Jim Jarmusch

Biography

James Robert "Jim" Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) is an American writer-director and musician. Jarmusch has been a major figure in American independent cinema since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on "Dead Man" (1995), "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999), "Broken Flowers" (2005), and "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013).

Known For

The Simpsons

V.I.P.

What We Do in the Shadows

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

SpongeBob SquarePants

Bored to Death

Sling Blade

Fishing with John

All Movies (62)

• Adios2025
• Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw2024 · as Self
• Spirit of Golf2023 · as Self
• Cinéma Laika2023 · as Self
• Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors2022 · as Self
• Fragments of Paradise2022 · as Self
• Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself2021 · as Himself
• The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady2020 · as Self
• Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat2018 · as Self
• The Ravenite2018 · as Himself
• Living the Light: Robby Müller2018 · as Self
• Carmine Street Guitars2018 · as Self
• Uncle Howard2017 · as Self
• Gimme Danger2016 · as Self (voice)
• Hot Sugar's Cold World2015 · as Self
• Song from the Forest2014 · as Himself
• Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch2014 · as Self
• Picasso Baby2013 · as Self
• A Tribute To Ron Asheton2013 · as Self
• Don't Expect Too Much2011 · as Himself
• Blank City2011 · as Self
• Behind Jim Jarmusch2010 · as Self
• Reel Injun2010 · as Self
• No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York2009 · as Self
• Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB2009 · as Self
• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten2007 · as Self
• Excavating Taylor Mead2005 · as Self
• Punk: Attitude2005 · as Self
• Ramones: We're Outta Here!2004 · as Self
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession2004 · as Self
• Rockets Redglare!2003 · as Self
• Chaplin Today: A King in New York2003 · as Self
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me2001 · as Himself
• Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai2001
• Some Days in January, 19842001
• Divine Trash2000 · as Self
• In Bad Taste1999 · as Self
• Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman1998 · as Self
• Year of the Horse1997 · as Self
• R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman1997
• Sling Blade1996 · as Frostee Cream Boy
• The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera1996 · as Self
• Cannes Man1996 · as Self
• Blue in the Face1995 · as Bob
• Iron Horsemen1995 · as Silver Rider
• Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made1994 · as Self
• Made in the USA1993 · as Self
• Strummer1993
• In the Soup1992 · as Monty
• The Golden Boat1991 · as Stranger
• Leningrad Cowboys Go America1989 · as Car Dealer | New York
• Candy Mountain1988 · as (uncredited)
• Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988 · as Self - Audience Member
• Helsinki Napoli All Night Long1987 · as Barkeeper #2
• Straight to Hell1987 · as Amos Dade
• The Ballad of Sexual Dependency1985
• Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch1984 · as Interviewee
• American Autobahn1984 · as Movie Producer
• Fräulein Berlin1984 · as himself
• Vortex1982 · as Voice Over
• Only You1981
• Lightning Over Water1980 · as Self (uncredited)

All TV Shows (8)

• What We Do in the Shadows2019 · as Jim Jarmusch
• Bored to Death2009 · as Self
• SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · as Fisherman
• V.I.P.1998 · as Jim Jarmusch
• Independent Focus1998 · as Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994
• Fishing with John1991 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Jim Jarmusch (voice)