Biography
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 2000
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2000
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie · 2000
- Honorary Golden Bear · 1996
- Kennedy Center Honors · 1996
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- Volpi Cup — Best Actor · 1992
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award · 1991
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award · 1990
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 1988
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor · 1982
- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 1981
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1979
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor · 1979
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1974
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 1973
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series · 1972
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 1961
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1960
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 1960
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1959
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1956
- David di Donatello — Best Foreign Actor
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1986 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1981 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1980 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1960 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1956 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
The Simpsons
12 Angry Men
The Real Charlie Chaplin
JFK
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Days of Wine and Roses
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Chaplin
The Odd Couple
Irma la Douce
The Red Skelton Show
Hamlet
Glengarry Glen Ross
Missing
The Front Page
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
The Player
The Fortune Cookie
The China Syndrome
The Great Race
Mister Roberts
It Should Happen to You
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
What's My Line?
Avanti!
The Out of Towners
The Dick Cavett Show
The Notorious Landlady
The Ed Sullivan Show
Grumpy Old Men
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Operation Mad Ball
Lux Video Theatre
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Save the Tiger
Good Neighbor Sam
Bell Book and Candle
My Sister Eileen
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Grumpier Old Men
A Life in the Theatre
Cowboy
The Long Way Home
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Dad
Inherit the Wind