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J. J. Abrams


Mostly Credited As: J. J. Abrams
Sometimes Credited As: Jeffrey Abrams

Birth Name: Jeffrey Jacob Abrams
Date Of Birth: June 27, 1966 (Age 45)
Country Of Birth: USA
Birth Place: New York City, New York
Height: 5' 7" (1.7 m)
J. J. Abrams


Jeffrey J. Abrams (usually credited as Jeffrey Abrams or J. J. Abrams) (born June 27, 1966) is an American film and television producer, writer, actor, composer and director.

Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. He attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.

He created and produced various television and movie projects such as Alias, Felicity and Armageddon, and helped create Lost. He also wrote and directed Mission: Impossible III, which began shooting in June 2005.

He produced a pilot for The Catch, starring Greg Grunberg as a bounty hunter; however, it was (as of the start of the TV season) not picked up by ABC for the 2005/2006 TV season.

His father is television producer Gerald W. Abrams.


TV Appearances

Main cast 
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)As: Himself (Commentator)
HypaSpace (2002)As: Himself (2006)
Episode Cast Credits 

The Daily Show (1996) 
  J.J. Abrams 16x77: (Jun/14/2011) As Himself, [Interviewees]

The Colbert Report (2005) 
  Sheryl WuDunn 05x123: (Sep/28/2009) Voiced  Himself 
  Shashi Tharoor 03x24: (Feb/15/2007) As Himself (On The Phone), [Uncredited]

The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet (2007) 
  J.J. Abrams; Tom Bergeron; Internet dating sites; anxiety; fixing finances 03x213: (Jun/24/2009) As Himself 
  J.J. Abrams, Geraldo Rivera and Jeanine Pirro, Alec Greven, Jacques Torres 03x180: (May/08/2009) As Himself 

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) 
  J.J. Abrams, Colin Quinn, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 01x37: (May/05/2009) As Himself, [Interviewees]

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) 
  Greg Kinnear, J.J. Abrams, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 16x15: (Oct/03/2008) As Himself, [Interviewees]

Attack Of The Show! (2005) 
  J.J. Abrams, Lost 02x210: (Nov/09/2006) As Himself 

Icons (2002) 
  J.J. Abrams 05x01: (Jun/03/2006) As Himself 

Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003) 
  Dominic Monaghan, J.J. Abrams, Taking Back Sunday 04x78: (May/12/2006) As Himself 
Crew Credits

Show Crew


Alias (2001)• Creator
• Executive Producer
Felicity (1998)• Creator
• Executive Producer
• Main Title Theme (2000-2002)
Lost (2004)• Creator
• Executive Producer
What About Brian (2006)• Executive Producer
• Developer
Six Degrees (2006)• Executive Producer
Fringe (2008)• Main Title Theme
• Executive Producer
• Creator
Anatomy of Hope (2009)• Director
• Executive Producer
Boundaries (2010)• Executive Producer
Undercovers (2010)• Executive Producer
• Creator
Alcatraz (2012)• Executive Producer
Person of Interest (2011)• Executive Producer
• Main Title Theme

Episode Crew


Undercovers (2010) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
 
Pilot 01x01 Sep/22/2010 As: Director, Writer
Fringe (2008) (Credited in 6 episodes from this show) 
 
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A New Day in the Old Town 02x01 Sep/17/2009 As: Writer
Bound 01x11 Jan/20/2009 As: Writer
In Which We Meet Mr. Jones 01x07 Nov/11/2008 As: Writer
The Arrival 01x04 Sep/30/2008 As: Writer
The Same Old Story 01x02 Sep/16/2008 As: Writer
The Office (US) (2005) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) 
 
Cocktails 03x18 Feb/22/2007 As: Director
Lost (2004) (Credited in 3 episodes from this show) 
 
A Tale of Two Cities 03x01 Oct/04/2006 As: Teleplay
Pilot (2) 01x02 Sep/29/2004 As: Director, Story, Teleplay
Pilot (1) 01x01 Sep/22/2004 As: Director, Story, Teleplay
Alias (2001) (Credited in 13 episodes from this show) 
 
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Authorized Personnel Only (2) 04x02 Jan/05/2005 As: Writer
Authorized Personnel Only (1) 04x01 Jan/05/2005 As: Writer
The Two 03x01 Sep/28/2003 As: Writer
The Telling 02x22 May/04/2003 As: Director, Writer
Phase One 02x13 Jan/26/2003 As: Writer
Felicity (1998) (Credited in 10 episodes from this show) 
 
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Felicity Was Here 01x22 May/25/1999 As: Writer
The Force 01x21 May/18/1999 As: Writer
Docuventary 01x19 May/04/1999 As: Writer
Finally 01x10 Dec/15/1998 As: Writer
Drawing the Line (2) 01x08 Nov/17/1998 As: Writer
Trivia

J.J Abrams is one of the people that is producing the upcoming Star Trek movie scheduled for a May 2009 bow.

J. J. Abrams Quotes

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