Birthday: February 08, 1925
A private school-educated everyman who could play outrageous comedy and wrenching tragedy, Jack Lemmon burst onto the movie scene as a 1950s Columbia contract player and remained a beloved star until his death in 2001. Whether through humor or pathos, he excelled at illuminating the struggles of average men against a callous world; as director Billy Wilder once noted, "There was a ...more- 1999
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
- Inherit the Wind
- win
- 1999
- Screen Actors Guild
- Best Male Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie
- Tuesdays With Morrie
- win
- 1999
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
- Tuesdays With Morrie
- nom
- 1992
- National Board of Review
- Best Actor
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- win
- 2000
- The Legend of Bagger Vance
- Narrator
- 2000
- The Legend of Bagger Vance
- Old Hardy Greaves
- 2000
- The Directors: Robert Altman
- Interviewee
- 1999
- Inherit the Wind
- Darrow
- 1999
- Tuesdays With Morrie
- Morrie Schwartz
- 1983
- Track Two
- Producer
- 1983
- Track Two
- Research
- 1983
- Track Two
- Screenwriter
- 1980
- Tribute
- Songwriter
- 1971
- Kotch
- Director










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