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Jerry Bruckheimer
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Producer, Executive Producer
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September 21, 1945 in Detroit, MI
Biography:Half of the producing tandem behind the most testosterone-laden action flicks, the name "Jerry Bruckheimer" has become synonymous with explosive pyrotechnics and machine-gun fire. The producer of such hits as "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), "Top Gun" (1986), and "Days of Thunder" (1990), Bruckheimer dissolved his partnership with hard-partying producer "Don Simpson" in 1995, only weeks before Simpson's death and after 14 tumultuous years together. Despite a reputation for quantity over quality, Bruckheimer has remained one of Hollywood's most successful producers ever, putting his distinctive stamp on such adrenaline-fueled hits as "Con Air" (1997) and "Armageddon" (1998).

The son of German-Jewish immigrants, Bruckheimer was born on September 21, 1945. He grew up poor, living in a tiny house in a blue-collar Jewish section of Detroit. Dropped off at a weekly matinee by his mother and salesman father,... Full Biography

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