos
Director
1 film together · 8.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseSergio Pablos
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KlausJohn Lee Hancock
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Saving Mr. BanksFrancis Lawrence
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesTim Burton
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Big EyesJessica Yu
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Quiz LadyJake Kasdan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryJonas Åkerlund
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SpunMike Figgis
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MegadocLuca Guadagnino
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
QueerDavid O. Russell
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I ♥ HuckabeesAndrew Niccol
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
S1m0neScott Aukerman
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Between Two Ferns: The MovieJudd Apatow
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Funny PeopleMichael Showalter
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Oh. What. Fun.Maya Forbes
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Polka KingJesse Armstrong
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MountainheadFrancis Ford Coppola
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MegalopolisNora Ephron
Director
1 film together · 5.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BewitchedBob Persichetti
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-VerseSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Performer
Jason Schwartzman
Where this journey starts
Director
Wes Anderson
9 collaborations, averaging 7.5
Film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Their highest-rated film together (2014)
Performer
Edward Norton
Shares the frame in The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film
Fight Club
Where Edward goes next, and where you can too
Performer
Brad Pitt
Three steps from where you began
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Spot (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Hotel Chevalier
as Jack Whitman
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Jean
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Ringo Starr (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Klaus
as Jesper (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Jason Schwartzman has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 7.9 | 8.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #539 of 681 | #9 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| Genres | Comedy, Adventure, Drama | Animation, Family, Comedy, Drama |
| Directors | Wes Anderson | Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont |
| Performance DNA | Screen presence, Comedy, Rewatchability | Emotional range, Quiet performance, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2014–2014 | 1999–2026 |
| Most iconic role | M. Jean — The Grand Budapest Hotel | Paul Edgecomb — The Green Mile |
| Most rewatchable film | The Grand Budapest Hotel | The Green Mile |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 2 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared collections
Comedy Movies, Drama Movies
Tom Hanks edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
29 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
29 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Jean
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Spot (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Queer
as Joe Guidry
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Spot (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Spot (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Saving Mr. Banks
as Richard Sherman
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Jean
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 5 Nutevio collections
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