Michael Lerner
Born: 1941-06-22 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2023-04-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Sallywood as Ned Levitt
2022
- First Oscar as Louis Burt Mayer
2019
- Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein as Bobby Fox
2018
- American Bred as Francis Adamo
- Drive Me to Vegas and Mars as Milt the Man
2016
- Internet Famous as Joel Swanson
- The Shickles as Elroy Shickles
2014
- X-Men: Days of Future Past as Senator Brickman
- 1000 to 1 as Dr.
- 2 Dead 2 Kill as Alphonse Dente
2013
- Brahmin Bulls as David
- Immigrant
- Somebody Marry Me as Phil Rosenberg
2012
- Mirror Mirror as Baron
2011
- Suburgatory as Aaron Laynberg
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Wesley Mouch
2010
- Pete Smalls Is Dead as Leonard Proval
- The Bannen Way as The Mensch
- Life During Wartime as Harvey
- The Bannen Way as The Mensch
- Wax On, Fuck Off as Cy Rosenthal
2009
- The Good Wife as Judge Dwight Sobel
- Glee as Sidney Greene
- A Serious Man as Solomon Schlutz
2008
- Childrens Hospital as Pop
- Yonkers Joe as Stanley
2007
- Saving Grace as Rebbe Jory Quecksilber
- Slipstream as Big Mikey
- Dirty Sexy Money
- A Dennis the Menace Christmas as Mr. Souse
2006
- Love and Other Disasters as Marvin Berstein
- Art School Confidential as Art Dealer
- When Do We Eat? as Ira Stuckman
- The Last Time as Leguzza
2004
- Entourage as Joe Roberts
- Poster Boy as Jack Kray
- LArceny as Jack Dane
- Nobody Knows Anything! as Uncle Lou
- The Calcium Kid as Artie Cohen
2003
- Elf as Fulton
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Producer (voice)
2002
- 29 Palms as The Judge
2001
- Mockingbird Don't Sing as Dr. Stan York
- The Omen Legacy as Self
2000
- Murder at the Cannes Film Festival as Morrie Borelli
- Attention Shoppers as Khourosh
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Morty Berger
- Third Watch as Seymour Morgenstern
- The Mod Squad as Howard
- My Favorite Martian as Mr. Channing
1998
- Godzilla as Mayor Ebert
- Celebrity as Dr. Lupus
- Godzilla: The Series as Mayor Ebert (voice)
- Safe Men as Big Fat Bernie Gayle
- Desperation Boulevard as Mannie Green
- Tale of the Mummy as Professor Marcus
1997
- The Beautician and the Beast as Jerry Miller
- For Richer or Poorer as Phil Kleinman
1995
- No Way Back as Frank
- Picture Windows: Language of the Heart as Maestro
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Perry
- Courthouse as Judge Myron Winkleman
- Girl in the Cadillac as Pal
- Picture Windows as Maestro
1994
- No Escape as Warden
- The Road to Wellville as Goodloe Bender
- Blank Check as Biderman
- Radioland Murders as Lieutenant Cross
1993
- Amos & Andrew as Phil Gillman
1992
- Newsies as Weasel
- The Comrades of Summer as George
1991
- Barton Fink as Jack Lipnick
- Omen IV: The Awakening as Earl
- Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square as Self
1990
- Framed as Elliot Shane
- Maniac Cop 2 as Edward Doyle
- Any Man's Death as Herb Denner
- Made in Hollywood as Irving
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Byrd
- Harlem Nights as Bugsy Calhoune
1988
- Eight Men Out as Arnold Rothstein
- Vibes as Burt Wilder
1987
- Anguish as John Pressman
- Hands of a Stranger as Captain Cirillo
- The King of Love as Nat Goldberg
1986
1985
- MacGyver as Gantner
- The Equalizer as Amar
- Amazing Stories as Mr. Marvin
- Movers & Shakers as Arnie
- The Execution as Sidney Ferraro
- Hollywood Beat as Max
- This Child Is Mine as Abe Rosenberg
1983
- The A-Team as Jerry
- Strange Invaders as Willie Collins
- Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess as Harry Cohn
1982
- Class Reunion as Dr. Robert Young
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Rollie Simone
- The Postman Always Rings Twice as Mr. Katz
- Threshold as Henry De Vici
1980
- Borderline as Henry Lydell
- Gridlock as Marv
- Coast to Coast as Dr. Frederick Froll
- The Baltimore Bullet as Paulie
- This Year's Blonde as Jack Warner
1979
- Hart to Hart as Arthur Radner
- Goldengirl as Sternberg
- Hart to Hart as Poker Player
- Diary of a Young Comic as Billy's agent
1978
- Ruby and Oswald as Jack Ruby
- Confessions of the D.A. Man as Mark Warren
- A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Dr. Canlan
1977
- The Other Side of Midnight as Barbet
- Killer on Board as Dr. Berglund
- Outlaw Blues as Hatch
1976
- Dark Victory as Manny
- St. Ives as Myron Green
- Scott Free as Santini
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Fat Rolly
- Wonder Woman as Ashton Ripley
- Starsky & Hutch as Fat Rolly
- The Dream Makers as Mike
- A Cry for Help as Phillip Conover
- Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Dr. Marvin Kittredge
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Marvin Margulies
1974
- The Rockford Files as Arnold Love
- Police Woman as Ralph Guidera
- Rhoda
- Hangup as Fred Richards
- Busting as Marvin
- Harry O
- Newman's Law as Frank Archer
- Reflections of Murder as Jerry Steele
- The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter as Dr. Ruben Seelman
1973
- Kojak as Dr. Samuel Fine
- Barnaby Jones as Albert Krueger
- Firehouse as Ernie Bush
1972
- 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
- The Candidate as Paul Corliss
- Banacek as Bartender
- Magic Carpet as Michael Glassman
- Delphi Bureau as Cy Turrell
1971
- Thief as Jack Cutter
- The Ski Bum as Rod
- What's a Nice Girl Like You...? as Fats Detroit
- Marriage: Year One as Lemberg
1970
- The Odd Couple as Sergeant Chomsky
- Night Gallery as Dr. Burgess (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
- Alex in Wonderland as Leo
1969
- Love, American Style as Karatz
- The Brady Bunch
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Parelli
- Three's a Crowd as Sid Bagby
1968
- The Doris Day Show as Fat Man
1967
- Ironside as Joe Yarby