Zak Penn

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-03-23 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, USA

Zak Penn

Biography

Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, wrote the script for The Incredible Hulk, co-wrote the scripts for X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network. Penn was born in New York. He is the son of New York businessman and lawyer Arthur Penn, who led the acquisition of the Capital Markets Assurance Corporation from Citicorp. Zak Penn graduated from Wesleyan University in 1990. His screenplay for PCU was based on his experiences at the Eclectic Society house. ...

Acting

2008

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

as Self - Screenwriter, X2 & X-Men: The Last Stand

2000

Chuck & Buck

as Josh Weintraub

1994

PCU

as Bathroom Patron

1997

Star Maps

as Carmel County Writer

Production

1999

Inspector Gadget

as Screenplay

2008

The Incredible Hulk

as Screenplay

2004

Suspect Zero

as Screenplay

2012

The Avengers

as Story

2001

Osmosis Jones

as Producer

1994

PCU

as Writer

2003

X2

as Story

2007

The Grand

as Director

2004

2014

Atari: Game Over

as Director

2004

Suspect Zero

as Story

2014

1993

2007

The Grand

as Writer

2005

Elektra

as Writer

2008

The Incredible Hulk

as Screenstory

2018

Ready Player One

as Screenplay

2001

Behind Enemy Lines

as Screenplay

1998

Antz

as Story Consultant

2016

Grimsby

as Thanks

2007

The Grand

as Producer

2021

Free Guy

as Screenplay

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