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Jay Chandrasekhar

Jay Chandrasekhar

Director, actor and writer, also producer and editor · Born April 9, 1968 (58) · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 9, 1968 (58)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Director, actor and writer, also producer and editor
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 44% in 30 days

What are Jay Chandrasekhar's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
50%
Self
25%
Society
8%
Survival
8%
Power
4%
Morality
3%
Ideas
2%
Friendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 3 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 13

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 7
Shadow
2 of 7
Shapeshifter
1 of 7
Trickster
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
16
Joyful
10
Manic
7
Warm
5
Tense
4
Other
8

How their films linger

Fun15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet2
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jay Chandrasekhar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jay Chandrasekhar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Jay Chandrasekhar: Brown Supremacist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Himself

  • Super Troopers 3(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Thorny

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Brenda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Edmund

  • Quasi(2023)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as King Guy / Blouin

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Unstable(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Animal Control(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Nasty Nick

  • Monarch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Easter Sunday(2022)

    Director · as Nick

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Plan B(2021)

    as Pharmacist

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Resident Alien(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Schooled(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Good Trouble(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Single Parents(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Super Troopers 2(2018)

    Director · Writer · as Thorny

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Instinct(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Real Bros of Simi Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Feel

  • Powerless(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Lethal Weapon(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Speechless(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · as Coach

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Kevin from Work(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Fresh Off the Boat(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Really (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Jed

  • Bad Teacher(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • The Rebels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Us & Them (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Goldbergs(2013)

    Show 24 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Jay Chandrasekhar

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film(2013)

    as Joey

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • We Are Men(2013)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Freeloaders(2012)

    as Porn Director

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Animal Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Babymakers(2012)

    Director · Producer · as Ron Jon

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • New Girl(2011)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Friends with Benefits(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Franklin & Bash(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as JD

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Happy Endings(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Broken Lizard Stands Up(2010)

    Director · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Held Up(2010)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Blue Mountain State(2010)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Slammin' Salmon(2009)

    Writer · as Nuts

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Community(2009)

    Show 9 episodes · Director · as Gupta Gupti Gupta

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Warehouse 13(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Royal Pains(2009)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • I Love You, Man(2009)

    as Barry's Buddy

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The 2 Bobs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Spam King

  • Knight Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Lipstick Jungle(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Chuck(2007)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Beerfest(2006)

    Director · Writer · as Barry / Blind Sikh

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Psych(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · as Jay Singh

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Loop(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Dukes of Hazzard(2005)

    Director · Additional Editing · Editor · as Campus Cop #1

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Cracking Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Club Dread(2004)

    Director · Screenplay · as Putman

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Arrested Development(2003)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Oliver Beene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Andy Richter Controls the Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Undeclared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Super Troopers(2001)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Thorny

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Two Ninas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Editor

  • Family Guy(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Indian Man / Census Taker (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Puddle Cruiser(1996)

    Director · Co-Producer · Editor · Writer · as Zach

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Tinfoil Monkey Agenda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Writer · Actor

  • Super Troopers 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · as Thorny

Career shape

A full career of 67 titles, 66 of them dated from 1994 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

$111M worldwide

Highest rated

Super Troopers (2001)

Midcredits 75th

Film career

Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles.

  • 1996Screen debut· Puddle Cruiser
  • 1996First top-billed film· Puddle Cruiser
  • 2016Career best· Speechless

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting29 of 67: 12 only acting, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting51 of 67: 35 only directing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thWriting12 of 67: 0 only writing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score40thProducing5 of 67: 0 only producing, 5 with another roleEditing4 of 67: 1 only editing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 67: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

67 titles, 19 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · 3 acting · 2 crew2000s21 · 9 acting · 19 crew2010s30 · 10 acting · 24 crew2020s12 · 6 acting · 9 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 21% of 14 roles
9611

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jay Chandrasekhar's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · director

Held Up (2010)

84th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director

Community (2009)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 55/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jay Chandrasekhar's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles16–64 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles22–73 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles48–90 · median 76 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles36–86 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles8–45 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jay Chandrasekhar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jay Chandrasekhar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Heffernan shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles