Biography
John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age".
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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