Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Jerry Ziesmer
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.8
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Movies: 29Series: 2Crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 8346
IMDb ID: nm0956310
Known for: Directing
Born: May 31, 1939
Died: August 1, 2021
Age: 82
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2000
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.23
Wikidata: Q15452345
Other jobs
First Assistant Director (15)Assistant Director (7)Second Assistant Director (3)Associate Producer (1)Unit Production Manager (1)
Biography
Jerry Ziesmer (May 31, 1939 – August 1, 2021) was an American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor. He is best known for his role as Jerry in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in which he delivers the infamous line "terminate with extreme prejudice".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jerry Ziesmer.
7.5
Almost Famous
Associate Producer
2000 Movie
7.0
Jerry Maguire
as Trainer
1996 Movie
6.4
Singles
as Councilman Jordan Fisher
1992 Movie
4.2
Solar Crisis
First Assistant Director
1992 Movie
3.8
Secrets
First Assistant Director
1992 Movie
6.1
Out for Justice
First Assistant Director
1991 Movie
6.1
Marked for Death
First Assistant Director
1990 Movie
4.8
Love at Large
First Assistant Director
1990 Movie
7.0
Say Anything...
as U.S. Attorney
1989 Movie
7.2
Midnight Run
First Assistant Director
1988 Movie
6.8
Some Kind of Wonderful
First Assistant Director
1987 Movie
6.6
Short Circuit
First Assistant Director
1986 Movie
6.1
American Flyers
Assistant Director
1985 Movie
6.4
The River
First Assistant Director
1984 Movie
8.2
Scarface
First Assistant Director
1983 Movie
6.2
Blue Thunder
as Pilot
1983 Movie
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
as Self
1982 Movie
6.8
History of the World: Part I
Assistant Director
1981 Movie
5.8
1941
First Assistant Director
1979 Movie
7.3
Rocky II
as Salesman (uncredited)
1979 Movie
8.3
Apocalypse Now
as Jerry, Civilian
1979 Movie
4.6
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
as Eddie of Network
1978 Movie
6.7
Black Sunday
Unit Production Manager
1977 Movie
3.2
Mitchell
Assistant Director
1975 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jerry Ziesmer.
