Person · Actor and director · Active since 1949
Jack Lemmon
1925–2001, Newton
American actor and director, born in Newton. Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Cannes Best Actor Award and three other major prizes. Appeared in 56 films on this site, including Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960) and JFK (1991). Among the 180 actors and directors Jack Lemmon shares films with on this site, the most frequent are Walter Matthau (10 films), Billy Wilder (7) and Kim Novak (4).
Partners by shared films
Who Jack Lemmon made films with
- 10Walter MatthauThe Fortune Cookie, The Odd Couple, Kotch and 7 more
- 7Billy WilderSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce and 4 more
- 4Kim NovakPhffft!, Bell, Book and Candle, Pepe and 1 more
- 3Tony CurtisSome Like It Hot, Pepe, The Great Race
- 3Blake EdwardsDays of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, That's Life!
- 2Susan SarandonThe Front Page, The Player
- 2James StewartBell, Book and Candle, Airport '77
- 2Shirley MacLaineThe Apartment, Irma la Douce
- 2Kevin SpaceyDad, Glengarry Glen Ross
- 2Wilford BrimleyThe China Syndrome, My Fellow Americans
- 2Robert AltmanThe Player, Short Cuts
- 2Sissy SpacekMissing, JFK
- 2Peter FalkThe Great Race, Luv
- 2Janet LeighMy Sister Eileen, Pepe
- 2Burgess MeredithGrumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men
- 2Daryl HannahGrumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men
- 2Lily TomlinShort Cuts, Getting Away with Murder
- 2Dan AykroydGetting Away with Murder, My Fellow Americans
- 2Judy HollidayIt Should Happen to You, Phffft!
- 2Ann-MargretGrumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men
- 2Estelle HarrisOut to Sea, The Odd Couple II
- 2Lee RemickDays of Wine and Roses, Tribute
- 2Charles DurningThe Front Page, Mass Appeal
- 2Sally KellermanThe April Fools, That's Life!
- 2Jack AlbertsonDays of Wine and Roses, How to Murder Your Wife
- 2M. Emmet WalshThe Prisoner of Second Avenue, Airport '77
- 2Peter LawfordIt Should Happen to You, The April Fools
- 2Charles BickfordYou Can't Run Away from It, Days of Wine and Roses
- 1Marilyn MonroeSome Like It Hot
- 1Robin WilliamsHamlet
- 1Judy GarlandPepe
- 1Frank SinatraPepe
- 1Will SmithThe Legend of Bagger Vance
- 1Al PacinoGlengarry Glen Ross
- 1Kate WinsletHamlet
- 1Sophia LorenGrumpier Old Men
- 1Julia RobertsThe Player
- 1Sylvester StalloneThe Prisoner of Second Avenue
- 1Bing CrosbyPepe
- 1Jane FondaThe China Syndrome
- 1CherThe Player
- 1Charlize TheronThe Legend of Bagger Vance
- 1Bruce WillisThe Player
- 1Harrison FordLuv
- 1Matt DamonThe Legend of Bagger Vance
- 1Christopher LeeAirport '77
- 1Robert Downey Jr.Short Cuts
- 1Kevin CostnerJFK
- 1Whoopi GoldbergThe Player
- 1Julianne MooreShort Cuts
- 1Rita HayworthFire Down Below
- 1Gary OldmanJFK
- 1Lauren BacallMy Fellow Americans
- 1Doris DayIt Happened to Jane
- 1Fred AstaireThe Notorious Landlady
- 1Gérard DepardieuHamlet
- 1Henry FondaMister Roberts
- 1Marcello MastroianniMacaroni
- 1Michael DouglasThe China Syndrome
- 1Julie AndrewsThat's Life!
- 1Judi DenchHamlet
- 1Robert RedfordThe Legend of Bagger Vance
- 1Donald SutherlandJFK
- 1Charlton HestonHamlet
- 1Catherine DeneuveThe April Fools
- 1James CagneyMister Roberts
- 1John FordMister Roberts
- 1Alec BaldwinGlengarry Glen Ross
- 1Oliver StoneJFK
- 1Debbie ReynoldsPepe
- 1Olivia de HavillandAirport '77
- 1Zsa Zsa GaborPepe
- 1Anne BancroftThe Prisoner of Second Avenue
- 1Malcolm McDowellThe Player
- 1Frances McDormandShort Cuts
- 1Dean MartinPepe
- 1Tommy Lee JonesJFK
- 1Patrick SwayzeThe Player
- 1Ethan HawkeDad
- 1Ed AsnerJFK
- 1James WoodsAlex & the Gypsy
- 1Richard AttenboroughHamlet
- 1Ed HarrisGlengarry Glen Ross
- 1Sydney PollackThe Player
- 1Robert MitchumFire Down Below
- 1Burt ReynoldsThe Player
- 1Harry BelafonteThe Player
- 1Jeff GoldblumThe Player
- 1Julie ChristieHamlet
- 1Alan ArkinGlengarry Glen Ross
- 1Natalie WoodThe Great Race
- 1Martin SheenJFK
- 1Joe PesciJFK
- 1Kenneth BranaghHamlet
- 1Romy SchneiderGood Neighbor Sam
- 1Tim RobbinsShort Cuts
- 1Mickey RooneyOperation Mad Ball
- 1Jane WymanThe Lady Takes a Sailor
- 1Kevin BaconJFK
- 1Maurice ChevalierPepe
Other regulars
Films in this guide
- The Lady Takes a Sailor (1950)actor
- It Should Happen to You (1954)actor
- Phffft! (1954)actor
- Mister Roberts (1955)actor
- My Sister Eileen (1955)actor
- Three for the Show (1955)actor
- You Can't Run Away from It (1956)actor
- Fire Down Below (1957)actor
- Operation Mad Ball (1957)actor
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)actor
- Cowboy (1958)actor
- It Happened to Jane (1959)actor
- Some Like It Hot (1959)actor
- Pepe (1960)actor
- The Apartment (1960)actor
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)actor
- Days of Wine and Roses (1962)actor
- The Notorious Landlady (1962)actor
- Irma la Douce (1963)actor
- Good Neighbor Sam (1964)actor
- How to Murder Your Wife (1965)actor
- The Great Race (1965)actor
- The Fortune Cookie (1966)actor
- Luv (1967)actor
- The Odd Couple (1968)actor
- The April Fools (1969)actor
- The Out-of-Towners (1970)actor
- Kotch (1971)director, actor
- Avanti! (1972)actor
- The War Between Men and Women (1972)actor
- Save the Tiger (1973)actor
- The Front Page (1974)actor
- Killer Cop (1975)actor
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)actor
- Alex & the Gypsy (1976)actor
- Airport '77 (1977)actor
- The China Syndrome (1979)actor, as Jack Godell
- Tribute (1980)actor
- Buddy Buddy (1981)actor
- Missing (1982)actor, as Edmund "Ed" Horman
- Mass Appeal (1984)actor
- Macaroni (1985)actor
- That's Life! (1986)actor
- Dad (1989)actor
- JFK (1991)actor, as Jack Martin
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)actor
- The Player (1992)actor
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)actor
- Short Cuts (1993)actor
- Grumpier Old Men (1995)actor
- Getting Away with Murder (1996)actor
- Hamlet (1996)actor, as Marcellus
- My Fellow Americans (1996)actor
- Out to Sea (1997)actor
- The Odd Couple II (1998)actor
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)actor, as Narrator / Old Hardy Greaves