Jack Rapke is an American film producer who has produced such films as the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film Cast Away.
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14 Facts About Jack Rapke
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Jack Rapke's first stop was the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in 1975.
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Four years later, Rapke joined Creative Artists Agency, where he rose, over the course of the next seventeen years, to become one of the most successful agents in Hollywood.
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Jack Rapke went on to produce numerous hits including “What Lies Beneath” starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, the Ridley Scott-directed “Matchstick Men” starring Nicolas Cage, “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio” starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, and “Last Holiday” starring Queen Latifah.
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Jack Rapke Executive Produced “The Polar Express” starring Tom Hanks for Warner Bros.
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Jack Rapke produced the Oscar-nominated “Monster House, ” for Sony Pictures, “Beowulf, ” starring Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie for Paramount and “A Christmas Carol, ” for The Walt Disney Studios, starring Jim Carrey and Colin Firth.
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Jack Rapke was Executive Producer on the film “Real Steel, ” starring Hugh Jackman, directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks.
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Jack Rapke Produced “Flight, ” for Paramount Pictures starring Denzel Washington, which was nominated for two Academy Awards.
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Jack Rapke Produced “The Walk, ” which starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Sony Pictures and he Executive Produced the feature film “Allied, ” which starred Brad Pitt, for Paramount Pictures.
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Jack Rapke served as Producer on “Welcome to Marwen” for Universal Pictures which starred Steve Carell and Produced “The Witches” for Warner Bros.
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Television, Jack Rapke was Executive Producer for the three seasons of “The Borgias” starring Jeremy Irons for Showtime and Executive Producer on the documentary series “Medal of Honor, ” for Netflix.
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Jack Rapke served as Executive Producer on “Blue Book” for the History Channel and has Executive Produced all three seasons of “Manifest” for NBC TV and Warner Bros.
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Jack Rapke was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
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