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Michael Lerner

Actor

Michael Lerner

Born June 22, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USADied April 8, 2023116 films

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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X-Men: Days of Future Past posterFirst watchX-Men: Days of Future Past20147.5as Senator BrickmanThe ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past –…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Barton Fink poster7.5Barton Fink1991Elf poster6.7Elf2003A Serious Man poster6.7A Serious Man2009Mirror Mirror poster5.9Mirror Mirror2012Godzilla poster5.7Godzilla1998101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure poster6.0101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure2003The Postman Always Rings Twice poster6.5The Postman Always Rings Twice1981The Beautician and the Beast poster6.7The Beautician and the Beast1997

Filmography

116 films as actor
  1. TBAPigeonUnnamed man
  2. 2024SallywoodNed Levitt
  3. 2022First OscarLouis Burt Mayer
  4. 2019Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, FrankensteinBobby Fox
  5. 2018Drive Me to Vegas and MarsMilt the Man
  6. 2018American BredFrancis Adamo
  7. 2016The ShicklesElroy Shickles
  8. 2016Internet FamousJoel Swanson
  9. 2015AshbyEntwhistle
  10. 2014X-Men: Days of Future PastSenator Brickman
  11. 20141000 to 1Dr.
  12. 20142 Dead 2 KillAlphonse Dente
  13. 2013Immigrant
  14. 2013Brahmin BullsDavid
  15. 2013Somebody Marry MePhil Rosenberg
  16. 2012Mirror MirrorBaron
  17. 2011Atlas Shrugged: Part IWesley Mouch
  18. 2010Pete Smalls Is DeadLeonard Proval
  19. 2010Wax On, Fuck OffCy Rosenthal
  20. 2010Life During WartimeHarvey
  21. 2010The Bannen WayThe Mensch
  22. 2009A Serious ManSolomon Schlutz
  23. 2008Yonkers JoeStanley
  24. 2007A Dennis the Menace ChristmasMr. Souse
  25. 2007SlipstreamBig Mikey
  26. 2006The Last TimeLeguzza
  27. 2006Love and Other DisastersMarvin Berstein
  28. 2006Art School ConfidentialArt Dealer
  29. 2006When Do We Eat?Ira Stuckman
  30. 2004Nobody Knows Anything!Uncle Lou
  31. 2004Poster BoyJack Kray
  32. 2004The Calcium KidArtie Cohen
  33. 2004LArcenyJack Dane
  34. 2003ElfFulton
  35. 2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureProducer (voice)
  36. 200229 PalmsThe Judge
  37. 2001Mockingbird Don't SingDr. Stan York
  38. 2000Murder at the Cannes Film FestivalMorrie Borelli
  39. 2000Attention ShoppersKhourosh
  40. 1999The Mod SquadHoward
  41. 1999My Favorite MartianMr. Channing
  42. 1998CelebrityDr. Lupus
  43. 1998Safe MenBig Fat Bernie Gayle
  44. 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummyProfessor Marcus
  45. 1998Desperation BoulevardMannie Green
  46. 1998GodzillaMayor Ebert
  47. 1997For Richer or PoorerPhil Kleinman
  48. 1997The Beautician and the BeastJerry Miller
  49. 1995Girl in the CadillacPal
  50. 1995Picture Windows: Language of the HeartMaestro
  51. 1995No Way BackFrank
  52. 1995A Pyromaniac's Love StoryPerry
  53. 1994The Road to WellvilleGoodloe Bender
  54. 1994Radioland MurdersLieutenant Cross
  55. 1994No EscapeWarden
  56. 1994Blank CheckBiderman
  57. 1993Amos & AndrewPhil Gillman
  58. 1992The Comrades of SummerGeorge
  59. 1992NewsiesWeasel
  60. 1991Barton FinkJack Lipnick
  61. 1991Omen IV: The AwakeningEarl
  62. 1990Made in HollywoodIrving
  63. 1990Maniac Cop 2Edward Doyle
  64. 1990FramedElliot Shane
  65. 1990Any Man's DeathHerb Denner
  66. 1989Harlem NightsBugsy Calhoune
  67. 1988Eight Men OutArnold Rothstein
  68. 1988VibesBurt Wilder
  69. 1987The King of LoveNat Goldberg
  70. 1987Hands of a StrangerCaptain Cirillo
  71. 1987AnguishJohn Pressman
  72. 1986That Secret Sunday
  73. 1985This Child Is MineAbe Rosenberg
  74. 1985Movers & ShakersArnie
  75. 1985The ExecutionSidney Ferraro
  76. 1983Rita Hayworth: The Love GoddessHarry Cohn
  77. 1983Strange InvadersWillie Collins
  78. 1982Class ReunionDr. Robert Young
  79. 1981ThresholdHenry De Vici
  80. 1981The Postman Always Rings TwiceMr. Katz
  81. 1980BorderlineHenry Lydell
  82. 1980Coast to CoastDr. Frederick Froll
  83. 1980GridlockMarv
  84. 1980This Year's BlondeJack Warner
  85. 1980The Baltimore BulletPaulie
  86. 1979GoldengirlSternberg
  87. 1979Hart to HartPoker Player
  88. 1979Diary of a Young ComicNorman Greenleaf - Billy's agent
  89. 1978Ruby and OswaldJack Ruby
  90. 1978Confessions of the D.A. ManMark Warren
  91. 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryDr. Canlan
  92. 1977Killer on BoardDr. Berglund
  93. 1977Outlaw BluesHatch
  94. 1977The Other Side of MidnightBarbet
  95. 1976Scott FreeSantini
  96. 1976St. IvesMyron Green
  97. 1976Dark VictoryManny
  98. 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodMarvin Margulies
  99. 1975Starsky & HutchFat Rolly
  100. 1975A Cry for HelpPhillip Conover
  101. 1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicDr. Marvin Kittredge
  102. 1975The Dream MakersMike
  103. 1974Reflections of MurderJerry Steele
  104. 1974HangupFred Richards
  105. 1974Newman's LawFrank Archer
  106. 1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the HunterDr. Ruben Seelman
  107. 1974BustingMarvin
  108. 1973FirehouseErnie Bush
  109. 1972Magic CarpetMichael Glassman
  110. 1972The CandidatePaul Corliss
  111. 1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...?Fats Detroit
  112. 1971Marriage: Year OneLemberg
  113. 1971ThiefJack Cutter
  114. 1971The Ski BumRod
  115. 1970Alex in WonderlandLeo
  116. 1969Three's a CrowdSid Bagby