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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1992 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Banacek
Sallywood
Tales from the Crypt
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Third Watch
Emergency!
M*A*S*H
The Odd Couple
Night Gallery
MacGyver
The Good Wife
Hill Street Blues
The Rockford Files
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Barton Fink
Amazing Stories
The A-Team
Gridlock
The Bob Newhart Show
Entourage
Saving Grace
The Execution
Starsky & Hutch
Kojak
Maron
Childrens Hospital
Diary of a Young Comic
Wonder Woman
Barnaby Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
Eight Men Out
Hart to Hart
Ironside
Glee
Suburgatory
A Serious Man
Elf
The Beautician and the Beast
Newsies
The Brady Bunch
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Candidate
Mockingbird Don't Sing
Police Woman
Dirty Sexy Money
Ashby
No Escape
Busting
That Girl
The Doris Day Show