Larry Zerner

Larry Zerner
Larry Zerner
Born	September 8, 1963; Los Angeles, California

Lawrence J. Zerner (born September 8, 1963) is an American lawyer and actor who appeared in the 1982 horror film Friday the 13th Part III as Shelly Finkelstein, the original owner of the infamous hockey mask which became Jason Voorhees's trademark. He later reprised the role in the 2017 video game Friday the 13th: The Game.

Other film roles include the 1984 movie Hadley's Rebellion. He made a guest appearance on the television series Fame. Zerner was born in Los Angeles, California. He was discovered on a street corner in Westwood, Los Angeles, California handing out passes to a screening of The Road Warrior.

After quitting acting in 1987 Zerner became an entertainment lawyer in Hollywood. In 2005, Larry represented Jeff Bergquist in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Daniel Knauf and HBO over the television series Carnivàle. Also in 2005, Zerner represented George Lutz in a lawsuit against the makers of the remake of The Amityville Horror.

Larry was a contestant on the ABC prime time version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire but did not make it to the "hot seat" with Regis Philbin.

On February 9, 2007, Larry was the $250,000 winner of the Last Man Standing edition of 1 vs. 100, defeating, among others, Ken Jennings, Annie Duke, Brad Rutter, Kevin Olmstead and Nancy Christy. In 2009, he appeared on Doug Benson's comedy podcast I Love Movies (Now, known as Doug Loves Movies) where he donated 1,800 USD to the Los Angeles Food Bank.

Zerner returned to acting in 2013 with Knights of Badassdom and has appeared in numerous films since, including one video game. He has played a character with the name "Shelly" in different franchises on four occasions.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Friday the 13th Part III	Shelly
1982	Fame	Stage Manager	Episode: "And the Winner Is...."
1986	New Love, American Style	Bachelor	Episode: "Love-a-Gram/Love and the Apartment"
1987	Hadley's Rebellion	Dorm Boy
2013	Knights of Badassdom	Shelly (uncredited)
2014	Found	Scientist	Short film
2016	The Horror Geeks	Shelly	TV film
2016	The Epidemic	Tim
2017	Death House	Shelly the Prop Man
2017	Friday the 13th: The Game	Sheldon "Shelly" Finkelstein	Video game, DLC update; did not appear on initial release.

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