Acting

Jay Duplass

Born March 7, 1973 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (age 53)

Lawrence Jay Duplass Jr. (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author widely known for his films The Puffy Chair (2005), Cyrus (2010), and Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, Mark Duplass. Duplass starred in the Amazon Video comedy-drama Transparent (2014–2019) and co-created the HBO comedy-drama Togetherness (2015–16) and the HBO a…

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Other Mommy

Other Mommy · 2026

Young Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.

Pain Hustlers

Pain Hustlers · 2023

After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.

Paper Towns

Paper Towns · 2015

MovieMysteryDrama

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.

Creep

MovieHorrorThriller

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

I Play Rocky

I Play Rocky · 2026

MovieDramaHistory

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

The One I Love

The One I Love · 2014

MovieRomanceComedy

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

Table 19

Table 19 · 2017

MovieComedyDrama

Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway – only to find herself seated with five fellow-unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.

Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed · 2012

Safety Not Guaranteed

MovieComedyRomance

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Other Mommy

Other Mommy · 2026

Young Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.

Daddo

Pain Hustlers

Pain Hustlers · 2023

After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.

Larkin

Paper Towns

Paper Towns · 2015

MovieMysteryDrama

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.

English Teacher

Creep

MovieHorrorThriller

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Executive Producer

I Play Rocky

I Play Rocky · 2026

MovieDramaHistory

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

John Avildsen

The One I Love

The One I Love · 2014

MovieRomanceComedy

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

Executive Producer

Table 19

Table 19 · 2017

MovieComedyDrama

Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway – only to find herself seated with five fellow-unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.

Story

Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed · 2012

Safety Not Guaranteed

MovieComedyRomance

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

Executive Producer

Spin Me Round

Spin Me Round · 2022

MovieRomanceComedy

When the manager of an Italian restaurant chain wins the opportunity to attend the franchise’s educational immersion program in Italy, what she thought would be a romantic getaway devolves into chaos and catastrophe.

Executive Producer

The Overnight

The Overnight · 2015

MovieMysteryComedy

Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.

Executive Producer

Horse Girl

Horse Girl · 2020

A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.

Executive Producer

The Bronze

The Bronze · 2016

MovieDramaComedy

In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status.

Executive Producer

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Jeff, Who Lives at Home · 2012

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

MovieDramaComedy

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

Director

Prospect

Prospect · 2018

MovieScience Fiction

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

Damon

Tangerine

Tangerine · 2015

MovieComedyDrama

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

Executive Producer

The Oath

The Oath · 2018

MovieComedyThriller

In a politically-divided United States, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.

Clark

Bad Milo!

Bad Milo! · 2013

MovieComedyHorror

A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.

Executive Producer

The Skeleton Twins

The Skeleton Twins · 2014

The Skeleton Twins

Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.

Executive Producer

Blue Jay

Blue Jay · 2016

MovieDramaRomance

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

Executive Producer

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial · 2023

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald increasingly questions if it was truly a mutiny or rather the courageous acts of a group of sailors who could not trust their unstable leader.

Lieutenant Allen Bird MD

The Knife

The Knife · 2025

MovieDramaThriller

All Chris wants is to build a promising future for his wife, Alex, and their two daughters—a young family chasing the American Dream. But one fateful night, their world is upended when a stranger mysteriously appears in their home. As tensions rise and unsettling revelations come to light, they must also face Detective Carlsen, whose relentless pursuit of the truth threatens to unravel everything.

Executive Producer

Cyrus

MovieComedyDrama

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.

Director

Shithouse

Shithouse · 2020

MovieComedyDrama

Lonely college freshman Alex has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole "college thing" figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse - a legendary party fraternity - where he forges a strong connection with Maggie.

Thanks

Adult Beginners

Adult Beginners · 2014

Adult Beginners

MovieComedyDrama

A young, hipster entrepreneur crashes and burns on the eve of his company’s big launch. With his entire life in disarray, he leaves Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant sister, brother-in-law and three year-old nephew in the suburbs — only to become their manny. Faced with real responsibility, he may finally have to grow up — but not without some bad behavior first.

