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Lerner was born in Brooklyn, New York of Romanian Jewish descent.^[1] He was raised in Bensonhurst and Red Hook. His brother, Ken Lerner, is also an actor.^[2] After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Lerner began participating in a number plays in San Francisco. This article is about the borough of New York City. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Bensonhurst Embrakement is a common walkplace in (Bensonhurst) A spectacular view of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (Brooklyn College) Snow melting on one of the streets in Bensonhurst Bensonhurst is a working class neighborhood located in the south-central part of New York City, USAs borough of Brooklyn. ... Red Hook has several meanings: Red Hook is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, US Red Hook, New York is a town in Duchess county in the US it includes the Village of Red Hook Redhook is a brewery and a brand of beer in the United States The Horror at Red... Ken Lerner is an American actor who, among other roles, played Principal Flutie in the first episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

During the seventies, Lerner began making several guest appearances in shows such as The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple and M*A*S*H. In 1970 Michael made his film debut in the Donald Sutherland picture Alex in Wonderland. He then went to appear in supporting roles in various Hollywood movies such as Robert Redford's The Candidate, Charles Bronson's St. Ives and Jack Nicholson's The Postman Always Rings Twice. In 1991, after co-starring in the Eddie Murphy comedy Harlem Nights, Michael played film producer Jack Lipnick in the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink, a performance for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... The Odd Couple was a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to July 4, 1975 on ABC. It starred Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the... For other persons named Donald Sutherland, see Donald Sutherland (disambiguation). ... Alex in Wonderland is a 1970 feature-length black comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Donald Sutherland and Ellen Burstyn. ... ... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain. ... For other uses, see Eddie Murphy (disambiguation). ... Harlem Nights is a comedy-drama / Mobster film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, known as The Coen Brothers, are Oscar-winning American filmmakers. ... Barton Fink is a 1991 film by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ...

Michael's recent projects include the Christmas comedy Elf and Poster Boy, as well as appearing in television programs such as Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Entourage. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... Elf is a 2003 Christmas-themed comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and released in the US on November 7, 2003. ... Poster Boy is a 2004 gay-themed drama film. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Entourage is an Emmy Award-winning HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase — a young A-list movie star — and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. ...

Filmography

• Alex in Wonderland, (1970) Leo
• The Candidate, (1972) Corliss
• Firehouse, (1973 TV-movie) Ernie Bush
• Busting, (1974) Marvin
• Newman's Law, (1974) Frank Acker
• Hangup, (1975) Richard
• Dark Victory, (1976 TV-movie) Manny
• St. Ives, (1976) Myron Green
• Scott Free, (1976) Santini
• The Other Side of Midnight, (1977) Barbet
• Killer on Board, (1977 TV-movie) Dr. Berglund
• Outlaw Blues, (1977) Hatch
• A Love Affair: The Elanor and Lou Gehrig Story, (1978) Dr. Canlan
• Ruby and Oswald, (1978 TV-movie) Jack Ruby
• Golden Girl, (1979) Sternberg
• The Baltimore Bullet, (1980) Paulie
• Coast to Coast, (1980) Dr. Frederick Froll
• Borderline, (1980) Henry Lydell
• The Postman Always Rings Twice, (1981) Mr. Katz
• Threshold, (1981) Henry de Vici
• National Lampoon's Class Reunion, (1982) Dr. Robert Young
• Hill Street Blues, (1983-1985 TV series) Rollie Simone
• Strange Invaders, (1983) Willie Collings
• Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess, (1983 TV-movie) Henry Cohn
• Movers & Shakers, (1984) Arnie
• The Execution, (1985) Sidney Ferraro
• The Child is Mine, (1985 TV-movie) Abe Rosenberg
• Secret Sundays, (1986) Mario Pinelli
• Hands of a Stranger, (1987 TV-movie) Capt. Cirrillo
• The King of Love, (1987) Nat Goldberg
• Any Man's Death, (1988) Herb Denner
• Vibes, (1988) Burt Wilder
• Eight Men Out, (1988) Arnold Rothstein
• Harlem Nights, (1989) Bugsy Calhoune
• Framed, (1990 TV-movie) Elliot Shane
• Maniac Cop 2, (1990) Edward Doyle
• Barton Fink, (1991) Jack Lipnick (Academy-Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
• Omen IV: The awakening, (1991 TV-movie) Earl Knight
• Newsies, (1992) Weasel
• The Comrades of Summer, (1992) George
• Amos & Andrew, (1993) Phil Gillman
• Blank Check, (1994) Biderman
• Radioland Murders, (1994) Lieutenant Cross
• The Road to Wellville, (1994) Goodloe Bender
• No Way Back, (1995) Frank Serlano
• A Pyromaniac's Love Story, (1995) Perry
• Clueless, (1996-1997 TV-series) Mel Horowitz
• For Richer or Poorer, (1997) Phillip Kleinman
• Godzilla, (1998) Mayor Ebert
• Safe Men, (1998) Big Fat Bernie Gayle
• Celebrity, (1998) Dr. Lupus
• The Mod Squad, (1999) Howard
• Murder at the Cannes Film Festival, (2000 TV-movie) Morrie Borelli
• Attention Shoppers, (2000) Khourosh
• Mockingbird Don't Sing, (2001) Dr. Stan York
• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, (2002) Producer (voice only)
• Elf, (2003) Fulton
• Nobody Knows Anthing!, (2003) Uncle Lou
• The Calcium Kid, (2004) Artie Cohen
• Poster Boy, (2004) Jack Kray
• When Do We Eat?, (2005) Ira Stuckman
• Love and Other Disasters, (2005) Morty
• The Last Time, (2006) Leguzza
• A Dennis the Menace Christmas, (2007) Mr. Souse

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References

External links

• Michael Lerner at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=14821
• http://theindb.com/names/l/Michael_Lerner_(actor).html