Acting credits
53
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jerry Adler
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 31Series: 28Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 24292
IMDb ID: nm0012178
Known for: Acting
Born: February 4, 1929
Died: August 23, 2025
Age: 96
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2020
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.99
Wikidata: Q1687792
Other jobs
Producer (3)Director (1)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Jerry Adler (February 4, 1929 – August 23, 2025) was 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 appeared 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.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jerry Adler.
6.9
Driveways
as Rodger
2020 Movie
6.7
Transparent: Musicale Finale
as Moshe Pfefferman
2019 Movie
5.2
Fair Market Value
as Victor Rosen
2019 Movie
6.6
A Most Violent Year
as Joseph Mendelsohn
2014 Movie
5.6
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Cooper
2014 Movie
6.5
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Actor
2014 Movie
6.0
Adult World
as Stan
2014 Movie
7.1
Remember Sunday
as Sam
2013 Movie
6.5
Medal of Honor
Writer
2008 Movie
7.5
Synecdoche, New York
as Caden's Father
2008 Movie
4.1
The Memory Thief
as Mr. Zweig
2007 Movie
5.8
Goodbye Baby
as Perlman
2007 Movie
6.6
Find Me Guilty
as Saul Rizzo
2006 Movie
6.2
In Her Shoes
as Lewis Feldman
2005 Movie
6.0
Prime
as Sam
2005 Movie
Mixed Signals
as Limo driver
2001 Movie
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Maurice Tempelsman
2000 Movie
2.0
30 Days
as Rick Trainer
1999 Movie
6.0
Six Ways to Sunday
as Louis Varga
1999 Movie
5.5
Larger Than Life
as Event Coordinator
1996 Movie
4.6
Getting Away with Murder
as Judge
1996 Movie
4.0
For Better or Worse
as Morton Makeshift
1995 Movie
10.0
The Odd Couple: Together Again
as Murray
1993 Movie
7.3
Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Paul House
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jerry Adler.
Talking Sopranos
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.0
Mad About You
as Mr. Wicker • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.7
Living with Yourself
as Hillston • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
as Howard Lyman • 2 eps
2017 Series
6.3
Transparent
as Moshe Pfefferman • 9 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Mozart in the Jungle
as Lazlo • 2 eps
2014 Series
7.1
Broad City
as Saul Borowitz • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Howard Lyman • 30 eps
2009 Series
6.4
'Til Death
as Al Stark • 1 eps
2006 Series
6.8
The War at Home
as Jerry • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
Rescue Me
as Sidney Feinberg • 20 eps
2004 Series
7.7
CSI: Miami
as Cardinal Benedetti • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.1
Raising Dad
as Sam Stewart • 22 eps
2001 Series
6.0
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Maurice Tempelsman • 2 eps
2000 Series
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Minyan Member #1 • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.8
Bull
1 eps
2000 Series
7.0
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Burt Hornstein • 2 eps
1999 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Jules Ziegler • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.7
The Sopranos
as Hesh Rabkin • 28 eps
1999 Series
7.1
Spin City
as Police Commissioner • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.2
Hudson Street
as Lt. Al Teischler • 22 eps
1995 Series
7.1
New York Undercover
as Mr. Ross • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.7
Mad About You
as Mr. Wicker • 10 eps
1992 Series
7.5
Brooklyn Bridge
1 eps
1991 Series