Michael Lerner
Known for acting · Born 22 June 1941 · Died 8 April 2023 · aged 81 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
165 credits
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.
Known for
Godzilla
1998
Mirror Mirror
2012
Barton Fink
1991
The Beautician and the Beast
1997
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
Eight Men Out
1988
Maniac Cop 2
1990
Amos & Andrew
1993
Anguish
1987
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
Harlem Nights
1989
Clueless
1996
Acting (165)
2024SallywoodNed LevittFilm
2022First OscarLouis Burt MayerFilm
2019Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, FrankensteinBobby FoxFilm
2018Drive Me to Vegas and MarsMilt the ManFilm
2018American BredFrancis AdamoFilm
2016Internet FamousJoel SwansonFilm
2016The ShicklesElroy ShicklesFilm
2015AshbyEntwhistleFilm
2015iGODSelfFilm
2014X-Men: Days of Future PastSenator BrickmanFilm
20141000 to 1Dr.Film
20142 Dead 2 KillAlphonse DenteFilm
2013MaronRalphSeries
2013Brahmin BullsDavidFilm
2013Somebody Marry MePhil RosenbergFilm
2013ImmigrantFilm
2012Mirror MirrorBaronFilm
2012Burning Man: MetropolisHoover RobinsonFilm
2011SuburgatoryAaron LaynbergSeries
2011Atlas Shrugged: Part IWesley MouchFilm
2010Life During WartimeHarveyFilm
2010Pete Smalls Is DeadLeonard ProvalFilm
2010The Bannen WayThe Mensch · 16 episodesSeries
2010Wax On, Fuck OffCy RosenthalFilm
2010The Bannen WayThe MenschFilm
2009A Serious ManSolomon SchlutzFilm
2009GleeSidney Greene · 5 episodesSeries
2009The Good WifeJudge Dwight SobelSeries
2008Childrens HospitalPopSeries
2008Yonkers JoeStanleyFilm
2007A Dennis the Menace ChristmasMr. SouseFilm
2007SlipstreamBig MikeyFilm
2007Dirty Sexy MoneySeries
2007Saving GraceRebbe Jory QuecksilberSeries
2006Love and Other DisastersMarvin BersteinFilm
2006Art School ConfidentialArt DealerFilm
2006The Last TimeLeguzzaFilm
2006When Do We Eat?Ira StuckmanFilm
2004EntourageJoe RobertsSeries
2004The Calcium KidArtie CohenFilm
2004Poster BoyJack KrayFilm
2004Nobody Knows Anything!Uncle LouFilm
2004LArcenyJack DaneFilm
2003ElfFultonFilm
2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureProducer (voice)Film
200229 PalmsThe JudgeFilm
2001Mockingbird Don't SingDr. Stan YorkFilm
2001The Omen LegacySelfFilm
2000Attention ShoppersKhouroshFilm
2000Murder at the Cannes Film FestivalMorrie BorelliFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMorty Berger, Defense Attorney Morton BergerSeries
1999My Favorite MartianMr. ChanningFilm
1999Third WatchSeymour MorgensternSeries
1999The Mod SquadHowardFilm
1998GodzillaMayor EbertFilm
1998CelebrityDr. LupusFilm
1998Godzilla: The SeriesMayor Ebert (voice)Series
1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummyProfessor MarcusFilm
1998Safe MenBig Fat Bernie GayleFilm
1998Desperation BoulevardMannie GreenFilm
1997The Beautician and the BeastJerry MillerFilm
1997For Richer or PoorerPhil KleinmanFilm
1996CluelessMel Horowitz · 18 episodesSeries
1995No Way BackFrankFilm
1995A Pyromaniac's Love StoryPerryFilm
1995Girl in the CadillacPalFilm
1995Picture Windows: Language of the HeartMaestroFilm
1995CourthouseMyron Winkleman · 11 episodesSeries
1995Picture WindowsMaestroSeries
1994Blank CheckBidermanFilm
1994No EscapeWardenFilm
1994The Road to WellvilleGoodloe BenderFilm
1994Radioland MurdersLieutenant CrossFilm
1993Amos & AndrewPhil GillmanFilm
1992NewsiesWeaselFilm
1992The Comrades of SummerGeorgeFilm
