Jerry Bruckheimer
1 FOLLOWER • 76 CREDITS • SEP 21, 1943 • 81
Biography
American film and television producer Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Bruckheimer started producing films in the 1970s, after leaving his job in advertising, with director Dick Richards. They had worked together on the films The Culpepper Cattle Company, Farewell, My Lovely, and March or Die. Bruckheimer then worked with Paul Schrader on two movies, American Gigolo and Cat People, which began to give him notice in Hollywood.
His best known television series are CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Eleventh Hour, Without a Trace, Cold Case, The Amazing Race, and Dark Blue. His best known movies include Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, The Rock, Con Air, Coyote Ugly, Crimson Tide, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean, G-Force, King Arthur, Prince of Persia and the National Treasure franchise.
Many of his films were produced by Paramount and Disney, while many of his television series were co-produced by Warner Bros. As of 2010, Bruckheimer has produced over 40 feature films, and is regarded in the industry as one of the most successful movie producers of all time.
Bruckheimer has been married twice. His first wife was Bonnie Bruckheimer. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his second wife, novelist Linda Bruckheimer. He also has one stepdaughter, Alexandra. The couple also owns a farm in Bloomfield, Kentucky, as well as another in Ojai, south of Santa Barbara
Known For
Production Credits
Miami Medical
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Deliver Us from Evil
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Skin
The Rock
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Lucifer
Bad Boys
Top Gun 3
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Flashdance
Black Hawk Down
Cold Case
National Treasure: Edge of History
Young Woman and the Sea
National Treasure 3
Thief of Hearts
Sheriff Country
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Beyblade
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Glory Road
CSI: Vegas
F1
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Déjà Vu
12 Strong
Armageddon
National Treasure
Remember the Titans
Bad Boys for Life
Top Gun: Maverick
The Ref
Secret Headquarters
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Without a Trace
The Amazing Race
American Gigolo
Thief
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Spin-Off
CSI: NY
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Crimson Tide
Hightown
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Eleventh Hour
Close to Home
Gemini Man
CSI: Miami
American Gigolo
Pearl Harbor
Con Air
E-Ring
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Fire Country
Beverly Hills Cop
Coyote Ugly
G-Force
Dangerous Minds
Top Gun
Beverly Hills Cop II
Bad Boys II
Council of Dads
The Lone Ranger
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Reboot
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