michael lerner He was one of those actors whose face was familiar to us, whether he acted in comedies, dramas or action films. candidate for oscar Of Barton Finkof brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, the actor of Godzilla, The postman rings twice AND X-Men: Days of Future Past He died, aged 81.
Lerner’s death was confirmed by his nephew, Sam Lerner, actor of The Goldbergs— who paid tribute to his uncle through an Instagram post on Sunday afternoon. For now, there are no further details on the cause of his death..
“We lost a legend last night. It’s hard to put into words how brilliant my Uncle Michael was and how influential he was to me,” wrote his nephew Lerner. “Their stories have always inspired me and made me fall in love with acting. and talented, and the fact that he was my blood will always make me feel special. Everyone who knows him knows how crazy he was, in the best way.”
“I’m so lucky to spend so much time with him, and we’re all lucky to continue to see his work the rest of the time,” Lerner continued. “RIP Michael, enjoy your unlimited Cuban cigars, comfy chairs, and never-ending movie marathon.”
his best role
It was his portrayal of movie mogul Jack Lipnick, the pushy boss of the screenwriter he played. John Turturro, with its sometimes outrageous tone of the film, was what put it on the public radar. The film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Lerner was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he lost at the 1992 ceremony to Jack Palance, for Friends… always friendscomedy with Billy Crystal.
Lerner would return to work under the orders of the Coens in A serious man (2009), nominated for an Oscar.
Born June 22, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, Lerner began his acting career working across the United States at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Actor of Romanian ancestors, he will get secondary roles in titles such as MIXTURE, Starsky & Hutch AND Hill Street Bluesamong dozens of other series.
In cinema, his first appearance was in The fabulous world of Alexby Paul Mazursky, in 1970. He had also always participated in supporting roles, in films such as The candidatewith Robert Redford, The postman rings twicewith Jack Nicholson Eight men out AND the kings of the night (Harlem Nights), by and with Eddie Murphy.
In Godzilla (1998), in Roland Emmerich’s version (independence DayAND 2012), played a pompous mayor of New York, the city the monster was attacking. His character’s surname was Ebert, like legendary film critic Robert Ebert, which was a satire (because of how he was characterized).
In X-Men: Days of Future Past he was part of the huge cast: it was Senator Brickman. In elf, the Christmas comedy starring Will Ferrell and James Caan, played the cantankerous, if not bossy, Fulton Greenway. and it was also inside Mirror mirrorthe film in which Lily Collins, Phil’s daughter, played Snow White, and Julia Roberts played the Evil Queen.
Source: Clarin
