Robert Coppola Schwartzman | |
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Born |
Robert Coppola Schwartzman December 24, 1982 Los Angeles, California, United States |
Other names | Robert Carmine |
Occupation | Actor, musician, director |
Years active | 1998–present |
Parent(s) | Talia Shire and Jack Schwartzman |
Relatives | Jason Schwartzman brother, Francis Ford Coppola, uncle Nicolas Cage, cousin |
Robert Coppola Schwartzman (born December 24, 1982) is an American actor, musician, and film director, Schwartzman is also best known as the lead vocalist of the rock/pop band Rooney. He has also acted in the short black-and-white film Lick the Star and The Virgin Suicides, both directed and co-written by his cousin Sofia Coppola, as well as The Princess Diaries.
Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, he is the youngest of three boys of Talia Shire (née Coppola) and the late producer Jack Schwartzman. Many other members of Schwartzman's family are involved in film: he is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine Coppola (the source of his old stage name) and his niece, Gia Coppola. His brother is Jason Schwartzman, lead singer of the band Coconut Records (also an actor and former drummer of the band Phantom Planet) and his half-siblings are Stephanie Schwartzman and cinematographer John Schwartzman. Schwartzman is of Jewish descent on his father's side and of Catholic Italian descent on his mother's side.