Zack Norman

May 27, 1940 — Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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).