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American film and television producer (born 1943)

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Jerome Leon Bruckheimer, commonly known as Jerry Bruckheimer, is an American film producer, film director, television producer, and executive producer. Born on September 21, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan, he is a citizen of the United States and resides in Los Angeles. He attended the University of Arizona and has been active in the industry since 1972. Bruckheimer is a member of the Republican Party and speaks English.

His work spans action films and drama fiction. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Bruckheimer has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His official website is jbfilms.com.

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Production · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising from college, Bruckheimer moved into film production in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he partnered with fellow producer Don Simpson. Bruckheimer and Simpson's partnership continued until…

Known for

  • Diane Warren: Relentless — Self2025
  • Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert — Self2025
  • Being Eddie — Self2025
  • The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
  • On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun — Self2020
  • The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder — Self2020
  • American Dream: Detroit — Self - Interviewee2018
  • Vidéo Club — Self2018
  • Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible — Self2010
  • Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window — Self2007

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1945

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Key facts

Born
Jerome Leonard Bruckheimer , ( 1943-09-21 ) September 21, 1943 (age 82) , Detroit , Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Arizona ( BA )
Occupations
Producer advertiser
Years active
1972–present
Organization
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Notable work
Pirates of the Caribbean Bad Boys National Treasure Beverly Hills Cop Top Gun CSI Armageddon Black Hawk Down
Spouses
Bonnie Fishman ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) ​ Linda Cobb ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 ) ​

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Official website

Jerry Bruckheimer Films – Four Decades of Filmmaking

jbfilms.com

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Instance of
human
Given name
Jerry
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Detroit
Occupation
producer
Languages spoken
English language
Official website
www.jbfilms.com
Image
JerryBruckheimerHWOFJune2013.jpg
Height
173
Residence
Los Angeles
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Jerry Bruckheimer
date of birth
1943-09-21
start of work period
1972-00-00
birth name
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer
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Encyclopedic overview

Jerome Leonard Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising out of college, Bruckheimer moved into film production in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he partnered with fellow producer Don Simpson. Bruckheimer and Simpson's partnership continued until Simpson's death in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including Flashdance, Days of Thunder, The Rock, Crimson Tide, Dangerous Minds, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, as well as the Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises.

At the helm of his self-titled production company, he has produced films that have been produced in association with and distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Disney, while his television works have been co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honored by Variety as the first in Hollywood history to produce the first and second highest-grossing films of a single weekend: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Bad Boys II. In 2023, Top Gun: Maverick earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards. He was nominated again in the same category for F1 (2025).

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