The most successful film and television producer of all time, Academy Award-nominated Jerry Bruckheimer’s credits include the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Top Gun (1986), National Treasure (2004),  Bad Boys (1995), and Beverly Hills Cop (1984) franchises, as well as such hits as Black Hawk Down (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), Remember the Titans (2000), Enemy of the State (1998), Armageddon (1998), Con Air (1997), The Rock (1997), Crimson Tide (1995), and Flashdance (1983).

His most recent blockbuster F1, released in June of 2025, grossed over $631 million at the global box office, becoming not only the highest grossing sports movie of all time, but also the biggest movie in the storied career of star Brad Pitt.  F1 was helmed by Top Gun: Maverick (2022) director Joseph Kosinski and produced alongside 7-time F1 world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton. F1 has been nominated for a variety of industry awards including Critics Choice, PGA, and Golden Globe honors. The film also received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and won the Oscar for Best Sound.

In 2024, he had a slate that included 4 new releases. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare teamed the producer with director Guy Ritchie on a true WWII story starring Henry Cavill.  Then in early summer Disney released Young Woman and the Sea which reteamed him with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) director Joachim Rønning and starred Daisy Ridley.  June saw the release of Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for the 4^th time in the beloved series. The film went on to gross over $400 million at the worldwide box office taking the Bad Boys franchise to over $1 billion in total grosses. And July brought the highly anticipated return of Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) the latest installment in the legendary franchise.

He also recently scored the biggest hit of his career with Top Gun: Maverick (2022) which reunited him with Tom Cruise for a long-awaited sequel to the 1986 original. The film ended its theatrical run with an unbelievable global box office of nearly $1.5 billion including over $700 million domestically, landing at #5 on the all-time list, and received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and won the Oscar for Best Sound.

Jerry Bruckheimer is also one of the most dominant producers on television, with three series currently on the air. Together, Fire Country (#1 new broadcast show 2022), Sheriff Country (spinoff of “Fire Country” and #2 new broadcast show 2025), and Boston Blue (expansion of the beloved Blue Bloods series and #1 new broadcast show 2025) make up CBS’s “Bruckheimer Fridays” programming block.  And the ten-time Emmy Award–winning The Amazing Race returns later this year for its 39^th season.  Beyond broadcast, JBTV produced the record-breaking series Lucifer, which became Netflix’s top original scripted series in 2021 and Hightown, a critical success on both Starz and Netflix.

Jerry Bruckheimer Television has produced some of the most successful television series of the past 25 years, beginning with the global phenomenon CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which quickly became the number one show in the world. CSI spawned five spin-offs: CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, and CSI: Vegas, as well as the recent unscripted The Real CSI: Miami.  During the 2005–06 season, Jerry Bruckheimer set a then-record with ten series on network television simultaneously, including an unprecedented five shows ranking in the Top 10 in U.S. ratings including hits Cold Case and Without a Trace.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Bruckheimer’s films have collectively grossed nearly $15 billion at the global box office. He has produced over 2000 hours of television. His productions have been recognized with countless awards including Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, People’s Choice, Critics Choice, and Grammy honors.

Jerry Bruckheimer was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of German immigrant parents. Growing up, Bruckheimer developed a passion for movies, photography, and sports, especially ice hockey.  A lifelong dream became a reality in 2019 when businessman David Bonderman and he founded the Seattle Kraken, an NHL expansion franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Kraken began play in the 2021/2022 NHL season and made the playoffs for the first-time during the 2022/2023 season.