Michael Lerner (actor)

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Michael Lerner
Born	June 22 1941 (1941-06-22) (age 67) Brooklyn, New York

Michael Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an Academy-Award nominated American character actor.

Lerner was born in Brooklyn, New York of Romanian Jewish descent.^[1] He was raised in Bensonhurst and Red Hook. His brother, Ken Lerner, is also an actor.^[2] After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Lerner began participating in a number plays in San Francisco.

During the seventies, Lerner began making several guest appearances in shows such as The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple and M*A*S*H. In 1970 Michael made his film debut in the Donald Sutherland picture Alex in Wonderland. He then went to appear in supporting roles in various Hollywood movies such as Robert Redford's The Candidate, Charles Bronson's St. Ives and Jack Nicholson's The Postman Always Rings Twice. In 1991, after co-starring in the Eddie Murphy comedy Harlem Nights, Michael played film producer Jack Lipnick in the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink, a performance for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Michael's recent projects include the Christmas comedy Elf and Poster Boy, as well as appearing in television programs such as Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Entourage.

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Alex in Wonderland, (1970) Leo
The Candidate, (1972) Corliss
Firehouse, (1973 TV-movie) Ernie Bush
Busting, (1974) Marvin
Newman's Law, (1974) Frank Acker
Hangup, (1975) Richard
Dark Victory, (1976 TV-movie) Manny
St. Ives, (1976) Myron Green
Scott Free, (1976) Santini
The Other Side of Midnight, (1977) Barbet
Killer on Board, (1977 TV-movie) Dr. Berglund
Outlaw Blues, (1977) Hatch
A Love Affair: The Elanor and Lou Gehrig Story, (1978) Dr. Canlan
Ruby and Oswald, (1978 TV-movie) Jack Ruby
Golden Girl, (1979) Sternberg
The Baltimore Bullet, (1980) Paulie
Coast to Coast, (1980) Dr. Frederick Froll
Borderline, (1980) Henry Lydell
The Postman Always Rings Twice, (1981) Mr. Katz
Threshold, (1981) Henry de Vici
National Lampoon's Class Reunion, (1982) Dr. Robert Young
Hill Street Blues, (1983-1985 TV series) Rollie Simone
Strange Invaders, (1983) Willie Collings
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess, (1983 TV-movie) Henry Cohn
Movers & Shakers, (1984) Arnie
The Execution, (1985) Sidney Ferraro
The Child is Mine, (1985 TV-movie) Abe Rosenberg
Secret Sundays, (1986) Mario Pinelli
Hands of a Stranger, (1987 TV-movie) Capt. Cirrillo
The King of Love, (1987) Nat Goldberg
Any Man's Death, (1988) Herb Denner
Vibes, (1988) Burt Wilder
Eight Men Out, (1988) Arnold Rothstein
Harlem Nights, (1989) Bugsy Calhoune
Framed, (1990 TV-movie) Elliot Shane
Maniac Cop 2, (1990) Edward Doyle
Barton Fink, (1991) Jack Lipnick (Academy-Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
Omen IV: The awakening, (1991 TV-movie) Earl Knight
Newsies, (1992) Weasel
The Comrades of Summer, (1992) George
Amos & Andrew, (1993) Phil Gillman
Blank Check, (1994) Biderman
Radioland Murders, (1994) Lieutenant Cross
The Road to Wellville, (1994) Goodloe Bender
No Way Back, (1995) Frank Serlano
A Pyromaniac's Love Story, (1995) Perry
Clueless, (1996-1997 TV-series) Mel Horowitz
For Richer or Poorer, (1997) Phillip Kleinman
Godzilla, (1998) Mayor Ebert
Safe Men, (1998) Big Fat Bernie Gayle
Celebrity, (1998) Dr. Lupus
The Mod Squad, (1999) Howard
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival, (2000 TV-movie) Morrie Borelli
Attention Shoppers, (2000) Khourosh
Mockingbird Don't Sing, (2001) Dr. Stan York
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, (2002) Producer (voice only)
Elf, (2003) Fulton
Nobody Knows Anthing!, (2003) Uncle Lou
The Calcium Kid, (2004) Artie Cohen
Poster Boy, (2004) Jack Kray
When Do We Eat?, (2005) Ira Stuckman
Love and Other Disasters, (2005) Morty
The Last Time, (2006) Leguzza
A Dennis the Menace Christmas, (2007) Mr. Souse