Michael Lerner, a veteran character actor who received an Oscar nomination for his performance in 'Barton Fink,' has died. He was 81.
Michael Lerner, a veteran character actor who received an Oscar nomination for his performance as an overbearing studio head in the 1991 film “Barton Fink,” has died, his nephew, actor Sam Lerner, announced in a post on social media. He was 81. “We lost a legend last night,” Sam Lerner wrote on Instagram Sunday. “It’s hard to put into words how brilliant my uncle Michael was, and how influential he was to me. His stories always inspired me and made me fall in love with acting.
His earliest work throughout the ’60’s and ‘70’s included appearances on television shows like “The Doris Day Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show” and “M*A*S*H.” His first film came in 1970 as the character Leo in “Alex in Wonderland” alongside Donald Sutherland and Ellen Burstyn. Lerner went on to appear in films such as “The Ski Bum,” “The Candidate,” and “Outlaw Blues.
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