Director on record

Jake Kasdan

DirectorHollywood4 credits

75Star power

178th of 1,031 in Hollywood

4 films led, $2.11B in reported gross.

Gross led: 83
Consistency: 88
Body of work: 64
Momentum: 82
Audience rating: 19

The biggest Hollywood names

Born: 28 October 1974
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Nationality: United States
Industry: Hollywood

In their own file

Jacob Kasdan (born October 28, 1974) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is the eldest son of prolific screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan. Jake is best known for directing comedies such as Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Bad Teacher (2011) and Sex Tape (2014). He is also known for his collaborations with actor Dwayne Johnson in action-comedies such as Red One (2024) and the Jumanji reboot trilogy (2017–26).

Across the credits we hold

The record

3Blockbuster1Flop

4 of 4 credits have a verdict, together taking $2.11B. The biggest was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle at $995M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.