Michael Lerner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1941-06-22

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Michael Lerner

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.

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Acting History

2024
Sallywood as Ned Levitt
2022
First Oscar as Louis Burt Mayer
2019
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein as Bobby Fox
2018
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars as Milt the Man
2018
American Bred as Francis Adamo
2016
The Shickles as Elroy Shickles
2016
Internet Famous as Joel Swanson
2015
Ashby as Entwhistle
2015
iGOD as Self
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past as Senator Brickman
2014
1000 to 1 as Dr.
2014
2 Dead 2 Kill as Alphonse Dente
2013
Immigrant
2013
Brahmin Bulls as David
2013
Somebody Marry Me as Phil Rosenberg
2012
Mirror Mirror as Baron
2011
Suburgatory as Aaron Laynberg
2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Wesley Mouch
2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead as Leonard Proval
2010
Wax On, Fuck Off as Cy Rosenthal
2010
Life During Wartime as Harvey
2010
The Bannen Way as The Mensch
2010
The Bannen Way as The Mensch
2009
A Serious Man as Solomon Schlutz
2009
The Good Wife as Judge Dwight Sobel
2009
Glee as Sidney Greene
2008
Childrens Hospital as Pop
2008
Yonkers Joe as Stanley
2007
A Dennis the Menace Christmas as Mr. Souse
2007
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Saving Grace as Rebbe Jory Quecksilber
2007
Slipstream as Big Mikey
2006
The Last Time as Leguzza
2006
Love and Other Disasters as Marvin Berstein
2006
Art School Confidential as Art Dealer
2006
When Do We Eat? as Ira Stuckman
2004
Nobody Knows Anything! as Uncle Lou
2004
Entourage as Joe Roberts
2004
Poster Boy as Jack Kray
2004
The Calcium Kid as Artie Cohen
2004
LArceny as Jack Dane
2003
Elf as Fulton
2003
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Producer (voice)
2002
29 Palms as The Judge
2001
The Omen Legacy as Self
2001
Mockingbird Don't Sing as Dr. Stan York
2000
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival as Morrie Borelli
2000
Attention Shoppers as Khourosh
1999
Third Watch as Seymour Morgenstern
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Morty Berger
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Defense Attorney Morton Berger
1999
The Mod Squad as Howard
1999
My Favorite Martian as Mr. Channing
1998
Godzilla: The Series as Mayor Ebert (voice)
1998
Godzilla: The Series as Mayor Ebert
1998
Celebrity as Dr. Lupus
1998
Safe Men as Big Fat Bernie Gayle
1998
Tale of the Mummy as Professor Marcus
1998
Desperation Boulevard as Mannie Green
1998
Godzilla as Mayor Ebert
1997
For Richer or Poorer as Phil Kleinman
1997
The Beautician and the Beast as Jerry Miller
1995
Girl in the Cadillac as Pal
1995
Picture Windows as Maestro
1995
Courthouse as Judge Myron Winkleman
1995
Picture Windows: Language of the Heart as Maestro
1995
No Way Back as Frank
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Perry
1994
The Road to Wellville as Goodloe Bender
1994
Radioland Murders as Lieutenant Cross
1994
No Escape as Warden
1994
Blank Check as Biderman
1993
Amos & Andrew as Phil Gillman
1992
The Comrades of Summer as George
1992
Newsies as Weasel
1991
Barton Fink as Jack Lipnick
1991
Omen IV: The Awakening as Earl
1991
Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square as Self
1990
Made in Hollywood as Irving
1990
Maniac Cop 2 as Edward Doyle
1990
Framed as Elliot Shane
1990
Any Man's Death as Herb Denner
1989
Harlem Nights as Bugsy Calhoune
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Byrd
1988
Eight Men Out as Arnold Rothstein
1988
Vibes as Burt Wilder
1987
The King of Love as Nat Goldberg
1987
Hands of a Stranger as Captain Cirillo
1987
Anguish as John Pressman
1986
That Secret Sunday
1985
This Child Is Mine as Abe Rosenberg
1985
MacGyver as Gantner
1985
Amazing Stories as Mr. Marvin
1985
Hollywood Beat as Max
1985
The Equalizer as Amar
1985
Movers & Shakers as Arnie
1985
The Execution as Sidney Ferraro
1983
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess as Harry Cohn
1983
Strange Invaders as Willie Collins
1983
The A-Team as Jerry
1982
Class Reunion as Dr. Robert Young
1981
Threshold as Henry De Vici
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice as Mr. Katz
1981
Hill Street Blues as Rollie Simone
1981
Hill Street Blues as Meyer Rabinowitz
1980
Borderline as Henry Lydell
1980
Coast to Coast as Dr. Frederick Froll
1980
Gridlock as Marv
1980
This Year's Blonde as Jack Warner
1980
The Baltimore Bullet as Paulie
1979
Goldengirl as Sternberg
1979
Hart to Hart as Arthur Radner
1979
Hart to Hart as Poker Player
1979
Diary of a Young Comic as Billy's agent
1978
Ruby and Oswald as Jack Ruby
1978
Confessions of the D.A. Man as Mark Warren
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Dr. Canlan
1977
Killer on Board as Dr. Berglund
1977
Outlaw Blues as Hatch
1977
The Other Side of Midnight as Barbet
1976
Scott Free as Santini
1976
St. Ives as Myron Green
1976
Dark Victory as Manny
1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Marvin Margulies
1975
Wonder Woman as Ashton Ripley
1975
Starsky & Hutch as Fat Rolly
1975
Starsky & Hutch as Fat Rolly
1975
A Cry for Help as Phillip Conover
1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Dr. Marvin Kittredge
1975
The Dream Makers as Mike
1974
Reflections of Murder as Jerry Steele
1974
Hangup as Fred Richards
1974
The Rockford Files as Arnold Love
1974
The Rockford Files as Murray Rosner
1974
Police Woman as Ralph Guidera
1974
Harry O
1974
Rhoda
1974
Newman's Law as Frank Archer
1974
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter as Dr. Ruben Seelman
1974
Busting as Marvin
1973
Kojak as Dr. Samuel Fine
1973
Barnaby Jones as Albert Krueger
1973
Firehouse as Ernie Bush
1972
Magic Carpet as Michael Glassman
1972
Delphi Bureau as Cy Turrell
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Lou Watkins
1972
M*A*S*H as Captain Futterman
1972
The Bob Newhart Show as Mr. Carolla
1972
Banacek as Bartender
1972
The Candidate as Paul Corliss
1972
Emergency! as Martin Noble
1971
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? as Fats Detroit
1971
Marriage: Year One as Lemberg
1971
Thief as Jack Cutter
1971
The Ski Bum as Rod
1970
Alex in Wonderland as Leo
1970
Night Gallery as Dr. Burgess (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
1970
The Odd Couple as Sergeant Chomsky
1969
Three's a Crowd as Sid Bagby
1969
Love, American Style as Karatz
1969
The Brady Bunch
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Parelli
1968
The Doris Day Show as Mr. Murray
1968
The Doris Day Show as Fat Man
1967
Ironside as Joe Yarby
1967
Ironside as Adrian Father
1966
That Girl
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Pigeon as Unnamed man