Michael Lerner

Known for: Acting
Born: June 22, 1941, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: April 8, 2023
Movies: 119

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

6.7

Elf

2003

5.7

Godzilla

1998

5.9

Mirror Mirror

2012

6.7

A Serious Man

2009

7.5

Barton Fink

1991

6.0

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

2003

6.5

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

6.0

Blank Check

1994

6.0

Celebrity

1998

Filmography

2024	Sallywood	Ned Levitt
2022	First Oscar	Louis Burt Mayer
2019	Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein	Bobby Fox
2018	Drive Me to Vegas and Mars	Milt the Man
2018	American Bred	Francis Adamo
2016	The Shickles	Elroy Shickles
2016	Internet Famous	Joel Swanson
2015	Ashby	Entwhistle
2015	iGOD	Self
2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Senator Brickman
2014	1000 to 1	Dr.
2014	2 Dead 2 Kill	Alphonse Dente
2013	Immigrant
2013	Brahmin Bulls	David
2013	Somebody Marry Me	Phil Rosenberg
2012	Burning Man: Metropolis	Hoover Robinson
2012	Mirror Mirror	Baron
2011	Atlas Shrugged: Part I	Wesley Mouch
2010	Pete Smalls Is Dead	Leonard Proval
2010	Wax On, Fuck Off	Cy Rosenthal
2010	Life During Wartime	Harvey
2010	The Bannen Way	The Mensch
2009	A Serious Man	Solomon Schlutz
2008	Yonkers Joe	Stanley
2007	A Dennis the Menace Christmas	Mr. Souse
2007	Slipstream	Big Mikey
2006	The Last Time	Leguzza
2006	Love and Other Disasters	Marvin Berstein
2006	Art School Confidential	Art Dealer
2006	When Do We Eat?	Ira Stuckman
2004	Nobody Knows Anything!	Uncle Lou
2004	Poster Boy	Jack Kray
2004	The Calcium Kid	Artie Cohen
2004	LArceny	Jack Dane
2003	Elf	Fulton
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure	Producer (voice)
2002	29 Palms	The Judge
2001	The Omen Legacy	Self
2001	Mockingbird Don't Sing	Dr. Stan York
2000	Murder at the Cannes Film Festival	Morrie Borelli
2000	Attention Shoppers	Khourosh
1999	The Mod Squad	Howard
1999	My Favorite Martian	Mr. Channing
1998	Celebrity	Dr. Lupus
1998	Safe Men	Big Fat Bernie Gayle
1998	Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy	Professor Marcus
1998	Desperation Boulevard	Mannie Green
1998	Godzilla	Mayor Ebert
1997	For Richer or Poorer	Phil Kleinman
1997	The Beautician and the Beast	Jerry Miller
1995	Girl in the Cadillac	Pal
1995	Picture Windows: Language of the Heart	Maestro
1995	No Way Back	Frank
1995	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Perry
1994	The Road to Wellville	Goodloe Bender
1994	Radioland Murders	Lieutenant Cross
1994	No Escape	Warden
1994	Blank Check	Biderman
1993	Amos & Andrew	Phil Gillman
1992	The Comrades of Summer	George
1992	Newsies	Weasel
1991	Barton Fink	Jack Lipnick
1991	Omen IV: The Awakening	Earl
1991	Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square	Self
1990	Made in Hollywood	Irving
1990	Maniac Cop 2	Edward Doyle
1990	Framed	Elliot Shane
1990	Any Man's Death	Herb Denner
1989	Harlem Nights	Bugsy Calhoune
1988	Eight Men Out	Arnold Rothstein
1988	Vibes	Burt Wilder
1987	The King of Love	Nat Goldberg
1987	Hands of a Stranger	Captain Cirillo
1987	Anguish	John Pressman
1986	That Secret Sunday
1985	This Child Is Mine	Abe Rosenberg
1985	Movers & Shakers	Arnie
1985	The Execution	Sidney Ferraro
1983	Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess	Harry Cohn
1983	Strange Invaders	Willie Collins
1982	Class Reunion	Dr. Robert Young
1981	Threshold	Henry De Vici
1981	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Mr. Katz
1980	Borderline	Henry Lydell
1980	Coast to Coast	Dr. Frederick Froll
1980	Gridlock	Marv
1980	This Year's Blonde	Jack Warner
1980	The Baltimore Bullet	Paulie
1979	Goldengirl	Sternberg
1979	Hart to Hart	Poker Player
1979	Diary of a Young Comic	Norman Greenleaf - Billy's agent
1978	Ruby and Oswald	Jack Ruby
1978	Confessions of the D.A. Man	Mark Warren
1978	A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story	Dr. Canlan
1977	Killer on Board	Dr. Berglund
1977	Outlaw Blues	Hatch
1977	The Other Side of Midnight	Barbet
1976	Scott Free	Santini
1976	St. Ives	Myron Green
1976	Dark Victory	Manny
1975	F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood	Marvin Margulies
1975	Starsky & Hutch	Fat Rolly
1975	A Cry for Help	Phillip Conover
1975	Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic	Dr. Marvin Kittredge
1975	The Dream Makers	Mike
1974	Reflections of Murder	Jerry Steele
1974	Hangup	Fred Richards
1974	Newman's Law	Frank Archer
1974	The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter	Dr. Ruben Seelman
1974	Busting	Marvin
1973	Firehouse	Ernie Bush
1972	Magic Carpet	Michael Glassman
1972	The Candidate	Paul Corliss
1971	What's a Nice Girl Like You...?	Fats Detroit
1971	Marriage: Year One	Lemberg
1971	Thief	Jack Cutter
1971	The Ski Bum	Rod
1970	Alex in Wonderland	Leo
1969	Three's a Crowd	Sid Bagby

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