Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner

1941-06-22 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 118 Credits

Biography

Michael 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 Godzilla, Eight Men Out, and X-Men: Days of Future Paast.

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Sallywood

Sallywood

2024

as Ned Levitt

8.0
Acting

Inspired by movies of Oscar nominated actress Sally Kirkland, a young writer moves to Hollywood to pursue his dreams. In a chance meeting with Sally, ...

First Oscar

First Oscar

2022

as Louis Burt Mayer

6.4
Acting

The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameram...

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

2019

as Bobby Fox

5.8
Acting

When actor David Harbour finds lost footage of his father's disastrous televised stage play of a literary classic, he uncovers shocking family secrets...

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

2018

as Milt the Man

Acting

Cowboy, a senior citizen ex-lawyer and gambler, is persuaded by his spunky seventeen year old neighbor, Rachel, to seek retribution for having been ch...

American Bred

American Bred

2018

as Francis Adamo

Acting

In present day Detroit, where the influence of organized crime has diminished; one of the lasting crime syndicates begins to unravel when lies, myster...

The Shickles

The Shickles

2016

as Elroy Shickles

Acting

The Shickles is an edgy comedy which explores the life and loves of an eccentric Jewish family following the death of their dearly beloved grandparent...

Internet Famous

Internet Famous

2016

as Joel Swanson

3.8
Acting

A group of Internet "sensations" compete for a tv show. Parody of the Internet.

Ashby

Ashby

2015

as Entwhistle

6.2
Acting

When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That ne...

iGod

2015

as Self

Acting

People have been asking questions about God since the dawn of humankind and humanity's disagreements about the nature of God have often led to ethnic ...

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

as Senator Brickman

7.5
Acting

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an e...

1000 to 1

1000 to 1

2014

as Dr.

6.0
Acting

Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importa...

2 Dead 2 Kill

2 Dead 2 Kill

2014

as Alphonse Dente

3.3
Acting

An ex-narc finds a journal written in code, leading to the whereabouts of a stash of stolen drugs.

Immigrant

Immigrant

2013

Acting

"Immigrant" is the coming of age story of Daanyik, a nine year-old Russian boy, whose family immigrates to the United States in the late nineteen-seve...

Brahmin Bulls

Brahmin Bulls

2013

as David

5.0
Acting

When Ashok makes a surprise visit to Los Angeles to visit his estranged son, the two begin a journey to mend their relationship until Sid discovers th...

Somebody Marry Me

Somebody Marry Me

2013

as Phil Rosenberg

1.0
Acting

David can inherit his father’s vast fortune on one condition: he has to get married. The problem is he only has mere hours to find his bride-to-be.

Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror

2012

as Baron

5.9
Acting

After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a ...

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

2011

as Wesley Mouch

5.5
Acting

A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by A...

Pete Smalls Is Dead

Pete Smalls Is Dead

2010

as Leonard Proval

4.6
Acting

Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.

Wax On, Fuck Off

2010

as Cy Rosenthal

7.1
Acting

Ralph Macchio, once a former teen idol, once on top the world in the 80s. Now he is a family man with a loving wife and the nicest man in Hollywood......

Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

2010

as Harvey

6.0
Acting

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solond...

The Bannen Way

The Bannen Way

2010

as The Mensch

5.3
Acting
A Serious Man

A Serious Man

2009

as Solomon Schlutz

6.7
Acting

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him....

Yonkers Joe

Yonkers Joe

2008

as Stanley

5.1
Acting

Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of...

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

2007

as Mr. Souse

5.5
Acting

A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neig...

Slipstream

Slipstream

2007

as Big Mikey

4.9
Acting

Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder my...

The Last Time

The Last Time

2006

as Leguzza

5.7
Acting

Ted Ryker is the top salesman in the New York office of a business machine company; the corporate stock lives by quarterly sales numbers, the competit...

Love and Other Disasters

Love and Other Disasters

2006

as Marvin Berstein

5.8
Acting

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her de...

Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

2006

as Art Dealer

6.1
Acting

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really ...

When Do We Eat?

When Do We Eat?

2006

as Ira Stuckman

5.3
Acting

An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic...

Nobody Knows Anything!

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004

as Uncle Lou

3.0
Acting

Sarah thinks making a movie is easy. With the guidance of her screenwriter uncle, she goes on a wild journey into the world of Hollywood where she mee...

Poster Boy

Poster Boy

2004

as Jack Kray

5.4
Acting

The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying ...

The Calcium Kid

The Calcium Kid

2004

as Artie Cohen

5.5
Acting

When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world s...

LArceny

2004

as Jack Dane

7.5
Acting

A young man from New Jersey comes to Los Angeles to visit his slightly crazy cousin and gets mistaken for a successful New York artist.

Elf

Elf

2003

as Fulton

6.7
Acting

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's help...

