Jerry Rector

Jerry Rector was born in St Louis Missouri but grew up in the Detroit suburbs playing most sports including water skiing riding dirt bikes and scuba diving After moving to Los Angeles in high school Jerry began his professional careers as an actor and musician Besides being an actor in Hollywood he also has lived and worked in NYC Vancouver and Toronto Canada where he became a dual Canadian Citizen He also began his filmmaking career there as a writer director and producer Overseas Jerry has worked in Hong Kong with JeanClaude Van Damme in Double Impact and in South Korea opposite Lee ByungHun The Magnificent 7Terminator Genisys in The Man Standing Next Jerry is honored to have also worked opposite other greats like Patrick Stewart Cardi B Jack Lemmon Walther Matthau John RhysDavies Nicolas Cage Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Beals Harvey Keitel Rod Steiger and Cheech Marin to name a few As a drummer percussionist and singer Jerry is also greatly honored to have played with music super stars like singer Chaka Khan guitarist Robbie Kreiger The Doors Keyboardist Patrick Moraz Yes Drummer Vinnie Appice Black SabbathDio Saxophonist Sal Marquez Frank ZappaDave Grusin Grammy Award winning guitarist Olivier Scoazec Buckwheat Zydeco and guitar virtuoso Del Casher Elvis Presley aka Papa Wah Wah Dels nickname is derived from being the inventor of the Wah Wah pedal