His career started as an actor on the TV show Charles in Charge in 1984, before moving into films with his debut in 1985's Teen Wolf alongside Michael J. Fox. Other films of note are K-9 and Born on the Fourth of July (both from 1989). Jerry later found acting roles restricted to television, appearing in numerous series including Boy Meets World, Chicago Hope, Seinfeld, Monk and Will & Grace. On Seinfeld, Levine played a creepy stationer in the episode The Big Salad, who sold Elaine pens, while also trying to seek her affections in a stalker-like way.
Jerry would change the path of his career by becoming a director, returning to TV series such as Boy Meets World, Chicago Hope, Monk and Everybody Hates Chris.
His greatest claim to fame, however, arrived in 1994 at The Met Theater in Los Angeles when Levine produced and directed the original stage production of the one-act play Sticks & Stones, the first produced work anywhere by legendary screenwriters Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan.
He is married to the President of CBS Entertainment, Nina Tassler. They reside in Los Angeles with their two children, and one dog.