Zak Penn

Born 1968 · American screenwriter

Zak Penn 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, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the television series Alphas on the Syfy network.

Zak Penn, in order

1. 1993 Last Action Hero: wrote · directed by John McTiernan · critics 43%, audiences 48%
2. 1994 PCU: wrote · directed by Hart Bochner
3. 1999 Inspector Gadget: wrote · directed by David Kellogg
4. 2001 Behind Enemy Lines: wrote · directed by John Moore · critics 35%, audiences 62% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Fandango at Home (free)
5. 2001 Osmosis Jones: produced, acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · critics 55%, audiences 42% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
6. 2004 Incident at Loch Ness: directed, wrote, acted
7. 2004 Suspect Zero: wrote · directed by E. Elias Merhige and Paul Sirmons
8. 2005 Elektra: wrote · directed by Rob Bowman
9. 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand: wrote · directed by Brett Ratner · critics 56%, audiences 61% · streaming on Disney+
10. 2007 The Grand: directed, wrote
11. 2008 The Incredible Hulk: wrote · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 68%, audiences 69% · streaming on Disney+
12. 2011 Alphas (TV series): created
13. 2012 The Avengers: wrote · directed by Joss Whedon · critics 91%, audiences 91% · streaming on Disney+
14. 2014 Atari: Game Over: directed
15. 2018 Ready Player One: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 71%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max
16. 2021 Free Guy: wrote · directed by Shawn Levy
17. 2026 Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Jonathan Frakes and Kyle Newacheck · critics 78%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max