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Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Jerry Bruckheimer Films is the American production company founded by producer Jerry Bruckheimer in 1995, behind Pirates of the Caribbean, Bad Boys, Top Gun, CSI, and F1 The Movie, with over $16 billion in worldwide earnings.
Jerry Butler (actor)
Jerry Butler (Paul David Siederman, 1959-2018), Brooklyn-born American adult film actor active 1981-1993 with 656 credits; AFAA, XRCO and Hustler Best Actor winner, AVN Hall of Fame, author of Raw Talent, married to Lisa Loring.
Jerry Clower
Jerry Clower (Howard Gerald Clower, 1926-1998), Mississippi country comedian and Grand Ole Opry storyteller, gold-record album Jerry Clower from Yazoo City, Mississippi Talkin', Ledbetter clan tales, fertilizer salesman turned humorist.
Jerry Douglas (actor)
Jerry Douglas (Gerald Rubenstein, 1932-2021) was an American actor who played patriarch John Abbott on The Young and the Restless from March 1982 to 2016, distinct from the Dobro musician of the same name.
Jerry Gergich
Jerry Gergich (real name Garry/Gerald) is the bumbling, kind-hearted Pawnee Parks Department office manager on NBC's Parks and Recreation, played by Jim O'Heir; called Jerry, Larry, Terry, and Barry, he becomes mayor and dies on his 100th birthday in 2048.
Jerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929, Dallas, Texas) is an American character actor best known as Deep Throat on The X-Files; also known for L.A. Law, Filthy Rich, and Star Trek roles; father of actress Melora Hardin.
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch, 1926-2017), American comedian and filmmaker of Martin and Lewis, director of The Nutty Professor, MDA telethon host, auteur revered in France as Le Roi du Crazy.
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire: 1996 Cameron Crowe romantic comedy-drama starring Tom Cruise as a sports agent fired after an ethics memo, with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renee Zellweger; $153.6M US gross, Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Jerry Maren
Jerry Maren (Gerard Marenghi, 1920–2018), American actor, the Lollipop Guild Munchkin who handed Dorothy the lollipop in The Wizard of Oz (1939); last surviving little-person Munchkin, Little People of America co-founder, Buster Brown and Mayor McCheese commercial performer.
Jerry Mathers
Jerry Mathers (Gerald Patrick Mathers), American actor born 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa; child star as Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963, 234 episodes), later Still the Beaver, Hairspray on Broadway, and diabetes advocacy.
Jerry Mouse
Jerry Mouse, originally Jinx, is the brown mouse protagonist of MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons created by Hanna and Barbera in 1940, debuting in Puss Gets the Boot opposite Tom the cat.
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Nelson (1934–2012), American Muppet performer, voiced Count von Count, Floyd Pepper, Robin, and Gobo Fraggle across Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Fraggle Rock; Emmy-winning Jimmy Dean Show recruit.
Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell (Michael Jeremiah O'Connell, born 1974) is an American actor and TV host, the Vern Tessio of Stand by Me (1986), star of Sliders, voice of Jack Ransom and Superman, and host of CBS's The Talk.
Jerry Orbach
Jerry Orbach (Jerome Bernard Orbach, 1935-2004), American actor and singer: Tony-winning Broadway leading man of The Fantasticks, Promises Promises, Chicago, and 42nd Street, later Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order and the voice of Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast.
Jerry Paris
Jerry Paris (born William Gerald Paris, 1925-1986), American actor and director; played dentist-neighbor Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show, won a 1964 Emmy directing it, then became Happy Days' sole director and helmed Police Academy sequels.
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954, Brooklyn) is an American observational stand-up comedian who co-created NBC's Seinfeld (1989–1998), the first actor paid $1 million per episode, later host of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Jerry Seinfeld (character)
Jerry Seinfeld is the semi-autobiographical central character of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), a New York stand-up comedian played by the comedian himself. Distinguished by his static 'no hugging, no learning' design, Upper West Side apartment, and bookending stand-up monologues.
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Jerry Springer: The Opera, satirical musical by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee based on The Jerry Springer Show; premiered at the National Theatre in 2003, transferred to the Cambridge Theatre, won four Oliviers, and drew record complaints over its 2005 BBC2 broadcast.
Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller (Gerald Isaac Stiller, 1927-2020), American comedian and actor; half of the duo Stiller and Meara with wife Anne Meara; played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens.
Jerry Trainor
Jerry Trainor (Gerald William Trainor, born 1977, San Diego) is an American actor known as Crazy Steve on Drake & Josh, Spencer Shay on iCarly and its Paramount+ revival, and the voice of Dudley Puppy on T.U.F.F. Puppy.
Jerry Van Dyke
Jerry Van Dyke (1931-2018), American comedian and actor, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke; starred in My Mother the Car (1965-66) and played Luther Van Dam on Coach (1989-97), earning four Emmy nominations.
Jerry Weintraub
Jerry Weintraub (Jerome Charles Weintraub, 1937–2015) was an American concert promoter, talent manager, and film and TV producer behind Nashville, The Karate Kid, the Ocean's Eleven trilogy, and Behind the Candelabra.
Jerry Yan (言承旭)
Jerry Yan (言承旭, birth name Liao Yangzhen, born 1977) is a Taiwanese actor, model and singer, F4 member who played Dao Ming Si in Meteor Garden (2001) and starred in the NHK-broadcast The Hospital.
Jersey (2019 film)
Jersey (జెర్సీ) is a 2019 Telugu sports drama directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, starring Nani as a 36-year-old cricketer returning to Ranji cricket for his son. It won Best Telugu Film and Best Editing at the 67th National Film Awards and was remade in Hindi in 2022.
Jersey (2022 film)
Jersey (2022) is Gowtam Tinnanuri's Hindi remake of his 2019 Telugu hit, starring Shahid Kapoor as cricketer Arjun Talwar with Mrunal Thakur and Pankaj Kapur; released 22 April 2022, it flopped at the box office.
Jersey Boys (film)
Jersey Boys is Clint Eastwood's 2014 Warner Bros. musical biopic of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway musical, starring John Lloyd Young, with mixed reviews (50% Tomatometer, Metascore 54).
Jersey Girl (2004 film)
Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama-romance written and directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck as a widowed Manhattan publicist raising his daughter in New Jersey.
Jersey Shore (TV series)
Jersey Shore, MTV reality series (2009-2012), also known by catchphrase GTL, followed housemates in Seaside Heights; became MTV's highest-rated series and spawned Family Vacation and international Shore versions.
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is an MTV reality series (2018–2026, 495 Productions) reuniting the original Jersey Shore cast, premiering in Miami in April 2018 and ending with an 18-episode ninth season from May 7, 2026.
Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski (1933–1999), Polish director of the Laboratory Theatre, creator of poor theatre and author of Towards a Poor Theatre (1968), later phases of paratheatre and ritual research.