Jack Lemmon

Acting

Born: 1925-02-08
Died: 2001-06-27
From: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Male
Height: 175.00 m
Popularity: 2

Also Known As

John "Jack" LemmonJohn LemmonJohn Uhler Lemmon III

Biography

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.

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Awards & Nominations23 won · 10 nominated

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Inherit the Wind

2000
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Tuesdays with Morrie

2000
🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Tuesdays with Morrie

2000
🏆 Won

Honorary Golden Bear

1996
🏆 Won

Kennedy Center Honors

1996
🏆 Won

Volpi Cup for Best Actor

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

1991
🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

1990
🏆 Won

AFI Life Achievement Award

1988
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1986
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Missing

1983
🏆 Won

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Missing

1982
🏆 Won

Silver Bear for Best Actor

Tribute

1981
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Tribute

1981
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The China Syndrome

1980
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The China Syndrome

1979
🏆 Won

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor

The China Syndrome

1979
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1979
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Actor

Save the Tiger

1974
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Save the Tiger

1974
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Avanti!

1973
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1972
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Days of Wine and Roses

1963
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Apartment

1961
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Apartment

1961
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Apartment

1960
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Some Like It Hot

1960
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1960
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Some Like It Hot

1960
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Some Like It Hot

1959
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Mister Roberts

1956
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Mister Roberts

1956
🏆 Won

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

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