1991Barton FinkJack LipnickFilm
1991Omen IV: The AwakeningEarlFilm
1991Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie SquareSelfFilm
1990Maniac Cop 2Edward DoyleFilm
1990FramedElliot ShaneFilm
1990Any Man's DeathHerb DennerFilm
1990Made in HollywoodIrvingFilm
1989Tales from the CryptMr. ByrdSeries
1989Harlem NightsBugsy CalhouneFilm
1988Eight Men OutArnold RothsteinFilm
1988VibesBurt WilderFilm
1987AnguishJohn PressmanFilm
1987Hands of a StrangerCaptain CirilloFilm
1987The King of LoveNat GoldbergFilm
1986That Secret SundayFilm
1985MacGyverGantnerSeries
1985Amazing StoriesMr. MarvinSeries
1985The EqualizerAmarSeries
1985Movers & ShakersArnieFilm
1985The ExecutionSidney FerraroFilm
1985This Child Is MineAbe RosenbergFilm
1985Hollywood BeatMaxSeries
1983The A-TeamJerrySeries
1983Strange InvadersWillie CollinsFilm
1983Rita Hayworth: The Love GoddessHarry CohnFilm
1982Class ReunionDr. Robert YoungFilm
1981The Postman Always Rings TwiceMr. KatzFilm
1981Hill Street BluesRollie Simone · 3 episodes, Meyer RabinowitzSeries
1981ThresholdHenry De ViciFilm
1980BorderlineHenry LydellFilm
1980The Baltimore BulletPaulieFilm
1980Coast to CoastDr. Frederick FrollFilm
1980This Year's BlondeJack WarnerFilm
1980GridlockMarvFilm
1979Hart to HartArthur RadnerSeries
1979GoldengirlSternbergFilm
1979Hart to HartPoker PlayerFilm
1979Diary of a Young ComicNorman Greenleaf - Billy's agentFilm
1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryDr. CanlanFilm
1978Ruby and OswaldJack RubyFilm
1978Confessions of the D.A. ManMark WarrenFilm
1977The Other Side of MidnightBarbetFilm
1977Killer on BoardDr. BerglundFilm
1977Outlaw BluesHatchFilm
1976St. IvesMyron GreenFilm
1976Scott FreeSantiniFilm
1976Dark VictoryMannyFilm
1975Wonder WomanAshton RipleySeries
1975Starsky & HutchFat RollySeries
1975Starsky & HutchFat RollyFilm
1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicDr. Marvin KittredgeFilm
1975A Cry for HelpPhillip ConoverFilm
1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodMarvin MarguliesFilm
1975The Dream MakersMikeFilm
1974The Rockford FilesArnold Love · 2 episodes, Murray RosnerSeries
1974BustingMarvinFilm
1974Police WomanRalph GuideraSeries
1974RhodaSeries
1974Harry OSeries
1974Newman's LawFrank ArcherFilm
1974Reflections of MurderJerry SteeleFilm
1974HangupFred RichardsFilm
1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the HunterDr. Ruben SeelmanFilm
1973KojakDr. Samuel FineSeries
1973Barnaby JonesAlbert KruegerSeries
1973FirehouseErnie BushFilm
1972M*A*S*HCaptain FuttermanSeries
1972The CandidatePaul CorlissFilm
1972The Streets of San FranciscoLou WatkinsSeries
1972The Bob Newhart ShowMr. CarollaSeries
1972Emergency!Martin NobleSeries
1972BanacekBartenderSeries
1972Magic CarpetMichael GlassmanFilm
1972Delphi BureauCy TurrellSeries
1971The Ski BumRodFilm
1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...?Fats DetroitFilm
1971ThiefJack CutterFilm
1971Marriage: Year OneLembergFilm
1970Night GalleryDr. Burgess (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")Series
1970The Odd CoupleSergeant ChomskySeries
1970Alex in WonderlandLeoFilm
1969The Brady BunchSeries
1969Love, American StyleKaratzSeries
1969The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsParelliSeries
1969Three's a CrowdSid BagbyFilm
1968The Doris Day ShowFat Man, Mr. MurraySeries
1967IronsideJoe Yarby, Adrian FatherSeries
1966That GirlSeries
—PigeonUnnamed manFilm