Jerry Bruckheimer

**Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer** (born September 21, 1943) is an American movie and television producer. He has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. His best known television series are _CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_, _CSI: Miami_, _CSI: NY_, _Without a Trace_, _Cold Case_, and _The Amazing Race_. Some of his best known movies include _Beverly Hills Cop_, _Flashdance_, _Top Gun_, _The Rock_, _Con Air_, _Armageddon_, _Bad Boys_, _Enemy of the State_, _Black Hawk Down_, _Pearl Harbor_, _Pirates of the Caribbean_, and the _National Treasure_ franchise. He is also one of the Board of Directors at ZeniMax Media.

Many of his movies were produced by Paramount and Disney. Many of his television series were co-produced by Warner Bros. and CBS Television Studios.

As of 2010, Bruckheimer had produced over 40 feature movies.  He is regarded in the industry as one of the most successful movie producers of all time. Bruckheimer has been nicknamed "Mr. Blockbuster", due to his track record of commercially successful, high-grossing movies. Overall, his movies have brought in over $13 billion to Hollywood. They have also launched the careers of numerous actors and directors.

In 2007, he was ranked #39 on Forbes Celebrity 100 List, up from #42 in 2006. With reported annual earnings of $120 million, he was the 10th highest money-earner on the 2006 Forbes Celebrity 100 List.

## Professional honors and awards

The editors of _Entertainment Weekly_ named Bruckheimer the #1 most-powerful person in Hollywood in 2003.

His projects have been honored with 41 Academy Award nominations (six wins), eight Grammy Award nominations (five wins), 23 Golden Globe nominations (four wins), 77 Emmy Award nominations (seventeen wins), eight People's Choice nominations (four wins), and numerous MTV Awards, including one for Best Picture of the Decade.

Bruckheimer received the ShoWest Producer of the Year Award in 1998 and in 2000 the Producers Guild honored him with the David O. Selznick Award for Lifetime Achievement.

## Personal life

Bruckheimer has been married twice. His first wife was Bonnie Bruckheimer. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his second wife, novelist Linda Bruckheimer. He also has one stepdaughter, Alexandra. The couple also owns a farm in Bloomfield, Kentucky, about  southeast of Louisville.  They also own another in Ojai, south of Santa Barbara.

### Sports ownership

Bruckheimer has been named as one of the investors of a new sports arena in Las Vegas.  He has been rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the proposed arena.

### Movies

- _The Culpepper Cattle Co._ (1972) (associate producer, with 20th Century Fox)
- _Farewell, My Lovely_ (1975) (with AVCO Embassy Pictures)
- _Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins_ (1975) (associate producer, with Warner Bros.)
- _March or Die_ (1977) (with Columbia Pictures and ITC Entertainment)
- _Defiance_ (1980) (with American International Pictures)
- _American Gigolo_ (1980) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _Thief_ (1981) (with United Artists)
- _Young Doctors in Love_ (1982) (with 20th Century Fox)
- _Cat People_ (1982) (with Universal Pictures and RKO Pictures)
- _Flashdance_ (1983) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _Beverly Hills Cop_ (1984) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _Thief of Hearts_ (1984) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _Top Gun_ (1986) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _Beverly Hills Cop II_ (1987) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _Days of Thunder_ (1990) (with Paramount Pictures)
- _The Ref_ (1994) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Dangerous Minds_ (1995) (with Hollywood Pictures)
- _Crimson Tide_ (1995) (with Hollywood Pictures, reissued since 2009 by Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Bad Boys_ (1995) (with Columbia Pictures)
- _The Rock_ (1996) (with Hollywood Pictures)
- _Con Air_ (1997) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Enemy of the State_ (1998) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Armageddon_ (1998) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Remember the Titans_ (2000) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Coyote Ugly_ (2000) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Gone in Sixty Seconds_ (2000) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Black Hawk Down_ (2001) (with Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios)
- _Pearl Harbor_ (2001) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Bad Company_ (2002) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Bad Boys II_ (2003) (with Columbia Pictures)
- _Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl_ (2003) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Veronica Guerin_ (2003) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Kangaroo Jack_ (movie) (with Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment)
- _National Treasure_ (2004) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _King Arthur_ (2004) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest_ (2006) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Déjà Vu_ (2006) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Glory Road_ (2006) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _National Treasure: Book of Secrets_ (2007) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End_ (2007) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _G-Force_ (2009) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Confessions of a Shopaholic_ (2009) (with Touchstone Pictures)
- _Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time_ (2010) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _The Sorcerer's Apprentice_ (2010) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides_ (2011) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _The Lone Ranger_ (2013) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales_ (2017) (with Walt Disney Pictures)
- _Pirates of the Caribbean 6_ (2021) (with Walt Disney Pictures)

#### Television movies

- _Max Q_ (1998) television movie (exec. producer)
- _Swing Vote_ (1999) television movie (exec. producer)
- _Fearless_ (2004) television movie (co-producer, exec. producer)

#### Reality television

- _The Amazing Race_ (2001–present) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Take the Money and Run_ (2011) TV series (exec. producer)

#### Comedy

- _Modern Men_ (2006) TV series (exec. producer)

#### Drama

- _Soldier of Fortune, Inc._ (1997–1998) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_ (2000–present) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Without a Trace_ (2002–2009) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _CSI: Miami_ (2002–2012) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Profiles from the Front Line_ (2003) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Skin_ (2003) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Cold Case_ (2003–2010) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _CSI: NY_ (2004–present) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Just Legal_ (2005–2006) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _E-Ring_ (2005–2006) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Close to Home_ (2005–2007) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Justice_ (2006) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Eleventh Hour_ (2008–2009) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _The Forgotten_ (2009–2010) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Dark Blue_ (2009–2010) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Miami Medical_ (2010) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _Chase_ (2010–2011) TV Series (exec. producer)
- _The Whole Truth_ (2010) TV series (exec. producer)

## Other websites

- Jerry Bruckheimer Films

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jerry Bruckheimer
- **image**: JerryBruckheimerHWOFJune2013.jpg
- **caption**: Bruckheimer at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2013
- **birth name**: Jerome Leon Bruckheimer
- **birth place**: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- **alma mater**: University of Arizona
- **notable works**: Beverly Hills Cop_, _CSI (franchise), CSI_, _Flashdance_, _Top Gun_, The Rock (movie), _The Rock_, _Con Air_, Coyote Ugly (movie), _Coyote Ugly_, Crimson Tide (movie), _Crimson Tide_, Armageddon (1998 movie), _Armageddon_, Enemy of the State (movie), _Enemy of the State_, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 movie), _Gone in 60 Seconds_, Black Hawk Down (movie), _Black Hawk Down_, Pearl Harbor (movie), _Pearl Harbor_, Bad Boys (franchise), _Bad Boys_, Pirates of the Caribbean (movie series), _Pirates of the Caribbean_, King Arthur (2004 movie), _King Arthur_, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (movie), _Prince of Persia_, National Treasure (franchise), _National Treasure_, _Remember the Titans_, Lucifer (TV series), _Lucifer_, _Without a Trace''
- **years active**: 1972–present
- **occupation**: Producer
Co-founder/co-majority owner of the Seattle Kraken
- **spouse**: Bonnie Bruckheimer, Bonnie Fishman (1969–1974)
Linda Bruckheimer, Linda Cobb