Michael Lerner (actor)
| Michael Lerner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 22, 1941 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Brooklyn College London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Relatives |
Ken Lerner (brother) Sam Lerner (nephew) |
Michael Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an American character actor in film and television. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Barton Fink (1991).
Lerner was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Romanian Jewish descent, the son of Blanche and George Lerner, a fisherman and antiques dealer. He was raised in the Bensonhurst and Red Hook neighborhoods. His brother, Ken Lerner, is also an actor, as is his nephew, Sam Lerner.
After graduating from Brooklyn College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Lerner began his acting career in the late 1960s at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco. At the age of 24 he appeared as "Hieronymous the Miser" in a KPFA radio production of Michel de Ghelderode's Breugelesque play, Red Magic.
During the seventies, Lerner began making several guest appearances in television shows such as The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple and M*A*S*H. He appeared in three episodes of The Rockford Files. In 1974, he appeared in the teleplay The Missiles of October, playing Pierre Salinger.
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