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

2003

as Producer (voice)

6.0
Acting

Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left behind on moving day, he meets his idol, Thunderbolt, w...

29 Palms

29 Palms

2002

as The Judge

4.8
Acting

When a bag filled with money goes missing from a casino, the Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) must retrieve it. While he tracks the stash down, the bag change...

The Omen Legacy

The Omen Legacy

2001

as Self

7.0
Acting

The true stories that spawned the eerie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This do...

Mockingbird Don't Sing

Mockingbird Don't Sing

2001

as Dr. Stan York

6.5
Acting

The tragic true story of one of the worst cases of child abuse ever documented (in which a girl was locked in a room without social contact for nearly...

Murder at the Cannes Film Festival

Murder at the Cannes Film Festival

2000

as Morrie Borelli

Acting

A comedic murder mystery set in the middle of the Cannes Film Fest. Amidst the bumbling and drama, twists and turns emerge.

Attention Shoppers

Attention Shoppers

2000

as Khourosh

2.5
Acting

An actor's promotional appearance at a new shopping centre is ruined when a popular rival shows up at a nearby store.

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

1999

as Howard

4.3
Acting

Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.

My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian

1999

as Mr. Channing

5.6
Acting

Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a P...

Celebrity

Celebrity

1998

as Dr. Lupus

6.0
Acting

The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

Safe Men

Safe Men

1998

as Big Fat Bernie Gayle

5.5
Acting

Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...

Tale of the Mummy

Tale of the Mummy

1998

as Professor Marcus

4.7
Acting

Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evi...

Desperation Boulevard

Desperation Boulevard

1998

as Mannie Green

4.0
Acting

An ex-child star (Judy Tenuta) tries to reclaim her former fame.

Godzilla

Godzilla

1998

as Mayor Ebert

5.6
Acting

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, includin...

For Richer or Poorer

For Richer or Poorer

1997

as Phil Kleinman

6.0
Acting

Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when ...

The Beautician and the Beast

The Beautician and the Beast

1997

as Jerry Miller

6.7
Acting

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

Girl in the Cadillac

Girl in the Cadillac

1995

as Pal

4.5
Acting

A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.

No Way Back

No Way Back

1995

as Frank

4.9
Acting

When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes ...

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

1995

as Perry

4.9
Acting

A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the...

The Road to Wellville

The Road to Wellville

1994

as Goodloe Bender

5.6
Acting

An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business an...

Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

1994

as Lieutenant Cross

5.9
Acting

A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

No Escape

No Escape

1994

as Warden

6.2
Acting

In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle is...

Blank Check

Blank Check

1994

as Biderman

5.9
Acting

Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his chance...

Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

1993

as Phil Gillman

5.4
Acting

When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After ...

The Comrades of Summer

The Comrades of Summer

1992

as George

4.8
Acting

Sparky Smith (Joe Mantegna) was manager of the Seattle Mariners until he had one too many shouting matches with the team's owner (Michael Lerner) and ...

Newsies

Newsies

1992

as Weasel

6.8
Acting

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze ...

Barton Fink

Barton Fink

1991

as Jack Lipnick

7.5
Acting

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Omen IV: The Awakening

Omen IV: The Awakening

1991

as Earl

5.0
Acting

Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys.

Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square

Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square

1991

as Self

8.2
Acting

Washed up actor Don Knotts shows up on the back lot of Universal Studios in Hollywood, California in hopes of landing a role in the new Disney movie, ...

Made in Hollywood

Made in Hollywood

1990

as Irving

7.0
Acting

A parable of the Hollywood image-making industry told through a pastiche of narrative cliches.

Maniac Cop 2

Maniac Cop 2

1990

as Edward Doyle

5.9
Acting

After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down tho...

Framed

Framed

1990

as Elliot Shane

4.0
Acting

A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.

Any Man's Death

Any Man's Death

1990

as Herb Denner

4.0
Acting

When a photo-journalist vanishes while covering an African civil war, a roll of film holds the only clues to his disappearance. Following the trail fo...

Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

1989

as Bugsy Calhoune

6.1
Acting

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of...

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

1988

as Arnold Rothstein

6.9
Acting

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...

Vibes

Vibes

1988

as Burt Wilder

5.7
Acting

Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafus...

The King of Love

1987

as Nat Goldberg

Acting

A publishing empire founder discovers that his rise to power was costly.

Hands of a Stranger

Hands of a Stranger

1987

as Captain Cirillo

4.8
Acting

A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Anguish

Anguish

1987

as John Pressman

6.3
Acting

An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's c...

That Secret Sunday

That Secret Sunday

1986

5.7
Acting

A police cover-up of the murder of two young women at a wild party is complicated by the possible faking of a story by an overzealous young reporter s...

This Child Is Mine

This Child Is Mine

1985

as Abe Rosenberg

7.5
Acting

An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

1985

as Arnie

3.7
Acting

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment....

