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Biography

This acclaimed stage actor and director has lately been delving into films as well. Born in Germany, Zaks was appearing on the New York stage by the mid-1970s. The curly-haired, diminutive actor made a splash as Kenicke in the long-running hit musical "Grease" and subsequently alternated between musicals and plays, including "Once in a Lifetime" (1977), "Tintypes" (1980), Lanford Wilson's "Talley's Folly" (1982) and "Isn't It Romantic?" …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Music, Executive, Consultants & Advisors

Born

September 7, 1946

LATEST CREDITS

The Gentleman Bandit

Carl Schnee

Guys and Dolls Off the Record

Actor, stage director, album producer

Outrageous Fortune

Tobacco Clerk

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Man on Campus

Husbands and Wives

Dinner Party Guest

The Wall

Actor

Attica

Lenny Becker

The 43rd Annual Tony Awards

Actor

The Beat

Actor

M*A*S*H

Actor

The Edge of Night

Louis van Dine

Who Do You Love

Director

Marvin's Room

Director

The House of Blue Leaves

stage director

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller

stage director, creative director (theater )

The Man Who Came to Dinner

stage director

Private School

Consultant, Dialogue Coach