John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Venice International Film Festival
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
JFK
(1991)
Jack Martin
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Jerry / Daphne
The Apartment
(1960)
C.C. Baxter
The Player
(1992)
Jack Lemmon
Short Cuts
(1993)
Paul Finnigan
12 Angry Men
(1997)
Juror 8
Glengarry Glen Ross
(1992)
Shelley Levene
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Felix Ungar
Sly
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grumpy Old Men
(1993)
John Gustafson
The Legend of Bagger Vance
(2000)
Narrator
Hamlet
(1996)
Marcellus
Avanti!
(1972)
Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
The Great Race
(1965)
Professor Fate / Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick
Airport '77
(1977)
Don Gallagher
Bell, Book and Candle
(1958)
Nicky Holroyd
Full Filmography
Acting
Once Too Often
(1950)
Mike (uncredited)
Phffft
(1954)
Robert Tracey
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Pete Sheppard
Mister Roberts
(1955)
Ensign Pulver
My Sister Eileen
(1955)
Bob Baker
Three for the Show
(1955)
Martin 'Marty' Stewart
You Can't Run Away from It
(1956)
Peter Warne
Fire Down Below
(1957)
Tony
Operation Mad Ball
(1957)
Pvt. Hogan
Bell, Book and Candle
(1958)
Nicky Holroyd
Cowboy
(1958)
Frank Harris
It Happened to Jane
(1959)
George Denham
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Jerry / Daphne
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(1960)
Rip Crandall
The Apartment
(1960)
C.C. Baxter
Pepe
(1960)
Jack Lemmon
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
(1962)
Self
The Notorious Landlady
(1962)
Bill Gridley
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
(1963)
Hogan
Irma la Douce
(1963)
Nestor Patou
Days of Wine and Roses
(1963)
Joe Clay
Good Neighbor Sam
(1964)
Sam Bissel
The Great Race
(1965)
Professor Fate / Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick
How to Murder Your Wife
(1965)
Stanley Ford
The Fortune Cookie
(1966)
Harry Hinkle
Luv
(1967)
Harry Berlin
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Felix Ungar
The April Fools
(1969)
Howard Brubaker
The Out-of-Towners
(1970)
George Kellerman
Kotch
(1971)
Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
(1972)
Self - Host
The War Between Men and Women
(1972)
Peter Wilson
Avanti!
(1972)
Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
Save the Tiger
(1973)
Harry Stoner
The Front Page
(1974)
Hildebrand Johnson
Wednesday
(1974)
Jerry Murphy
Killer Cop
(1975)
Narrator (voice)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
(1975)
Mel Edison
The Entertainer
(1976)
Archie Rice
Alex & the Gypsy
(1976)
Alexander Main
The Gentleman Tramp
(1976)
Narrator
Airport '77
(1977)
Don Gallagher
The China Syndrome
(1979)
Jack Godell
Tribute
(1980)
Scottie Templeton
Buddy Buddy
(1981)
Victor Clooney
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
(1981)
Self
Musical Comedy Tonight II
(1981)
Self
Missing
(1982)
Ed Horman
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
(1982)
Self
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
(1982)
Self
Mass Appeal
(1984)
Father Tim Farley
Macaroni
(1985)
Robert Traven
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
(1985)
Self
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)
Debonair Dancers
(1986)
Narrator
That's Life!
(1986)
Harvey Fairchild
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
(1986)
Self
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(1987)
James Tyrone
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
(1988)
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
(1989)
Self
Dad
(1989)
Jake Tremont
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
(1990)
Self - Host
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
(1990)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
(1990)
Self
The Earth Day Special
(1990)
Coach Stewart
The One, the Only... Groucho
(1991)
Self
JFK
(1991)
Jack Martin
For Richer, for Poorer
(1992)
Aram Katourian
Glengarry Glen Ross
(1992)
Shelley Levene
Earth and the American Dream
(1992)
Reader (voice)
The Player
(1992)
Jack Lemmon
James Cagney: Top of the World
(1992)
Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
(1993)
Self
Grumpy Old Men
(1993)
John Gustafson
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
(1993)
Self
Short Cuts
(1993)
Paul Finnigan
A Life in the Theatre
(1993)
Robert
The Grass Harp
(1995)
Dr. Morris Ritz
Grumpier Old Men
(1995)
John Gustafson
Inside the Dream Factory
(1995)
Self
A Weekend in the Country
(1996)
Bud Bailey
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
(1996)
Self
My Fellow Americans
(1996)
President Russell P. Kramer
Getting Away with Murder
(1996)
Mueller / Luger
Hamlet
(1996)
Marcellus
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
(1996)
Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
(1996)
Self
12 Angry Men
(1997)
Juror 8
Out to Sea
(1997)
Herb Sullivan
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
(1997)
Self
The Long Way Home
(1998)
Tom Gerrin
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
(1998)
Self
The Odd Couple II
(1998)
Felix Ungar
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
(1998)
Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
(1998)
Self
Puppies for Sale
(1998)
Inherit the Wind
(1999)
Henry Drummond
Tuesdays with Morrie
(1999)
Morrie Schwartz
Forever Hollywood
(1999)
Self
The Legend of Bagger Vance
(2000)
Narrator
On Cukor
(2000)
Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
(2001)
Self
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Christmas in Hollywood
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
(2004)
Self
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(2005)
Self
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(2009)
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Always at The Carlyle
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Sly
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing
Production