Education
Abraham Lincoln High School. New Utrecht High School.
Abraham Lincoln High School. New Utrecht High School.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrara is of Italian descent. An agent he met at a talent showcase encouraged him to move to Los Angeles, where he quickly landed his first role on The King of Queens. Other television parts soon followed.
Jerry was then cast in the independent feature Cross Bronx, which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Festival.
In an interview about his breakout role on Entourage, Ferrara revealed that when he told his friends he had landed a major part in a television pilot, they asked, "What"s a pilot?" Kevin Connolly has said of his Entourage co-star that "Jerry’s very domesticated. He’s probably the most different from his character.
He’s like 180 degrees in the opposite direction." Ferrara once made an appearance in character as Turtle for a Direct Television commercial. His dialogue was mixed with a clip from an Entourage episode for humorous effect.
In 2010 Ferrara dropped weight and lost 60 pounds with a new outlook on health and fitness.