Age, Biography, and Wiki
- Full Name: Jeffrey Jacob Abrams
- Born: June 27, 1966
- Age (as of 2025): 59 years old
- Biography: J. J. Abrams is best known for his versatility in film and television, having established himself as one of Hollywood’s most influential figures. He began his career as a screenwriter before gaining widespread recognition as the creator of hit TV series such as Felicity, Alias, and Lost. Abrams later transitioned to directing major blockbuster films, including the Star Trek reboot series and two installments of the Star Wars sequel trilogy: The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker.
- Wikipedia: For a comprehensive profile, visit his Wikipedia page.
| Occupation | Film Producer |
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| Date of Birth | 27 June 1966 |
| Age | 58 Years |
| Birth Place | New York City, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship Status
- Marital Status: Married
- Spouse: Katie McGrath (married since 1996)
- Children: Three children together
- Relationships: Abrams maintains a private family life, with little public information about his relationships outside his marriage.
Abrams (born 1939) of Polish-Jewish descent and Carol Ann Abrams (née Kelvin; 1942–2012), a Peabody Award winning television executive producer as well as author and law academic. His sister is the screenwriter Tracy Rosen. His father worked at CBS in Midtown Manhattan the year prior to Abrams' birth. By 1971 the family had relocated to Los Angeles. His mother worked as a real estate agent while Abrams and his sister were at school.
Abrams is married to public relations executive Katie McGrath and has three children. His daughter, Gracie Abrams, is a pop singer-songwriter. He resides in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. He is Jewish and his wife is Catholic, and he sometimes takes his children to religious services on Jewish holidays.
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Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth (2025): $300 million
- Annual Salary: Estimates range from $50 million to over $65 million per year, depending on project involvement and backend earnings.
- Major Earnings: Abrams’ net worth is bolstered by directing, producing, and screenwriting credits on blockbuster films and television series. He also benefits from lucrative production deals, such as his partnership with WarnerMedia.
Career, Business, and Investments
- Career Highlights: Abrams began as a screenwriter in the 1990s, with credits on films like Regarding Henry and Armageddon. He transitioned to television as the creator of Felicity, Alias, and Lost, before moving to film directing with Mission: Impossible III.
- Films & TV: Directorial highlights include Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Super 8 (2011), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
- Production Company: Founder of Bad Robot Productions, which has produced major films and television series and signed multi-year, multi-million-dollar deals with major studios.
- Recent Deals: In 2019, Abrams and Bad Robot signed a $250 million, five-year deal with WarnerMedia. The deal was extended in 2024 with adjusted budget terms.
- Upcoming Projects: Flowervale Street, a Hot Wheels film adaptation, and an animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ Oh, the Places You'll Go!.
Abrams' first job in the movie business was at age 16 when he wrote the music for Don Dohler's 1982 horror movie Nightbeast. During his senior year at college, he teamed with Jill Mazursky, the daughter of award-winning writer/director Paul Mazursky, to write a feature film treatment. Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for Taking Care of Business, Abrams' first produced film, which starred Charles Grodin and James Belushi and was directed by Academy Award winner Arthur Hiller. He followed with Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, and Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson. He also co-wrote with Mazursky the script for the comedy Gone Fishin' starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover.
Under his production company, Bad Robot, which he founded with Bryan Burk in 2001, Abrams created and executive-produced ABC's Alias and is co-creator (along with Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber) and was executive producer of Lost. As with Felicity, Abrams also composed the opening theme music for Alias and Lost. Abrams directed and wrote the two-part pilot for Lost and remained active producer for the first half of the season. Also in 2001, Abrams co-wrote and produced the horror-thriller Joy Ride. In 2006, he served as executive producer of What About Brian and Six Degrees, also on ABC. He also co-wrote the teleplay for Lost's third-season premiere "A Tale of Two Cities" and the same year, he made his feature directorial debut with Mission: Impossible III, starring Tom Cruise. Abrams spoke at the TED conference in 2007.