The Execution

The Execution

1985

as Sidney Ferraro

7.3
Acting

The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local...

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

1983

as Harry Cohn

6.3
Acting

The life and times of silverscreen goddess Rita Hayworth.

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders

1983

as Willie Collins

4.8
Acting

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

Class Reunion

Class Reunion

1982

as Dr. Robert Young

5.0
Acting

Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sad...

Threshold

Threshold

1981

as Henry De Vici

5.2
Acting

Celebrated heart surgeon Thomas Vrain supports the research of an offbeat scientist who has invented an artificial heart. Against the advice of the Et...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

as Mr. Katz

6.5
Acting

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Borderline

Borderline

1980

as Henry Lydell

5.9
Acting

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of ...

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

1980

as Dr. Frederick Froll

4.5
Acting

Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome husband had her committed to avoid the tria...

Gridlock

Gridlock

1980

as Marv

6.0
Acting

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system ...

This Year's Blonde

This Year's Blonde

1980

as Jack Warner

5.7
Acting

First he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend, lover. She was an unemployed starlet — destined to be Am...

The Baltimore Bullet

The Baltimore Bullet

1980

as Paulie

5.5
Acting

A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.

Goldengirl

Goldengirl

1979

as Sternberg

4.8
Acting

A neo-Nazi Doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised & Conditioned since she was a child to run in t...

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

1979

as Poker Player

Acting

In this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has left a health farm, apparently committing suicide. The...

Diary of a Young Comic

Diary of a Young Comic

1979

as Billy's agent

Acting

A time capsule of the L.A. comedy scene in the 1970s, "Diary of a Young Comic" casts Richard Lewis as a fictionalized version of himself - a young New...

Ruby and Oswald

Ruby and Oswald

1978

as Jack Ruby

6.0
Acting

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated e...

Confessions of the D.A. Man

Confessions of the D.A. Man

1978

as Mark Warren

Acting

A dangerous campus radical may go free if the District Attorney's office can't locate any witnesses for the prosecution.

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978

as Dr. Canlan

9.0
Acting

One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and...

Killer on Board

Killer on Board

1977

as Dr. Berglund

5.0
Acting

The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.

Outlaw Blues

Outlaw Blues

1977

as Hatch

4.2
Acting

An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a countr...

The Other Side of Midnight

The Other Side of Midnight

1977

as Barbet

5.9
Acting

When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marri...

Scott Free

Scott Free

1976

as Santini

Acting

A professional gambler finds himself on the run from the mob, the federal government, and a band of Indians, all of whom have an interest in a piece o...

St. Ives

St. Ives

1976

as Myron Green

5.7
Acting

A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.

Dark Victory

Dark Victory

1976

as Manny

Acting

A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

1975

as Marvin Margulies

3.5
Acting

The story of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's two stays in Hollywood to write for films, once in 1927 at the height of his acclaim, and again in 1937 when...

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

1975

as Fat Rolly

6.7
Acting

A young couple in a car exactly like Starsky's is killed by hitmen and word is out on the street that there's a contract out on Starsky and Hutch. Thi...

A Cry for Help

A Cry for Help

1975

as Phillip Conover

7.2
Acting

A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit su...

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

as Dr. Marvin Kittredge

5.3
Acting

Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At fi...

The Dream Makers

The Dream Makers

1975

as Mike

Acting

A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.

Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder

1974

as Jerry Steele

7.0
Acting

The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the ...

Hangup

Hangup

1974

as Fred Richards

4.5
Acting

A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.

Newman's Law

Newman's Law

1974

as Frank Archer

6.1
Acting

LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty ...

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

1974

as Dr. Ruben Seelman

Acting

The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later m...

Busting

Busting

1974

as Marvin

6.3
Acting

Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.

Firehouse

Firehouse

1973

as Ernie Bush

4.6
Acting

Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave ...

Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet

1972

as Michael Glassman

Acting

A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.

The Candidate

The Candidate

1972

as Paul Corliss

6.5
Acting

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

1971

as Fats Detroit

5.3
Acting

A Bronx working girl is drawn into an elaborate extortion plot after being kidnapped by a gang of sophisticated con men who force her, because of her ...

Marriage: Year One

Marriage: Year One

1971

as Lemberg

6.0
Acting

A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.

Thief

Thief

1971

as Jack Cutter

6.8
Acting

A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.

The Ski Bum

The Ski Bum

1971

as Rod

4.8
Acting

A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.

Alex in Wonderland

Alex in Wonderland

1970

as Leo

5.8
Acting

Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and s...

Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd

1969

as Sid Bagby

6.0
Acting

An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.

Pigeon

N/A

as Unnamed man

Acting

Set in Remies, France in 1941 during World War II, a Jewish man tries to escape Nazi persecution and a chance encounter with a woman sitting next to h...