Michael Lerner

Known for: Acting

Born: 1941-06-22 – 2023-04-08 (aged 81)

From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 (166)

MOVIE★ 8.0
Sallywood
2024
as Ned Levitt
MOVIE★ 6.4
First Oscar
2022
as Louis Burt Mayer
MOVIE★ 5.8
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
2019
as Bobby Fox
MOVIE
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018
as Milt the Man
MOVIE
American Bred
2018
as Francis Adamo
MOVIE
The Shickles
2016
as Elroy Shickles
MOVIE★ 3.8
Internet Famous
2016
as Joel Swanson
MOVIE
X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut
2015
as Senator Brickman
MOVIE★ 6.2
Ashby
2015
as Entwhistle
MOVIE
iGOD
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Senator Brickman
MOVIE★ 6.1
1000 to 1
2014
as Dr.
MOVIE★ 3.5
2 Dead 2 Kill
2014
as Alphonse Dente
MOVIE
Immigrant
2013
MOVIE★ 5.0
Brahmin Bulls
2013
as David
MOVIE★ 1.0
Somebody Marry Me
2013
as Phil Rosenberg
TV★ 7.2
Maron
2013
as Ralph
MOVIE
Burning Man: Metropolis
2012
as Hoover Robinson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mirror Mirror
2012
as Baron
TV★ 6.7
Suburgatory
2011
as Aaron Laynberg
MOVIE★ 5.5
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
as Wesley Mouch
MOVIE★ 4.6
Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010
as Leonard Proval
MOVIE★ 7.4
Wax On, Fuck Off
2010
as Cy Rosenthal
MOVIE★ 5.9
Life During Wartime
2010
as Harvey
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Bannen Way
2010
as The Mensch
TV★ 4.2
The Bannen Way
2010
as The Mensch
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Serious Man
2009
as Solomon Schlutz
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Dwight Sobel
TV★ 6.8
Glee
2009
as Sidney Greene
TV★ 6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Pop
MOVIE★ 5.1
Yonkers Joe
2008
as Stanley
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
as Mr. Souse
TV★ 6.2
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
TV★ 7.4
Saving Grace
2007
as Rebbe Jory Quecksilber
MOVIE★ 4.9
Slipstream
2007
as Big Mikey
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Last Time
2006
as Leguzza
MOVIE★ 5.7
Love and Other Disasters
2006
as Marvin Berstein
MOVIE★ 6.1
Art School Confidential
2006
as Art Dealer
MOVIE★ 5.2
When Do We Eat?
2006
as Ira Stuckman
MOVIE★ 3.7
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
as Uncle Lou
TV★ 7.4
Entourage
2004
as Joe Roberts
MOVIE★ 5.4
Poster Boy
2004
as Jack Kray
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Calcium Kid
2004
as Artie Cohen
MOVIE★ 7.3
LArceny
2004
as Jack Dane
MOVIE★ 6.7
Elf
2003
as Fulton
MOVIE★ 6.0
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Producer (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.7
29 Palms
2002
as The Judge
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Omen Legacy
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mockingbird Don't Sing
2001
as Dr. Stan York
MOVIE★ 8.0
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
2000
as Morrie Borelli
MOVIE★ 4.3
Attention Shoppers
2000
as Khourosh
TV★ 7.9
Third Watch
1999
as Seymour Morgenstern
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Morty Berger
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Mod Squad
1999
as Howard
MOVIE★ 5.7
My Favorite Martian
1999
as Mr. Channing
MOVIE★ 6.0
Celebrity
1998
as Dr. Lupus
TV★ 7.9
Godzilla: The Series
1998
as Mayor Ebert (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Safe Men
1998
as Big Fat Bernie Gayle
MOVIE★ 4.7
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998
as Professor Marcus
MOVIE★ 4.7
Desperation Boulevard
1998
as Mannie Green
MOVIE★ 5.7
Godzilla
1998
as Mayor Ebert
MOVIE★ 6.0
For Richer or Poorer
1997
as Phil Kleinman
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Beautician and the Beast
1997
as Jerry Miller
TV★ 6.3
Clueless
1996
as Mel Horowitz
MOVIE★ 4.8
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
as Pal
TV★ 10.0
Picture Windows
1995
as Maestro
TV★ 8.0
Courthouse
1995
as Myron Winkleman
MOVIE★ 10.0
Picture Windows: Language of the Heart
1995
as Maestro
MOVIE★ 4.9
No Way Back
1995
as Frank
MOVIE★ 5.2
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Perry
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Goodloe Bender
MOVIE★ 5.9
Radioland Murders
1994
as Lieutenant Cross
MOVIE★ 6.2
No Escape
1994
as Warden
MOVIE★ 6.0
Blank Check
1994
as Biderman
MOVIE★ 5.5
Amos & Andrew
1993
as Phil Gillman
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Comrades of Summer
1992
as George
MOVIE★ 6.7
Newsies
1992
as Weasel
MOVIE★ 7.5
Barton Fink
1991
as Jack Lipnick
MOVIE★ 5.0
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
as Earl
MOVIE★ 8.5
Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Made in Hollywood
1990
as Irving
MOVIE★ 5.9
