Zack Norman
Date of birth: 1940-05-27
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Zack Norman (born Howard Jerrold Zuker; May 27, 1940) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, comedian, musician, film financier, painter, art collector and real estate developer. Born in Boston and raised in nearby Revere, at the age of 13, he attended the oldest independent boarding school in the United States, The Governor's Academy, and by the age of 25 he was on the board of directors of a Massachusetts bank, though he is best known for his role as Ira in 20th Century Fox's Romancing the Stone (1984) and as Kaz Naiman in Paramount Classics' Festival in Cannes (2001).
Movie Credits
Cadillac Man
1990-05-18
Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would
Romancing the Stone
1984-03-30
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. T
Babyfever
1994-05-04
Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a
Ovation
2016-07-11
Maggie Chase, now a passionate theater actress, must follow her mind or heart when she falls for a s
Queen of the Lot
2010-11-19
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971-09-15
Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.
Crosscut
1995-10-21
When Martin Niconi goes across country to get away from a sorry family and associates problems, he f
At Home with the Webbers
1993-04-24
AT HOME WITH THE WEBBERS explores what happens when a typical American family is turned into a hot,
Mojave Moon
1996-11-15
Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie)
Tracks
1976-12-15
A soldier returns from Vietnam on special assignment, accompanying the body of his friend by train t
Hollywood Dreams
2007-05-25
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising yo
Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015-05-01
'Terror of Frankenstein' is an exercise in extreme meta-fictional tragicomedy. Presented as the comm
The M Word
2014-04-30
The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".
Ragtime
1981-11-20
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the ra
Chief Zabu
2016-10-28
An outrageous social comedy about a New York realtor who dreams of having political influence by tak
Gums
1976-11-09
A killer nympho mermaid with an oral fixation prowls the ocean waters, devouring – up to a point – a
Sitting Ducks
1980-04-04
Two small-time thieves come together in a quest to make their childhood dreams come true.
America
1986-10-01
The zany crew of a New York cable TV station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing the
Festival in Cannes
2001-11-03
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997-07-08
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismi
And the Bombs Keep Falling
1974-10-22
France 1944. A landslide imprisons five American soldiers in a cave where, after seven days, they fi
Get a Job
1998-01-01
Jay is a young slacker who has to get a job in order to receive his inheritance. Rather than physica
The Plot Against Harry
1971-01-27
Deadpan, small-time Kosher Nostra mobster Harry Plotnick goes meshugga when he gets into the caterin
Lush Life
1993-10-01
Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond