Ira Kaplan

ActorSoundComposer Jan 7 (age 69) New York City, New York, USA 1978–2024 (46 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Highest Rated

Parks and Recreation

2009 · as Bobby Knight Ranger Keyboardist

8.0

Gilmore Girls

2000 · as Hoboken Guy Troubadour

7.9

Mistaken for Strangers

2013 · as Self

7.2

Known For

Film

Adventureland

Original Music Composer

Film

Shortbus

Original Music Composer

Film

Junebug

Original Music Composer

Film

Old Joy

Original Music Composer

Film

Mistaken for Strangers

Self

Film

I Shot Andy Warhol

Party Band Member

Film

The Book of Life

The Salvation Army Band

Film

Other Music

Self

Filmography

Acting (15)

Movies (13)

Yo La Tengo: Live at Primavera Sound, Barcelona

2024

Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One

2019

Other Music

2019

as Self

6.7

Yo La Tengo Live at National Sawdust

2018

Sex and Broadcasting

2014

as Self

6.0

Mistaken for Strangers

2013

as Self

7.2

Musicwood

2012

as Themselves

Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology

1999

The Book of Life

1998

as The Salvation Army Band

Tall Time Tales

as (voice)

What's Up Matador

as Ira Kaplan

I Shot Andy Warhol

as Party Band Member

Junior High School

as Friedman

Television (2)

Parks and Recreation

2009

as Bobby Knight Ranger Keyboardist

8.0

Gilmore Girls

2000

as Hoboken Guy Troubadour

7.9

Crew (17)

Movies (17)

Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows

2022

Music

Far from the Tree

2019

Music

6.8

and/or

2012

Original Music Composer

Adventureland

2009

Original Music Composer

6.4

The Toe Tactic

2009

Original Music Composer

4.0

Shortbus

2006

Original Music Composer

6.3

Game 6

2006

Original Music Composer

4.5

Old Joy

2006

Original Music Composer

6.3

Octave

2006

Music

Junebug

2005

Original Music Composer

Travis

Music

Set Set Spike

Original Music Composer

The Sounds of Science

2001

Music

6.2

Pigeon Within

1999

Original Music Composer

One Self: Fish/Girl

1998

Original Music Composer

Her Grandmother's Gift

1995

Original Music Composer

Enough

1994

Music