Person

Michael Lerner

Acting · 1941–2023 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Michael Charles Lerner (June 22, 1941 – April 8, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his Academy Award-nominated performance in Barton Fink, as well as appearing in the films Elf, Godzilla, Eight Men Out, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Known for

Filmography

2024SallywoodNed Levitt
2022First OscarLouis Burt Mayer
2019Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, FrankensteinBobby Fox
2018Drive Me to Vegas and MarsMilt the Man
2018American BredFrancis Adamo
2016The ShicklesElroy Shickles
2016Internet FamousJoel Swanson
2015AshbyEntwhistle
2015iGODSelf
2014X-Men: Days of Future PastSenator Brickman
20141000 to 1Dr.
20142 Dead 2 KillAlphonse Dente
2013Immigrant
2013Brahmin BullsDavid
2013Somebody Marry MePhil Rosenberg
2013MaronRalph
2012Burning Man: MetropolisHoover Robinson
2012Mirror MirrorBaron
2011SuburgatoryAaron Laynberg
2011Atlas Shrugged: Part IWesley Mouch
2010Pete Smalls Is DeadLeonard Proval
2010Wax On, Fuck OffCy Rosenthal
2010Life During WartimeHarvey
2010The Bannen WayThe Mensch
2010The Bannen WayThe Mensch
2009A Serious ManSolomon Schlutz
2009The Good WifeJudge Dwight Sobel
2009GleeSidney Greene
2008Childrens HospitalPop
2008Yonkers JoeStanley
2007A Dennis the Menace ChristmasMr. Souse
2007Dirty Sexy Money
2007Saving GraceRebbe Jory Quecksilber
2007SlipstreamBig Mikey
2006The Last TimeLeguzza
2006Love and Other DisastersMarvin Berstein
2006Art School ConfidentialArt Dealer
2006When Do We Eat?Ira Stuckman
2004Nobody Knows Anything!Uncle Lou
2004EntourageJoe Roberts
2004Poster BoyJack Kray
2004The Calcium KidArtie Cohen
2004LArcenyJack Dane
2003ElfFulton
2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureProducer (voice)
200229 PalmsThe Judge
2001The Omen LegacySelf
2001Mockingbird Don't SingDr. Stan York
2000Murder at the Cannes Film FestivalMorrie Borelli
2000Attention ShoppersKhourosh
1999Third WatchSeymour Morgenstern
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMorty Berger
1999The Mod SquadHoward
1999My Favorite MartianMr. Channing
1998CelebrityDr. Lupus
1998Godzilla: The SeriesMayor Ebert (voice)
1998Safe MenBig Fat Bernie Gayle
1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummyProfessor Marcus
1998Desperation BoulevardMannie Green
1998GodzillaMayor Ebert
1997For Richer or PoorerPhil Kleinman
1997The Beautician and the BeastJerry Miller
1996CluelessMel Horowitz
1995Girl in the CadillacPal
1995Picture WindowsMaestro
1995CourthouseMyron Winkleman
1995Picture Windows: Language of the HeartMaestro
1995No Way BackFrank
1995A Pyromaniac's Love StoryPerry
1994The Road to WellvilleGoodloe Bender
1994Radioland MurdersLieutenant Cross
1994No EscapeWarden
1994Blank CheckBiderman
1993Amos & AndrewPhil Gillman
1992The Comrades of SummerGeorge
1992NewsiesWeasel
1991Barton FinkJack Lipnick
1991Omen IV: The AwakeningEarl
1991Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie SquareSelf
1990Made in HollywoodIrving
1990Maniac Cop 2Edward Doyle
1990FramedElliot Shane
1990Any Man's DeathHerb Denner
1989Harlem NightsBugsy Calhoune
1989Tales from the CryptMr. Byrd
1988Eight Men OutArnold Rothstein
1988VibesBurt Wilder
1987The King of LoveNat Goldberg
1987Hands of a StrangerCaptain Cirillo
1987AnguishJohn Pressman
1986That Secret Sunday
1985This Child Is MineAbe Rosenberg
1985MacGyverGantner
1985Amazing StoriesMr. Marvin
1985Hollywood BeatMax
1985The EqualizerAmar
1985Movers & ShakersArnie
1985The ExecutionSidney Ferraro
1983Rita Hayworth: The Love GoddessHarry Cohn
1983Strange InvadersWillie Collins
1983The A-TeamJerry
1982Class ReunionDr. Robert Young
1981ThresholdHenry De Vici
1981The Postman Always Rings TwiceMr. Katz
1981Hill Street BluesRollie Simone
1980BorderlineHenry Lydell
1980Coast to CoastDr. Frederick Froll
1980GridlockMarv
1980This Year's BlondeJack Warner
1980The Baltimore BulletPaulie
1979GoldengirlSternberg
1979Hart to HartArthur Radner
1979Hart to HartPoker Player
1979Diary of a Young ComicNorman Greenleaf - Billy's agent
1978Ruby and OswaldJack Ruby
1978Confessions of the D.A. ManMark Warren
1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryDr. Canlan
1977Killer on BoardDr. Berglund
1977Outlaw BluesHatch
1977The Other Side of MidnightBarbet
1976Scott FreeSantini
1976St. IvesMyron Green
1976Dark VictoryManny
1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodMarvin Margulies
1975Wonder WomanAshton Ripley
1975Starsky & HutchFat Rolly
1975Starsky & HutchFat Rolly
1975A Cry for HelpPhillip Conover
1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicDr. Marvin Kittredge
1975The Dream MakersMike
1974Reflections of MurderJerry Steele
1974HangupFred Richards
1974Police WomanRalph Guidera
1974The Rockford FilesArnold Love
1974Harry O
1974Rhoda
1974Newman's LawFrank Archer
1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the HunterDr. Ruben Seelman
1974BustingMarvin
1973KojakDr. Samuel Fine
1973Barnaby JonesAlbert Krueger
1973FirehouseErnie Bush
1972Magic CarpetMichael Glassman
1972Delphi BureauCy Turrell
1972The Streets of San FranciscoLou Watkins
1972M*A*S*HCaptain Futterman
1972The Bob Newhart ShowMr. Carolla
1972BanacekBartender
1972The CandidatePaul Corliss
1972Emergency!Martin Noble
1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...?Fats Detroit
1971Marriage: Year OneLemberg
1971ThiefJack Cutter
1971The Ski BumRod
1970Alex in WonderlandLeo
1970Night GalleryDr. Burgess (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
1970The Odd CoupleSergeant Chomsky
1969Three's a CrowdSid Bagby
1969Love, American StyleKaratz
1969The Brady Bunch
1969The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsParelli
1968The Doris Day ShowMr. Murray
1967IronsideJoe Yarby
1966That Girl
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