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 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.4average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.7average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.6
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Historical4.2average 2.6
- Wholesome4.7average 3.3
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Physical Comedy3.5average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.3, average 4.3
- Adrenaline3.5, average 5.1
- Scare1.1, average 2.6
- Uncanny1.2, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Lighthearted 7
- Romantic Comedy 6
- Witty Dialogue 6
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Situational Humor 5
- Character Study 5
- Dialogue-Driven 5
- Nostalgic 4
- Social Satire 4
- Dialogue-Heavy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Walter MatthauActorGrumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, The Odd Couple, The Odd Couple II, The Front Page, +5 more- CCharles NelsonEditorBell, Book and Candle, It Should Happen to You, It Happened to Jane, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Good Neighbor Sam, +5 more
Billy WilderDirectorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
George DuningComposerBell, Book and Candle, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The Notorious Landlady, Operation Mad Ball, Three for the Show, +2 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
Blake EdwardsDirectorThe Great Race, Days of Wine and Roses, The Notorious Landlady, Operation Mad Ball, My Sister Eileen, +1 more
Richard QuineDirectorBell, Book and Candle, How to Murder Your Wife, It Happened to Jane, The Notorious Landlady, Operation Mad Ball, +1 more
Charles Lawton Jr.CinematographerIt Happened to Jane, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, You Can't Run Away from It, Operation Mad Ball, Cowboy, +1 more
Marvin HamlischComposerThe Prisoner of Second Avenue, The April Fools, Save the Tiger, The War Between Men and Women, Kotch
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
Neil SimonWriterThe Odd Couple, The Odd Couple II, The Out-of-Towners, The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Movies and TV shows
91Excellent
Score 90 to 100
2 titles
Excellent
Score 90 to 100
90
as Jerry (Daphne)
90
as C.C. Baxter
Great
Score 80 to 89
13 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
86
as Juror 8
86
as Pete Sheppard
85
as Felix Ungar
84
as Jack Lemmon
84
as Father Tim Farley
84
as Shelley Levene
83
as Paul Finnigan
83
TV show · as Frank Ormand (voice)
82
as Joe Clay
81
as Ed Horman
80
as Jack Godell
80
as Jack Martin
Good
Score 70 to 79
12 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
as Harry Stoner
77
as Frank Pulver
75
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
74
as Morrie Schwartz
74
as Bob Baker
73
as Nicky Holroyd
73
as James Tyrone
72
as Sam Bissel
72
as Nestor Patou
70
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
70
as George Kellerman
70
as Professor Fate
Decent
Score 60 to 69
16 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
68
as Frank Harris
68
TV show · as Gov. John Slaton
68
TV show · as Cass Kendall
67
as Harry Hinkle
66
as Henry Drummond
65
as John Gustafson
65
as Hildebrand Johnson
63
as Stanley Ford
62
as Bill Gridley
62
as Robert Traven
62
as Robert
61
as Tom Gerrin
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
28 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Victor Clooney
59
as George Denham
59
as Mel Edison
55
as President Russell P. Kramer
55
as Rip Crandall
50
as Herb
49
as John Gustafson
48
as Jake Tremont
48
as Don Gallagher
47
as Howard Brubaker
44
as Felix Ungar
37
as Hogan
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
1 title
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
19
as Mueller / Luger
Not rated yet
19 titles
Not rated yet
as Archie Rice
as Narrator
TV show · as Peter Bell
as archive footage
as Mike (uncredited)
as Jerry Murphy
TV show · as Harold
as Narrator
TV show · as Alfred Fishkettle