Michael C. Lerner was an American actor who lived from June 22, 1941. He was nominated for an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Barton Fink as Jack Lipnick (1991). Lerner also starred as Arnold Rothstein in Eight Men Out (1988), Phil Gillman in Amos & Andrew (1993), The Warden in No Escape (1994), Mel Horowitz in Clueless, Jerry Miller in The Beautician and the Beast (1997), Mayor Ebert in Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla (1998), Mr. Greenway in Elf (2003), and Senator Brickman in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

He sadly passed away on April 8, 2023, from an undisclosed cause. Continue reading to find out about his parents.

Michael Lerner parents: Meet George Lerner, Blanche Lerner

The late actor was the son of Blanche and George Lerner; his father “pretended to be an antique dealer, but in reality, he was a garbage trader,” according to Lerner. He grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and Solon, Ohio. Ken, his younger brother, and his nephew Sam and niece Jenny are also actors.

Meanwhile, Lerner acquired a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley after graduating from Brooklyn College, where he studied acting.

Lerner wanted to be an actor even though his then-wife thought he should be an English professor; he got a Fulbright Scholarship to study theatre in London for two years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He shared a flat with Yoko Ono and John Lennon while there.