Jerry Ziesmer

Biography

Jerry Ziesmer was a talented American actor and production professional born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 31, 1939. He gained notoriety for his role as Jerry in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, where he delivered the iconic line "terminate with extreme prejudice." A graduate of Northwestern University's acting program, Ziesmer had a distinguished career working on over 50 films, earning a Directors Guild training certificate for assistant directors in 1969.