Michael Lerner

Actor Jun 22 (died age 81) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1966–2024 (58 year career)

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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

Film

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Senator Brickman

Film

Barton Fink

Jack Lipnick

Film

Elf

Fulton

Film

A Serious Man

Solomon Schlutz

Film

Mirror Mirror

Baron

Film

Godzilla

Mayor Ebert

Film

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Producer (voice)

Film

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Mr. Katz

Filmography

Acting (165)

Movies (121)

Sallywood

as Ned Levitt

First Oscar

as Louis Burt Mayer

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

2019

as Bobby Fox

5.8

American Bred

2018

as Francis Adamo

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

2018

as Milt the Man

Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

2018

as Fulton

Internet Famous

2016

as Joel Swanson

3.8

The Shickles

2016

as Elroy Shickles

Ashby

2015

as Entwhistle

6.2

iGOD

2015

as Self

X-Men: Days of Future Past

as Senator Brickman

2 Dead 2 Kill

as Alphonse Dente

1000 to 1

as Dr.

Brahmin Bulls

as David

Immigrant

Somebody Marry Me

as Phil Rosenberg

Mirror Mirror

as Baron

Burning Man: Metropolis

2012

as Hoover Robinson

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

as Wesley Mouch

The Bannen Way

as The Mensch

Life During Wartime

as Harvey

Pete Smalls Is Dead

as Leonard Proval

Wax On, Fuck Off

as Cy Rosenthal

A Serious Man

as Solomon Schlutz

Yonkers Joe

as Stanley

Slipstream

as Big Mikey

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

2007

as Mr. Souse

5.5

Art School Confidential

2006

as Art Dealer

6.1

Love and Other Disasters

as Marvin Berstein

The Last Time

as Leguzza

When Do We Eat?

as Ira Stuckman

LArceny

as Jack Dane

Poster Boy

as Jack Kray

The Calcium Kid

as Artie Cohen

Nobody Knows Anything!

as Uncle Lou

Elf

as Fulton

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

as Producer (voice)

29 Palms

as The Judge

The Omen Legacy

as Self

Mockingbird Don't Sing

as Dr. Stan York

Attention Shoppers

as Khourosh

Murder at the Cannes Film Festival

2000

as Morrie Borelli

My Favorite Martian

as Mr. Channing

The Mod Squad

as Howard

Godzilla

as Mayor Ebert

Celebrity

as Dr. Lupus

Safe Men

as Big Fat Bernie Gayle

5.5

Desperation Boulevard

as Mannie Green

Tale of the Mummy

as Professor Marcus

The Beautician and the Beast

as Jerry Miller

For Richer or Poorer

as Phil Kleinman

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

as Perry

No Way Back

as Frank

Girl in the Cadillac

as Pal

Picture Windows: Language of the Heart

1995

as Maestro

Blank Check

as Biderman

No Escape

as Warden

The Road to Wellville

as Goodloe Bender

Radioland Murders

as Lieutenant Cross

Amos & Andrew

as Phil Gillman

Newsies

as Weasel

The Comrades of Summer

as George

Barton Fink

as Jack Lipnick

Omen IV: The Awakening

1991

as Earl

5.0

Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square

as Self

Any Man's Death

as Herb Denner

Maniac Cop 2

as Edward Doyle

Framed

as Elliot Shane

Made in Hollywood

as Irving

Harlem Nights

as Bugsy Calhoune

Vibes

as Burt Wilder

Eight Men Out

as Arnold Rothstein

Anguish

as John Pressman

Hands of a Stranger

as Captain Cirillo

The King of Love

as Nat Goldberg

That Secret Sunday

Movers & Shakers

as Arnie

The Execution

as Sidney Ferraro

This Child Is Mine

as Abe Rosenberg

Strange Invaders

as Willie Collins

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

as Harry Cohn

Class Reunion

as Dr. Robert Young

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Mr. Katz

Threshold

as Henry De Vici

Borderline

as Henry Lydell

Gridlock

as Marv

This Year's Blonde

as Jack Warner

Coast to Coast

as Dr. Frederick Froll

The Baltimore Bullet

as Paulie

Goldengirl

as Sternberg

Hart to Hart

as Poker Player

Diary of a Young Comic

1979

as Billy's agent

Ruby and Oswald

1978

as Jack Ruby

6.0

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978

as Dr. Canlan

9.0

Confessions of the D.A. Man

1978

as Mark Warren

The Other Side of Midnight

as Barbet

Killer on Board

as Dr. Berglund

Outlaw Blues

as Hatch

Scott Free

as Santini

St. Ives

1976

as Myron Green

5.7

Dark Victory

1976

as Manny

Starsky & Hutch

1975

as Fat Rolly

6.7

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

as Dr. Marvin Kittredge

A Cry for Help

as Phillip Conover

The Dream Makers

as Mike

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

as Marvin Margulies

Hangup

as Fred Richards

Busting

as Marvin

Reflections of Murder

1974

as Jerry Steele

6.3

The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter

as Dr. Ruben Seelman

Newman's Law

as Frank Archer

Firehouse

as Ernie Bush

The Candidate

as Paul Corliss

Magic Carpet

as Michael Glassman

Thief

as Jack Cutter

The Ski Bum

as Rod

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

as Fats Detroit

Marriage: Year One

as Lemberg

Alex in Wonderland

as Leo

Three's a Crowd

as Sid Bagby

Pigeon

as Unnamed man

Television (44)

Suburgatory

as Aaron Laynberg

The Bannen Way

as The Mensch

The Good Wife

as Judge Dwight Sobel

Glee

as Sidney Greene

Childrens Hospital

as Pop

Saving Grace

as Rebbe Jory Quecksilber

Dirty Sexy Money

Entourage

as Joe Roberts

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Defense Attorney Morton Berger

7.9

Third Watch

1999

as Seymour Morgenstern

7.9

Godzilla: The Series

1998

as Mayor Ebert (voice)

Clueless

as Mel Horowitz

Picture Windows

as Maestro

Courthouse

1995

as Judge Myron Winkleman

Tales from the Crypt

as Mr. Byrd

MacGyver

as Gantner

The Equalizer

as Amar

Amazing Stories

as Mr. Marvin

Hollywood Beat

as Max

The A-Team

as Jerry

Hill Street Blues

as Rollie Simone

Hart to Hart

as Poker Player

Starsky & Hutch

as Fat Rolly

Wonder Woman

as Ashton Ripley

Police Woman

as Ralph Guidera

The Rockford Files

as Dr. Ruben Seelman

Rhoda

Harry O

Kojak

as Dr. Samuel Fine

Barnaby Jones

as Albert Krueger

M*A*S*H

as Captain Futterman

Emergency!

as Martin Noble

The Streets of San Francisco

as Lou Watkins

The Bob Newhart Show

as Mr. Carolla

Banacek

as Bartender

Delphi Bureau

as Cy Turrell

Night Gallery

1970

as Dr. Burgess (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")

The Odd Couple

as Sergeant Chomsky

Love, American Style

as Karatz

The Brady Bunch

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Parelli

The Doris Day Show

as Fat Man

Ironside

as Joe Yarby

That Girl