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
2008
What We Do in the Shadows
2022
V.I.P.
2001
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1998
SpongeBob SquarePants
2000
Bored to Death
2009
The Dead Don't Die
2019
Paterson
2016
Broken Flowers
2005
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
71
Directing
27
Writing
22
Producing
11
Camera
3
Editing
3
Sound
12
Crew
2
2025
Adios
2024
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
as Self
2023
Cinéma Laika
as Self
2023
Spirit of Golf
as Self
2023
SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing Band
as Member of SQÜRL
2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
2022
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
2022
What We Do in the Shadows
as Jim Jarmusch
2021
Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself
as Himself
2020
The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady
as Self
2018
Living the Light: Robby Müller
as Self
2018
Carmine Street Guitars
as Self
2018
The Ravenite
as Himself
2018
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
2017
Uncle Howard
as Self
2016
Gimme Danger
as Self (voice)
2015
Hot Sugar's Cold World
as Self
2014
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
as Self
2014
Song from the Forest
as Himself
2013
Picasso Baby
as Self
2013
A Tribute To Ron Asheton
as Self
2011
Don't Expect Too Much
as Himself
2011
Blank City
as Self
2010
Reel Injun
as Self
2010
Behind Jim Jarmusch
as Self
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2009
Bored to Death
as Self
2008
The Simpsons
as Jim Jarmusch (voice)
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
as Self
2005
Punk: Attitude
as Self
2005
Excavating Taylor Mead
as Self
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
as Self
2004
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
as Self
2003
Rockets Redglare!
as Self
2003
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
as Self
2001
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
as Himself
2001
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
V.I.P.
as Jim Jarmusch
2000
Divine Trash
as Self
2000
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Fisherman
1999
In Bad Taste
as Self
1999
Independent Focus
as Self
1998
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
as Self
1998
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1997
Year of the Horse
as Self
1997
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1996
Sling Blade
as Frostee Cream Boy
1996
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
as Self
1996
Cannes Man
as Self
1995
Blue in the Face
as Bob
1995
Iron Horsemen
as Silver Rider
1994
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
as Self
1993
Made in the USA
as Self
1993
Strummer
1992
In the Soup
as Monty
1991
The Golden Boat
as Stranger
1991
Fishing with John
as Self
1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
as Car Dealer | New York
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
1988
Candy Mountain
as (uncredited)
1987
Straight to Hell
as Amos Dade
1987
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as Barkeeper #2
1985
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1984
Fräulein Berlin
as himself
1984
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
as Interviewee
1984
American Autobahn
as Movie Producer
1982
Vortex
as Voice Over
1981
Only You
1980
Lightning Over Water
as Self (uncredited)