RIP Michael Lerner

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Michael Lerner, ‘Barton Fink’ Actor, Dies at 81

Michael Lerner, an actor who featured in films such as “Elf,” “Godzilla” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and who received an Oscar nomination in best supporting…

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Very underrated character actor.


Thing that stands out is a story Marc Maron told on his podcast recently about Michael Lerner guest starring on his sitcom 10ish years ago and Michael Lerner deciding to take a huge dump that peeled the paint off the walls in the set bathroom and ruined everyone’s lunch break.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Barton Fink will forever be his crowning glory. RIP.

 

[strummer]

He was also in one of my all time favorite episodes of Tales from the Crypt. With Bill Paxton. Both gone.

RIP

 

[alkeiper]

He was terrific as Arnold Rothstein in Eight Men Out.