Acting
Jack Lemmon
- Titles
- 127movies39TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 2011, with a break from 2000 to 2010, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 64top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Some Like It Hot90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.5average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.7average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.7
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Wholesome4.7average 3.3
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Physical Comedy3.4average 2.4
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.4, average 4.2
- Scare1.1, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.4, average 4.9
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Lighthearted 7
- Character Study 7
- Romantic Comedy 6
- Situational Humor 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Witty Dialogue 5
- Classic Hollywood 5
- Dialogue-Driven 5
- Social Satire 4
- Sharp Dialogue 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Walter MatthauActorGrumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, The Odd Couple, The Front Page, Kotch, +5 more- CCharles NelsonEditorBell, Book and Candle, It Should Happen to You, Good Neighbor Sam, It Happened to Jane, The Notorious Landlady, +5 more
Billy WilderWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Avanti!, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, +2 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Avanti!, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, +2 more
George DuningComposerBell, Book and Candle, Cowboy, The Notorious Landlady, My Sister Eileen, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, +2 more
Richard QuineDirectorHow to Murder Your Wife, Bell, Book and Candle, It Happened to Jane, The Notorious Landlady, My Sister Eileen, +1 more
Blake EdwardsWriterThe Great Race, Days of Wine and Roses, The Notorious Landlady, My Sister Eileen, That's Life!, +1 more
Charles Lawton Jr.CinematographerCowboy, It Happened to Jane, You Can't Run Away from It, My Sister Eileen, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, +1 more
Marvin HamlischComposerThe Prisoner of Second Avenue, The War Between Men and Women, Kotch, The April Fools, Save the Tiger
Joan ShawleeActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, Buddy Buddy
Kevin SpaceyActorGlengarry Glen Ross, The Murder of Mary Phagan, Dad, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Henry ManciniComposerThe Great Race, Days of Wine and Roses, That's Life!, Alex & the Gypsy
Movies and TV shows
912010s
1 title
as archive footage
2000s
1 title · average score 57
as Narrator (voice)
1990s
22 titles · average score 63
as Henry Drummond
as Morrie Schwartz
as Felix Ungar
as Tom Gerrin
as Herb
as President Russell P. Kramer
as Mueller / Luger
as John Gustafson
as John Gustafson
as Paul Finnigan
as Shelley Levene
as Jack Martin
1980s
12 titles · average score 67
as Jake Tremont
TV show · as Frank Ormand (voice)
TV show · as Gov. John Slaton
as James Tyrone
as Harvey Fairchild
as Narrator
as Robert Traven
as Father Tim Farley
as Ed Horman
as Victor Clooney
as Scottie Templeton
1970s
15 titles · average score 64
as Jack Godell
as Don Gallagher
as Alexander Main
as Narrator
as Archie Rice
as Mel Edison
as Hildebrand Johnson
as Harry Stoner
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
as Peter Wilson
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
as George Kellerman
1960s
14 titles · average score 65
as Howard Brubaker
as Felix Ungar
as Harry Hinkle
as Professor Fate
as Stanley Ford
as Sam Bissel
as Nestor Patou
as Joe Clay
as Hogan
as Bill Gridley
as C.C. Baxter
as Rip Crandall
1950s
22 titles · average score 66
as Jerry (Daphne)
as George Denham
as Nicky Holroyd
as Frank Harris
as Tony
as Pvt. Hogan
as Peter Warne
as Bob Baker
as Frank Pulver
as Pete Sheppard
as Robert Tracey
TV show · as Peter Bell
1940s
4 titles · average score 61
TV show
as Plasterer (uncredited)
TV show · as Fred Stevens / Charlie Bemis
