Jerry Ziesmer
Directing1939Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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".
Known For
Acting History
2000
Almost Famous
Associate Producer
Almost Famous
First Assistant Director
1996
Jerry Maguire
as Trainer
Jerry Maguire
First Assistant Director
1992
Singles
as Councilman Jordan Fisher
Solar Crisis
First Assistant Director
Secrets
First Assistant Director
1991
Out for Justice
First Assistant Director
1990
Love at Large
First Assistant Director
Marked for Death
First Assistant Director
1989
Say Anything...
as U.S. Attorney
Say Anything...
First Assistant Director
1988
Midnight Run
First Assistant Director
1987
Some Kind of Wonderful
First Assistant Director
1986
Short Circuit
First Assistant Director
1985
American Flyers
Assistant Director
1984
The River
First Assistant Director
1983
1981
History of the World: Part I
Assistant Director
1979
Apocalypse Now
as Jerry, Civilian
Rocky II
as Salesman (uncredited)
Apocalypse Now
Assistant Director
Rocky II
First Assistant Director
1941
First Assistant Director
1978
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
as Eddie of Network
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Assistant Director
1977
Black Sunday
Unit Production Manager
Black Sunday
Assistant Director
1975
Mitchell
Assistant Director
1974
Where Have All the People Gone
Assistant Director
1973
Lost Horizon
Second Assistant Director
1972
J.W. Coop
Second Assistant Director
1971
Something Big
Second Assistant Director
1970
The Great White Hope
Assistant Director