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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 15

TV Involvements: 10


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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.​

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Nathan Marks
CSI: Miami
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8

CSI: Miami

(2002) Cardinal Benedetti
The Sopranos
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9

The Sopranos

(1999) Hesh Rabkin
The Good Wife
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8

The Good Wife

(2009) Howard Lyman
Quantum Leap
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8

Quantum Leap

(1989) Lenny Greenman
The Good Fight
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8

The Good Fight

(2017) Howard Lyman
New York Undercover
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7

New York Undercover

(1994) Mr. Ross
A Most Violent Year
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7

A Most Violent Year

(2014) Joseph Mendelsohn

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Rodger
2019 N/A
Moshe Pfefferman
Victor Rosen
2017 Howard Lyman
2014 Joseph Mendelsohn
Moshe Pfefferman
Cooper
Self - Actor
Lazlo
Saul Borowitz
2013 Sam
Stan
2009 Howard Lyman
2008 Caden's Father
2007 Mr. Zweig
Perlman
2006 Al Stark
Saul Rizzo
2005 Lewis Feldman
Sam
N/A
2002 Cardinal Benedetti
2001 Sam Stewart
2000 Maurice Tempelsman
Minyan Member #1
N/A
1999 Burt Hornstein
Rick Trainer
Hesh Rabkin
1998 N/A
1997 Al Lerner
Louis Varga
1996 Police Commissioner
Judge
1995 Lt. Al Teischler
1994 Mr. Ross
1993 Murray
Paul House
1992 Arthur Nabler
Mort
N/A
Mr. Wicker
1991 N/A
1990 Nathan Marks
1989 Lenny Greenman
1961 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2008 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1986 Director
1956 Stage Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1980 Producer
1979 Producer
1978 Executive Producer
1975 Producer
1956 Production Supervisor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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