Jerry Adler

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1929-02-04 (95 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York, USA

Jerry Adler

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929) is an American theatre director, production supervisor and a television and film actor. Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager of the Group Theatre. He was raised in a Jewish observant household. Adler began his theatre career as a stage manager in 1951, working on such productions as Of Thee I Sing and My Fair Lady before becoming a production supervisor for The Apple Tree, Black Comedy/White Lies, Dear World, Coco, 6 Rms Riv Vu, Annie, and I Remember Mama, among others. He made his directing debut with the 1974 Sammy Cahn revue Words and Music and also directed the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady, which garnered him a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the ill-fated 1981 musical The Little Prince and the Aviator. He also directed the 1976 play Checking Out. As an actor, Adler is perhaps best known for his roles as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin in The Sopranos, Mr. Wicker in Mad About You, and Lt. Al Teischler in Hudson Street. He made three appearances on Northern Exposure as Alan Schulman, Joel Fleischman's old neighborhood rabbi seen in visions. His screen credits include In Her Shoes, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and The Public Eye. In addition, Adler also appeared in an episode of The West Wing as Toby Ziegler's father, Jules Ziegler. The elder Ziegler worked as a member of Murder, Inc. in the 50's. Adler is now appearing as the new chief in the fourth season of FX's fire fighter drama Rescue Me. He guest starred as Eddie's father Al in season 3 and season 4 of 'Til Death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Adler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Actor

2020
Driveways

as Rodger

2020
2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale

as Moshe Pfefferman

2019
Fair Market Value

as Victor Rosen

2019
Mad About You

as Mr. Wicker

2017
The Good Fight

as Howard Lyman

2014
A Most Violent Year

as Joseph Mendelsohn

2014
Adult World

as Stan

2014
Transparent

as Moshe Pfefferman

2014
Broad City

as Saul Borowitz

2013
2009
The Good Wife

as Howard Lyman

2008
Synecdoche, New York

as Caden's Father

2007
The Memory Thief

as Mr. Zweig

2007
Goodbye Baby

as Perlman

2006
Find Me Guilty

as Saul Rizzo

2006
'Til Death

as Al Stark

2005
In Her Shoes

as Lewis Feldman

2005
Prime

as Sam

2004
Rescue Me

as Sidney Feinberg

2002
CSI: Miami

as Cardinal Benedetti

2001
Raising Dad

as Sam Stewart

2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

as Maurice Tempelsman

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Minyan Member #1

2000
1999
30 Days

as Rick Trainer

1999
Six Ways to Sunday

as Louis Varga

1999
The West Wing

as Jules Ziegler

1999
The Sopranos

as Hesh Rabkin

1997
Alright Already

as Al Lerner

1996
Larger Than Life

as Event Coordinator

1996
Spin City

as Police Commissioner

1995
Hudson Street

as Lt. Al Teischler

1994
1993
1992
The Public Eye

as Arthur Nabler

1992
Exclusive

as Mort

1992
Mad About You

as Mr. Wicker

1992
Mad About You

as Sgt. Panino

1990
Law & Order

as Nathan Marks

1989
Quantum Leap

as Lenny Greenman

Producer

1980
Reward

as Producer

1979
Mirror, Mirror

as Producer

1978
The Comedy Company

as Executive Producer

1975
The Boob Tube

as Producer

1956
Tony Awards

as Production Supervisor

Director

1986
Class of '86

as Director

1956
Tony Awards

as Stage Director

Writer

2008
Medal of Honor

as Writer