
Person
Jerry Zaks
Directing · Born 1946-09-07 · Stuttgart, Germany
Biography
Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is a German-born American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves, Lend Me A Tenor, and Six Degrees of Separation and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Guys and Dolls.
Known for

Two and a Half Men
Director

Frasier
Director

M*A*S*H
Cpl. Phil Walker

Everybody Loves Raymond
Director

Hope & Faith
Director

Temperatures Rising
1972

The Beat
2000

Assassins
Director

All About the Andersons
Director

Marvin's Room
Director
Filmography
- 2020Love LettersDirector
- 2008Who Do You LoveDirector
- 2003Married to the KellysDirector
- 2003Hope & FaithDirector
- 2003Two and a Half MenDirector
- 2003All About the AndersonsDirector
- 2003Charlie LawrenceDirector
- 2002Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and StollerStage Director
- 2002Bram & AliceDirector
- 2001KristinDirector
- 2000The Man Who Came to DinnerDirector
- 2000The Beat
- 1996Marvin's RoomDirector
- 1996Everybody Loves RaymondDirector
- 1996O. Henry's ChristmasDirector
- 1993FrasierDirector
- 1992Guys and Dolls: Off the RecordHimself
- 1990AssassinsDirector
- 1989Crimes and MisdemeanorsMan on Campus
- 1987The House of Blue LeavesStage Director
- 1987Outrageous FortuneTobacco Clerk
- 1981The Gentleman BanditCarl Schnee
- 1981Tintypes
- 1980AtticaLenny Becker
- 1972M*A*S*HCpl. Phil Walker
- 1972Temperatures Rising
- 1956The Edge of Night
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