Anthony Zerbe was born on 20 May 1936 in Long Beach, California, USA. His birth name was Anthony Jared Zerbe.

Anthony Zerbe appeared in the movie Cool Hand Luke(1967), Farewell, My Lovely(1975), Licence to Kill(1989), Off Beat(1986), Papillon(1973), Rooster Cogburn(1975), See No Evil, Hear No Evil(1989), Soggy Bottom, USA(1980), Star Trek: Insurrection(1998), The Dead Zone(1983), The First Deadly Sin(1980), The Liberation of L.B. Jones, The Molly Maguires, The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie(1972), The Turning Point(1977), "Total Recall 2070"(1999), Touch(1997), True Crime(1999), True Crime(1999), Who'll Stop the Rain(1978), Will Penny(1968)。