Executive Producer

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Percy Jackson and the Olympians · 2023

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he's destined to be.

Hades

The Mindy Project

The Mindy Project · 2012

The Mindy Project

Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City.

Duncan Deslaurier

Industry

Industry · 2020

In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

Jesse Bloom

Drunk History

Drunk History · 2013

SeriesComedyTalk

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

Dr. John C. Lilly

Sterling Point

Sterling Point · 2026

SeriesMysteryDrama

After discovering she's inherited a remote island in Canada from the estranged grandfather she was never allowed to meet, 17-year-old Annie Jacobson decides to investigate, pulling her into a world of buried secrets, unexpected sisterhood, and the complicated family history she was never meant to find.

Steven

Transparent

Transparent · 2014

SeriesComedyDrama

An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.

Josh Pfefferman

Room 104

Room 104 · 2017

SeriesMysteryDrama

An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.

Executive Producer

Dying for Sex

Dying for Sex · 2025

SeriesDramaComedy

After Molly Kochan receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, she leaves her husband and explores the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life.

Steve

Stumptown

Stumptown · 2019

Dex Parios is a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.

Alan

Animals.

Animals. · 2016

SeriesAnimationComedy

An animated comedy focusing on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.

Executive Producer

Togetherness

Togetherness · 2015

SeriesComedyDrama

Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.

Director

Somebody Somewhere

Somebody Somewhere · 2022

Somebody Somewhere

SeriesComedyDrama

Sam is a true Kansan on the surface but beneath it all struggles to fit the hometown mold. As she grapples with loss and acceptance, singing is Sam’s saving grace and leads her on a journey to discover herself and a community of outsiders that don’t fit in but don’t give up, showing that finding your people, and finding your voice, is possible. Anywhere. Somewhere.

Executive Producer

Search Party

Search Party · 2016

SeriesComedyDrama

A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

Director

The Creep Tapes

The Creep Tapes · 2024

The Creep Tapes

SeriesMysteryDrama

A secluded serial killer lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer's questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.

Executive Producer

The Chair

The Chair · 2021

SeriesDramaComedy

At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.

Bill Dobson

Cinema Toast

Cinema Toast · 2021

Re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films, overdubbed with performances of contemporary actors to tell new, wholly original stories.

Executive Producer

OUT THERE: Crimes of the Paranormal

OUT THERE: Crimes of the Paranormal · 2024

OUT THERE: Crimes of the Paranormal

SeriesDocumentaryCrime

Go inside eight true crime cases with shocking encounters with the paranormal world - through eyewitness accounts, expert interviews, and all-new investigations. In each case, amidst an agonizing search for answers, one rumor emerges from the pack: something inhuman is afoot.

Executive Producer

Wild Wild Country

Wild Wild Country · 2018

Wild Wild Country

SeriesDocumentaryCrime

When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

Executive Producer

Evil Genius

Evil Genius · 2018

SeriesDocumentaryCrime

This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.

Executive Producer

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders · 2024

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

SeriesDocumentaryCrime

An investigative journalist pursuing a political conspiracy known as the Octopus is found dead in his hotel room. Decades later, new details emerge.

Executive Producer

The Lady and the Dale

The Lady and the Dale · 2021

The Lady and the Dale

SeriesDocumentary

This documentary series explores an audacious 1970s auto scam centered around mysterious transgender entrepreneur Elizabeth Carmichael, who rose to prominence when she released the Dale, a fuel-efficient three-wheeled vehicle during the 1970s gas crisis.

Executive Producer

Penelope

Penelope · 2024

A restless teenager who questions her place in the world embarks on a soul-searching journey into the remote wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.

Executive Producer

The Long Long Night

The Long Long Night · 2024

The Long Long Night

Follows lifelong best friends struggling to find purpose six months after tragedy strikes; stars actual childhood friends Mark Duplass and Barret O'Brien who slowly developed the 6-part first season.

Executive Producer

Shook

A scripted single-camera narrative, “Shook” centers around Mia, a 15-year-old who yearns to dance professionally but is hindered by daily obligations to her little sister, Skylar, and their single mom, a registered nurse.

Executive Producer