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 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.3average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.6average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.6
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Wholesome4.6average 3.3
- Romance4.8average 3.8
- Physical Comedy3.4average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.4, average 4.3
- Scare1.1, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.6, average 5.1
- Uncanny1.2, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Lighthearted 7
- Romantic Comedy 6
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Situational Humor 5
- Witty Dialogue 5
- Character Study 5
- Dialogue-Driven 5
- Nostalgic 4
- Social Satire 4
- Sharp Dialogue 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Walter MatthauActorGrumpy Old Men, The Odd Couple, The Front Page, Grumpier Old Men, The Odd Couple II, +5 more- CCharles NelsonEditorBell, Book and Candle, It Should Happen to You, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Good Neighbor Sam, It Happened to Jane, +5 more
Billy WilderDirectorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
George DuningComposerBell, Book and Candle, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Three for the Show, The Notorious Landlady, Operation Mad Ball, +2 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, 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.CinematographerYou Can't Run Away from It, It Happened to Jane, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Operation Mad Ball, My Sister Eileen, +1 more
Marvin HamlischComposerThe Prisoner of Second Avenue, The April Fools, The War Between Men and Women, Save the Tiger, Kotch
Joan ShawleeActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, Buddy Buddy
Kevin SpaceyActorThe Murder of Mary Phagan, Glengarry Glen Ross, 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
772010s
1 title
as archive footage
2000s
1 title · average score 57
57
as Narrator (voice)
1990s
22 titles · average score 63
66
as Henry Drummond
74
as Morrie Schwartz
44
as Felix Ungar
61
as Tom Gerrin
50
as Herb
55
as President Russell P. Kramer
19
as Mueller / Luger
49
as John Gustafson
65
as John Gustafson
83
as Paul Finnigan
84
as Shelley Levene
80
as Jack Martin
1980s
9 titles · average score 65
48
as Jake Tremont
73
as James Tyrone
57
as Harvey Fairchild
as Narrator
62
as Robert Traven
84
as Father Tim Farley
81
as Ed Horman
59
as Victor Clooney
56
as Scottie Templeton
1970s
14 titles · average score 65
80
as Jack Godell
48
as Don Gallagher
48
as Alexander Main
as Archie Rice
as Narrator
59
as Mel Edison
65
as Hildebrand Johnson
78
as Harry Stoner
75
as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
55
as Peter Wilson
70
as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
70
as George Kellerman
1960s
14 titles · average score 64
47
as Howard Brubaker
85
as Felix Ungar
67
as Harry Hinkle
70
as Professor Fate
63
as Stanley Ford
72
as Sam Bissel
72
as Nestor Patou
82
as Joe Clay
37
as Hogan
62
as Bill Gridley
90
as C.C. Baxter
55
as Rip Crandall
1950s
15 titles · average score 66
90
as Jerry (Daphne)
59
as George Denham
73
as Nicky Holroyd
68
as Frank Harris
48
as Tony
57
as Pvt. Hogan
45
as Peter Warne
74
as Bob Baker
77
as Frank Pulver
56
as Marty Stewart
86
as Pete Sheppard
59
as Robert Tracey
1940s
1 title · average score 57
57
as Plasterer (uncredited)