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Name: Jack Whitman, youngest brother
Played by: Jason Schwartman |
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The
baby, and most successful brother, Jack bases "fictional" characters on
his own family and friends and is obsessed with the girlfriend he left
in Paris (see Hotel Chevalier)
-- to the point of checking the messages on her answering machine.
Of Jack, Schwartman says, "He's got a mustache, no shoes, and
big, big dreams. He's a really good guy but I think he's got a bit of
growing up to do."
Source: The Darjeeling Limited press kit
About Jason Schwartman...
Relatives of famous
people rarely have the chops to overcome nepotism cries, but Jason
Schwartzman, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, is one actor who does.
Schwartzman was born June 26, 1980, to producer Jack Schwartzman and
actress Talia Shire, the latter best known as Rocky Balboa's love
interest Adrian. He graduated from the Windwood School in 1999 and
continued to live with his mom and two brothers at their home in the
Los Angeles area.
Chosen at the tail end of an exhausting casting search, Schwartzman
burst into the film industry with his deft, hilarious portrayal of
chronic overachiever Max Fischer in Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed
Rushmore (1998).
Since then, the young actor kept a low profile, opting to spend time
with his band Phantom Planet, which recorded an album for Epic Records.
Keeping with his geek-chic nature, he also chose small, quirky roles in
television, such as his guest appearance as a slimy fake-ID dealer on
NBC's tragically short-lived series Freaks and Geeks or his work in spoofs for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
He maintained his credibility in the independent scene throughout the next decade appearing in #Spun, and acting in his cousin Roman Coppola's CQ. In 2004 he was the center of David O. Russell's philosophical comedy I Heart Huckabees.
In 2005 he made two big attempts at the mainstream. His role as a smarmy Hollywood player in Bewitched
escaped the critical scorn heaped on the movie by the majority of
critics, but he earned respectable notices as the other part of the
love triangle in Shopgirl. He played a major part for his cousin Sofia Coppola in her Marie Antoinette, before agreeing to reteam with Wes Anderson for his follow-up to The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited.
Credit: AllMovie.com
Jason Schwartman's Filmography
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) - Jack
Marie Antoinette (2006) - Louis XVI
"Cracking Up" - Ben Baxter (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
Shopgirl (2005) - Jeremy Kraft
Bewitched (2005) - Ritchie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (uncredited) - Gag Halfrunt
I Heart Huckabees (2004) - Albert Markovski
Just Like Mona (2003)
Spun (2002) - Ross
S1m0ne (2002) - Milton
Slackers (2002) - Ethan Dulles
Julius and Friends: Yeti, Set, Go (2002) - Julius
Julius and Friends: Hole in One (2001) - Julius
Odessa or Bust (2001) - The Young Man
CQ (2001) - Felix DeMarco
"Freaks and Geeks" - Howie Gelfand (1 episode, 2000)
Rushmore (1998) - Max Fischer
Credit:
The
Internet Movie Database
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Rushmore Criterion
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I Heart Huckabees
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