Jerry Ziesmer
Directing
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".
Born: May 31, 1939 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Filmography (29)
Almost Famous
2000
First Assistant DirectorAssociate Producer
Jerry Maguire
1996
Actor: TrainerFirst Assistant Director
Singles
1992
Actor: Councilman Jordan …
Solar Crisis
1992
First Assistant Director
Out for Justice
1991
First Assistant Director
Marked for Death
1990
First Assistant Director
Love at Large
1990
First Assistant Director
Say Anything...
1989
Actor: U.S. AttorneyFirst Assistant Director
Midnight Run
1988
First Assistant Director
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
First Assistant Director
Short Circuit
1986
First Assistant Director
American Flyers
1985
Assistant Director
The River
1984
First Assistant Director
Scarface
1983
First Assistant Director
Blue Thunder
1983
Actor: PilotFirst Assistant Director
History of the World: Part I
1981
Assistant Director
1941
1979
First Assistant Director
Rocky II
1979
Actor: Salesman (uncredit…First Assistant Director
Apocalypse Now
1979
Actor: Jerry, CivilianAssistant Director
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978
Actor: Eddie of NetworkAssistant Director
Black Sunday
1977
Unit Production ManagerAssistant Director
Mitchell
1975
Assistant Director
Where Have All the People Gone
1974
Assistant Director
Lost Horizon
1973
Second Assistant Director
J.W. Coop
1972
Second Assistant Director
Something Big
1971
Second Assistant Director
The Great White Hope
1970
Assistant Director
TV
Going My Way
1962
Actor
TV
Sam Benedict
1962
Actor