Maniac Cop 2
1990
as Edward Doyle
MOVIE★ 4.7
Framed
1990
as Elliot Shane
MOVIE★ 4.4
Any Man's Death
1990
as Herb Denner
MOVIE★ 6.1
Harlem Nights
1989
as Bugsy Calhoune
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mr. Byrd
MOVIE★ 6.8
Eight Men Out
1988
as Arnold Rothstein
MOVIE★ 5.7
Vibes
1988
as Burt Wilder
MOVIE
The King of Love
1987
as Nat Goldberg
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Captain Cirillo
MOVIE★ 6.3
Anguish
1987
as John Pressman
MOVIE★ 6.8
That Secret Sunday
1986
MOVIE★ 7.7
This Child Is Mine
1985
as Abe Rosenberg
TV★ 7.7
MacGyver
1985
as Gantner
TV★ 7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
as Mr. Marvin
TV★ 5.0
Hollywood Beat
1985
as Max
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Amar
MOVIE★ 3.9
Movers & Shakers
1985
as Arnie
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Execution
1985
as Sidney Ferraro
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983
as Harry Cohn
MOVIE★ 4.8
Strange Invaders
1983
as Willie Collins
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Jerry
MOVIE★ 5.0
Class Reunion
1982
as Dr. Robert Young
MOVIE★ 5.3
Threshold
1981
as Henry De Vici
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Mr. Katz
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Rollie Simone
MOVIE★ 6.0
Borderline
1980
as Henry Lydell
MOVIE★ 5.0
Coast to Coast
1980
as Dr. Frederick Froll
MOVIE★ 7.5
Gridlock
1980
as Marv
MOVIE★ 6.3
This Year's Blonde
1980
as Jack Warner
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Baltimore Bullet
1980
as Paulie
MOVIE★ 5.4
Goldengirl
1979
as Sternberg
TV★ 6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
as Arthur Radner
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hart to Hart
1979
as Poker Player
MOVIE★ 7.0
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
as Norman Greenleaf - Billy's agent
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ruby and Oswald
1978
as Jack Ruby
MOVIE
Confessions of the D.A. Man
1978
as Mark Warren
MOVIE★ 9.5
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Dr. Canlan
MOVIE★ 5.9
Killer on Board
1977
as Dr. Berglund
MOVIE★ 4.8
Outlaw Blues
1977
as Hatch
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Other Side of Midnight
1977
as Barbet
MOVIE★ 7.0
Scott Free
1976
as Santini
MOVIE★ 5.8
St. Ives
1976
as Myron Green
MOVIE
Dark Victory
1976
as Manny
MOVIE★ 4.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
as Marvin Margulies
TV★ 7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
as Ashton Ripley
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Fat Rolly
MOVIE★ 6.9
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Fat Rolly
MOVIE★ 7.4
A Cry for Help
1975
as Phillip Conover
MOVIE★ 5.7
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
as Dr. Marvin Kittredge
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Dream Makers
1975
as Mike
MOVIE★ 6.8
Reflections of Murder
1974
as Jerry Steele
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hangup
1974
as Fred Richards
TV★ 6.4
Police Woman
1974
as Ralph Guidera
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Arnold Love
TV★ 5.2
Harry O
1974
TV★ 6.3
Rhoda
1974
MOVIE★ 6.6
Newman's Law
1974
as Frank Archer
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974
as Dr. Ruben Seelman
MOVIE★ 6.2
Busting
1974
as Marvin
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Dr. Samuel Fine
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Albert Krueger
MOVIE★ 5.0
Firehouse
1973
as Ernie Bush
MOVIE★ 9.0
Magic Carpet
1972
as Michael Glassman
TV★ 8.0
Delphi Bureau
1972
as Cy Turrell
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Lou Watkins
TV★ 7.9
M*A*S*H
1972
as Captain Futterman
TV★ 7.5
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Mr. Carolla
TV★ 8.4
Banacek
1972
as Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Candidate
1972
as Paul Corliss
TV★ 7.9
Emergency!
1972
as Martin Noble
MOVIE★ 6.3
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
as Fats Detroit
MOVIE★ 6.0
Marriage: Year One
1971
as Lemberg
MOVIE★ 7.4
Thief
1971
as Jack Cutter
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Ski Bum
1971
as Rod
MOVIE★ 5.5
Alex in Wonderland
1970
as Leo
TV★ 7.8
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Burgess (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
TV★ 7.8
The Odd Couple
1970
as Sergeant Chomsky
MOVIE★ 6.7
Three's a Crowd
1969
as Sid Bagby
TV★ 6.2
Love, American Style
1969
as Karatz
TV★ 6.7
The Brady Bunch
1969
TV★ 4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Parelli
TV★ 6.2
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Mr. Murray
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Joe Yarby
TV★ 6.2
That Girl
1966
MOVIE★ 8.0
Pigeon
—
as Unnamed man