Profile Text
Birth Name: Jack Lawrence Bender
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 25, 1949
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jack Bender is an American television and film director, television producer, and actor. He has directed the film Child’s Play 3 , episodes of the shows Eight Is Enough , The Paper Chase , Falcon Crest , Fame , King’s Crossing , Beverly Hills, 90210 ; Profiler , Felicity , The Sopranos , Judging Amy , Boston Public , Alias , Carnivàle , The Lyon’s Den , Lost , Alcatraz , Under the Dome , The Last Ship , Game of Thrones , From , Mr. Mercedes , and The Institute ; the made-for-tv movies Deadly Messages , The Midnight Hour (1985), The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story , Armed and Innocent , Gambler V: Playing for Keeps , A Face to Die For , Sweet Dreams (1996), Killing Mr. Griffin , The Tempest (1998), It Came from the Sky , which he also wrote; and The Lone Ranger (2003); and the mini-series Family Album .
He was born to a secular Jewish family. His father was a furrier in Hollywood. Jack is married to Laura Owens, a rabbi, with whom he has two children.
Jack’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Caro.