On January 25, 2013, Disney and Lucasfilm introduced Abrams as director and producer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh entry in the Star Wars film saga, with Bryan Burk and Bad Robot producing the film. Following this news, speculation arose as to Abrams's future with Paramount Pictures, under which he had released all of his previous feature work as a director, and which had a first-look deal with his company, Bad Robot. Paramount vice-chairman Rob Moore stated that Abrams would continue to have a hand in the Star Trek and Mission: Impossible franchises going forward.
In September 2019, Abrams and his Bad Robot company signed a $250 million five-year deal with WarnerMedia, including HBO and Warner Bros. Pictures. In April 2020, it was announced that Abrams would be developing three new shows for HBO Max: Duster, Overlook, and Justice League Dark. Since then, the latter two have been scrapped.
On May 8, 2024, it was announced that Abrams would write and direct an untitled new film, with Glen Powell in early talks to star in the project with Bad Robot signing on as the production company. The company's five-year deal with Warner Bros. was also extended in August 2024, although it was expected to be less expensive than the previous agreement with future projects having significant budget cuts.
In 2001, Abrams founded his own production company, Bad Robot, in association with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures. Initially a television production company under Touchstone Television, Bad Robot would branch out into film production, with the first movie to be produced under the Bad Robot name being Joy Ride (2001). Bad Robot is well known for Lost, the Star Trek Kelvin timeline films, the Mission: Impossible films excluding Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the Cloverfield franchise, and the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
In 2019, Abrams made his debut as a writer for Marvel Comics, co-authoring the company's title Spider-Man from September of that year with his son Henry. The first issue of the comic includes the death of Mary Jane Watson, and a twelve-year time shift, with the series' protagonist being Ben Parker, son of Peter Parker and Mary Jane.
Social Network
J. J. Abrams maintains a relatively low-key presence on mainstream social media platforms. He does not actively use platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook for public engagement. His public updates are typically limited to official press releases and announcements through his production company, Bad Robot.
Abrams directed the sequel to Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, released in May 2013. The film was interpreted as a loose remake of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Critics generally reacted positively to the film, while Nicholas Meyer, the director of The Wrath of Khan, called it a "gimmick". Abrams was criticized for the film's treatment of classic villain Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch). Many felt that much of the character, originally played by Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán, had been lost, especially his ethnic identity. Two years after the film's release, Abrams said of the film, "there were certain things I was unsure of. ... Any movie ... has a fundamental conversation happening during it. And [for Into Darkness,] I didn't have it... [The weakness of the plot] was not anyone's fault but mine. ... [The script] was a little bit of a collection of scenes that were written by my friends ... And yet, I found myself frustrated by my choices, and unable to hang my hat on an undeniable thread of the main story. So then I found myself on that movie basically tap-dancing as well as I could to try and make the sequences as entertaining as possible. ... I would never say that I don't think that the movie ended up working. But I feel like it didn't work as well as it could have, had I made some better decisions before we started shooting."
Abrams directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay for The Force Awakens, which opened in theaters on December 18, 2015. Despite its strong box office performance and positive reviews, the film was considered by some, including Star Wars creator George Lucas, to be too similar to the original 1977 film. In 2016, Abrams responded towards these complaints, stating: "What was important for me was introducing brand new characters using relationships that were embracing the history that we know to tell a story that is new — to go backwards to go forwards".
Education
- High School: Palisades High School, Los Angeles, California
- College: Sarah Lawrence College (dropped out before graduating to pursue a career in film)
- Notable: Abrams’ early interest in storytelling and filmmaking was evident from a young age, leading him to forgo traditional academic paths in favor of creative industry experience.
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Abrams attended Palisades High School and after graduation planned on going to art school rather than a traditional college but eventually enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, in Bronxville, New York.
As of November 2015, a video game called Spyjinx was in development, with Abrams in a collaboration with Bad Robot and Chair Entertainment. A beta test was launched on April 2, 2020, by Epic Games.
