Four decades of shaping careers and stories — from the concert stage and the publishing house to television, independent film, and the ballet. A manager who builds artists for the long run.
“Regional and subsidized theatre is the great hope for theatre today.” Tennessee Williams, to Jerry Silverhardt · The Westerner
Jerry Silverhardt is an award-winning talent manager and producer at Silverhardt Entertainment, with more than four decades of experience across live performance, publishing, television, film, and dance. In January 2026, iPOP! named him its 2025 Manager of the Year, recognizing his leadership, mentorship, and long-term commitment to developing performers.
His engagement with the arts began as a senior at Western New England College, where he covered theatre, concerts, and cultural events for the student newspaper The Westerner. During that period he interviewed Tennessee Williams in connection with StageWest’s revised production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — an early sign of the instinct for talent and storytelling that would define his career.
Jerry began his professional life in New York as a young agent at Sol Hurok Presents, the celebrated impresario organization, working in the orbit of artists including Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, and Marilyn Horne. He later joined Bantam Books, working with authors such as Leon Uris, Truman Capote, Anaïs Nin, Rona Jaffe, and Rod Serling, before moving into theatrical management at Hush Productions, where he managed Tony Award winner and three-time Grammy nominee Melba Moore.
Over the course of his management career, Jerry has helped launch the careers of performers including Tom Cruise, Dylan McDermott, Gabrielle Anwar, Richard Grieco, and Carmine Giovinazzo. As a producer, his credits span the Fox television movie Born to Run, the UPN series Marker, and Oxygen’s All the Right Moves, made with World of Wonder.
Today he represents actors, directors, writers, dancers, and choreographers — and continues to produce, most recently as an executive producer of When Robert Met Judith and AB_Invito, and as a producer on Yaniv Rokah’s Gidon Lev documentary Follow Me. A member of the Television Academy, Jerry also serves on the advisory boards of Rise Flix and Wisconsin Dance Theatre.
Jerry’s first professional home was the celebrated impresario organization Sol Hurok Presents, bringing him into the orbit of Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, and Marilyn Horne.
A move into publishing put Jerry alongside writers including Leon Uris, Truman Capote, Anaïs Nin, Rona Jaffe, and Rod Serling — sharpening the eye for narrative that shapes his producing today.
Entering theatrical management, Jerry managed Melba Moore, the Tony Award winner and three-time Grammy nominee — the beginning of a management practice built on the long game.
Across his career, Jerry has helped launch the careers of Tom Cruise, Dylan McDermott, Gabrielle Anwar, Richard Grieco, and Carmine Giovinazzo, among others.
From the Fox movie Born to Run and the UPN series Marker to Oxygen’s All the Right Moves and recent independent films, Jerry has moved fluidly from representing talent to producing the work itself.
Long before Hollywood, a senior at Western New England College wrote for the student newspaper The Westerner under the byline “Jerald J. Silverhardt.” In it, he sat down with Tennessee Williams at the Sheraton Inn to discuss regional theatre, the playwright’s revisions, and the future of the American stage.
The conversation took place in connection with StageWest’s revised production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Williams told the young critic that subsidized regional companies were “the great hope for theatre today” — a belief Jerry has carried through a lifetime of championing artists.
An early example of Jerry’s work as an arts critic and interviewer. Note: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiered on Broadway in 1955; StageWest presented Williams’s newly revised version, not a world premiere of the original play.
Fox television movie directed by Albert Magnoli. An early producing credit that marked Jerry’s move from representing talent to shaping the work itself.
UPN series created by Stephen J. Cannell and starring Richard Grieco — a prime-time credit that extended Jerry’s producing into episodic television.
Dance series for Oxygen, produced with World of Wonder, featuring two-time Emmy Award-winning choreographer Travis Wall.
A 2026 short film directed and produced by client Yaniv Rokah, starring Renée Taylor and Austin Pendleton. Filmed in New York City, it explores companionship later in life. Rokah won Best Director at the St. Tropez International Film Festival for his documentary Queen Mimi. Credited on screen as Jerald J. Silverhardt.
A short film written and directed by Mike Tauber and starring client Brendan Wayne and Abelardo Campuzano.
A feature documentary directed by Yaniv Rokah about Holocaust survivor and educator Gidon Lev and his message of hope.
A focused roster spanning film and television performers, and principal dancers on two continents.
Actor · On-set performer
Grandson of John Wayne and a principal on-set performer for Din Djarin in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and the 2026 feature The Mandalorian & Grogu. Also appeared in Ahsoka and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Actor
Credits include Mendy in the Sundance-premiered Israeli series Chanshi, an appearance in Fox’s Accused, and Officer Burke in The Mongoose, starring Liam Neeson and Marisa Tomei, set for release by Samuel Goldwyn Films on October 30, 2026.
Dancer
The Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet, among the most celebrated ballerinas of her generation.
San Francisco BalletDancer
Formerly of the Royal Danish Ballet and a former soloist with Los Angeles Ballet, bringing classical rigor to the contemporary stage.
Official siteAnnounced January 2026, recognizing talent management, leadership, mentorship, and commitment to developing performers. Announcement
Member of the Television Academy (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences).
Serves on the advisory board, supporting the platform’s mission.
Advisory board member of Wisconsin Dance Theatre, home of WDT Conservatory, where he has taken part in business-of-the-arts programming. Team page
