Date of Birth

24 December 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Mini Biography

Robert Schwartzman was born on 24th December 1982 to parents, actress Talia Shire and producer Jack Schwartzman, in Los Angeles California. He was born into one of the film industry's most famous families, including uncle Francis Ford Coppola, cousin Nicolas Cage, cousin Sofia Coppola, (former) cousin-in-law Spike Jonze and brother Jason Schwartzman. His father was of Polish Jewish descent and his mother is of Italian ancestry.

Robert was featured in his cousin Sofia Coppola's first short film Lick the Star (1998), and played Paul Baldino in her directorial debut The Virgin Suicides (1999). His breakthrough performance, however, came from playing the role of Michael Moscovitz in Disney's The Princess Diaries (2001), winning the role due to his musical ability. The movie also featured a scene with a section from the song "Blueside" that Robert wrote and is a real song for his band Rooney, and is set to be Rooney's first single. During post-production of The Princess Diaries (2001), he decided to changed his name to Robert Cage in honor of his talented actor cousin Nicolas Cage, but the change could not take effect as promotional material had already been finalized, so the name Robert Schwartzman remained. Since 2002, Robert has taken time out from acting, and has focused on his music with his band Rooney, where he is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has also taken another name change to Robert Carmine, in honor of his grandfather Carmine Coppola who was a music composer, and also to divide himself from his acting career and musical career. Rooney are set to release their debut self-titled album in May 2003.

Trivia

• Son of Jack Schwartzman & Talia Shire.
• Younger brother of Jason Schwartzman.
• Frontman in the Los Angeles based band, Rooney.
• His band was originally named Ed Rooney but shortened it to Rooney, named after the principal in the 80s classic film, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
• Cousin of Marc Coppola, Christopher Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola.
• Changed his name to Robert Schwartzman-Cage, inspired by cousin Nicolas Cage.
• Nephew of Francis Ford Coppola.
• A recent name change to Robert Carmine; posted by Robert on his band website.
• He is the grandson of composer Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola.
• Graduated Windward School in West Los Angeles (2001)
• Half-brother of John Schwartzman, Stephanie Schwartzman, & Matthew Shire.
• Great-grandson of Francesco Pennino.
• On tour with The Jonas Brothers (with his band Rooney). [February 2008]
• Toured with Hanson (known best for their hit MMMBop in 1997) on their Shout it Out Tour from June-August 2010 in the US [June 2010]
• His band Rooney, has just completed their first headlining tour and is set to play in the country-wide music festival Lollapalooza in July. [June 2003]
• On tour with UK band, Travis. [October 2003]
• On tour as support act for Good Charlotte in the UK. [April 2008]
• Brother-in-law of Brady Cunningham.