Jerry Bruckheimer
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Jerry Bruckheimer

September 21, 1943 (82 years old) Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also known as: Jerome Leon Bruckheimer

Biography

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 Simpson died in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including Flashdance, 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 distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Disney. At the same time,  Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios have co-produced his television works. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honoured 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 a nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards.

His best-known television series are television dramas CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Lucifer and reality competition series The Amazing Race, which would spawn a franchise with international versions. For the latter, he won ten Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2003, three of his television productions—CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace and CSI: Miami—ranked among the top ten in the US ratings, making him the first producer to achieve this.

Bruckheimer is also the co-founder (with the late David Bonderman) and majority owner of the Seattle Kraken, the 2021 National Hockey League expansion team.

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Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 • TV

CBS News Sunday Morning

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979 • TV

Diane Warren: Relentless

Diane Warren: Relentless

2025 • Movie

Bad Boys: Legacy

Bad Boys: Legacy

2024 • Movie

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

1981 • TV

Grand Prix Sunday

Grand Prix Sunday

• TV

Movie Credits (89)

Acting

2025

Diane Warren: Relentless

as Self

2024

Bad Boys: Legacy

as Self

1998

Armageddon: Target Earth

as Self

2018

American Dream: Detroit

as Self - Interviewee

2025

Being Eddie

as Self

2025

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

as Self

2004

The Making of King Arthur

as Self

2003

An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

as Self

2010

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

as Self

2006

According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest

as Self

2004

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

as Self

2004

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

as Self

2023

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004

Biography: Val Kilmer

as Self

2020

On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun

as Self

1995

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

as Self

2007

Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window

as Self

2020

The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

as Self

Crew

2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Producer

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Producer

1984

Beverly Hills Cop

Producer

1998

Armageddon

Producer

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II

Producer

2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Producer

1983

Flashdance

Producer

2009

G-Force

Producer

2001

Pearl Harbor

Producer

1997

Con Air

Producer

TV Credits (43)

Acting

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

1 episodes

1979

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

1 episodes

1981

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

1 episodes

Grand Prix Sunday

as Self

1 episodes

2018

Vidéo Club

as Self

1 episodes

1999

The Early Show

as Self

1 episodes

Crew

2002

CSI: Miami

Producer

2005

Just Legal

Producer

2006

Justice

Producer

2005

E-Ring

Producer

2006

Modern Men

Producer

2003

Skin

Producer

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Executive Producer

1997

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

Producer

2004

CSI: NY

Producer

2002

Without a Trace

Producer

Personal Info

Known For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 21, 1943 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Popularity
1.5

Career Stats

89
Movies
43
TV Shows