- Born
- Birth nameGeorge F. Dzundza
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- George Dzundza was born on July 19, 1945 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Crimson Tide (1995), Basic Instinct (1992) and The Deer Hunter (1978). He has been married to Mary Jo Vermeulen since 1982. They have three children.
- SpouseMary Jo Vermeulen(1982 - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenJessica Joann DzundzaJames Franklin DzundzaJohn Henry Dzundza
- ParentsRoman DzundzaMaria Humenecka
- Retired from acting in 2011. He's since directed several stage plays including "Doubt" and "I Am My Own Wife" for local theatre groups.
- His father was Polish and his mother was Ukrainian. They had been forced into factory labor by the Nazis.
- Left Law & Order (1990) over a dispute about scheduling and script quality. During the first season, Dzundza's wife was pregnant and he had to divide his time between his home and New York. The producers threatened to sue Dzundza if he held up shooting to be with his wife when she gave birth.
- Last name is pronounced "ZUHN-zuh".
- Attended private Catholic Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, New York City, whose fellow alumni included Martin Scorsese, George Carlin, Regis Philbin, Jamal Mashburn and Don DeLillo.
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