Facts: - imagesize: 220px - years active: 1971 -- present - caption: bender 2011 . at the san diego comic-con international in july - spouse: laura owens - children: hannah owens-bender - birth date: 25 september 1949 - name: jack bender - ethnicity: jewish - image: jack bender by gage skidmore.jpg - religion: judaism - occupation: television television writer , actor director , television producer , film director , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack bender .
'' for other uses , see john bender . ''jack bender is an american television and film director , television producer and former actor .