Michael Lerner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 22 June 1941 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 8 April 2023
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
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- 2026Pigeon as Unnamed man
- 2025Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition as Fulton
- 2024Sallywood as Ned Levitt
- 2022First Oscar as Louis Burt Mayer
- 2019Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein as Bobby Fox
- 2018Drive Me to Vegas and Mars as Milt the Man
- 2018American Bred as Francis Adamo
- 2016The Shickles as Elroy Shickles
- 2016Internet Famous as Joel Swanson
- 2015Ashby as Entwhistle
- 2015iGOD as Self
- 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past as Senator Brickman
- 20141000 to 1 as Dr.
- 20142 Dead 2 Kill as Alphonse Dente
- 2013Immigrant
- 2013Brahmin Bulls as David
- 2013Somebody Marry Me as Phil Rosenberg
- 2012Burning Man: Metropolis as Hoover Robinson
- 2012Mirror Mirror as Baron
- 2011Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Wesley Mouch
- 2010Pete Smalls Is Dead as Leonard Proval
- 2010Wax On, Fuck Off as Cy Rosenthal
- 2010Life During Wartime as Harvey
- 2010The Bannen Way as The Mensch
- 2009A Serious Man as Solomon Schlutz
- 2008Yonkers Joe as Stanley
- 2007A Dennis the Menace Christmas as Mr. Souse
- 2007Slipstream as Big Mikey
- 2006The Last Time as Leguzza
- 2006Love and Other Disasters as Marvin Berstein
- 2006Art School Confidential as Art Dealer
- 2006When Do We Eat? as Ira Stuckman
- 2004Nobody Knows Anything! as Uncle Lou
- 2004Poster Boy as Jack Kray
- 2004The Calcium Kid as Artie Cohen
- 2004LArceny as Jack Dane
- 2003Elf as Fulton
- 2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Producer (voice)
- 200229 Palms as The Judge
- 2001The Omen Legacy as Self
- 2001Mockingbird Don't Sing as Dr. Stan York
- 2000Murder at the Cannes Film Festival as Morrie Borelli
- 2000Attention Shoppers as Khourosh
- 1999The Mod Squad as Howard
- 1999My Favorite Martian as Mr. Channing
- 1998Celebrity as Dr. Lupus
- 1998Safe Men as Big Fat Bernie Gayle
- 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy as Professor Marcus
- 1998Desperation Boulevard as Mannie Green
- 1998Godzilla as Mayor Ebert
- 1997For Richer or Poorer as Phil Kleinman
- 1997The Beautician and the Beast as Jerry Miller
- 1995Girl in the Cadillac as Pal
- 1995Picture Windows: Language of the Heart as Maestro
- 1995No Way Back as Frank
- 1995A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Perry
- 1994The Road to Wellville as Goodloe Bender
- 1994Radioland Murders as Lieutenant Cross
- 1994No Escape as Warden
- 1994Blank Check as Biderman
- 1993Amos & Andrew as Phil Gillman
- 1992The Comrades of Summer as George
- 1992Newsies as Weasel
- 1991Barton Fink as Jack Lipnick
- 1991Omen IV: The Awakening as Earl
- 1991Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square as Self
- 1990Made in Hollywood as Irving
- 1990Maniac Cop 2 as Edward Doyle
- 1990Framed as Elliot Shane
- 1990Any Man's Death as Herb Denner
- 1989Harlem Nights as Bugsy Calhoune
- 1988Eight Men Out as Arnold Rothstein
- 1988Vibes as Burt Wilder
- 1987The King of Love as Nat Goldberg
- 1987Hands of a Stranger as Captain Cirillo
- 1987Anguish as John Pressman
- 1986That Secret Sunday
- 1985This Child Is Mine as Abe Rosenberg
- 1985Movers & Shakers as Arnie
- 1985The Execution as Sidney Ferraro
- 1983Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess as Harry Cohn
- 1983Strange Invaders as Willie Collins
- 1982Class Reunion as Dr. Robert Young
- 1981Threshold as Henry De Vici
- 1981The Postman Always Rings Twice as Mr. Katz
- 1980Borderline as Henry Lydell
- 1980Coast to Coast as Dr. Frederick Froll
- 1980Gridlock as Marv
- 1980This Year's Blonde as Jack Warner
- 1980The Baltimore Bullet as Paulie
- 1979Goldengirl as Sternberg
- 1979Hart to Hart as Poker Player
- 1979Diary of a Young Comic as Norman Greenleaf - Billy's agent
- 1978Ruby and Oswald as Jack Ruby
- 1978Confessions of the D.A. Man as Mark Warren
- 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Dr. Canlan
- 1977Killer on Board as Dr. Berglund
- 1977Outlaw Blues as Hatch
- 1977The Other Side of Midnight as Barbet
- 1976Scott Free as Santini
- 1976St. Ives as Myron Green
- 1976Dark Victory as Manny
- 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Marvin Margulies
- 1975Starsky & Hutch as Fat Rolly
- 1975A Cry for Help as Phillip Conover
- 1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Dr. Marvin Kittredge
- 1975The Dream Makers as Mike
- 1974Reflections of Murder as Jerry Steele
- 1974Hangup as Fred Richards
- 1974Newman's Law as Frank Archer
- 1974The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter as Dr. Ruben Seelman
- 1974Busting as Marvin
- 1973Firehouse as Ernie Bush
- 1972Magic Carpet as Michael Glassman
- 1972The Candidate as Paul Corliss
- 1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...? as Fats Detroit
- 1971Marriage: Year One as Lemberg
- 1971Thief as Jack Cutter
- 1971The Ski Bum as Rod
- 1970Alex in Wonderland as Leo
- 1969Three's a Crowd as Sid Bagby