John Uhler Lemmon al III–lea (), cunoscut sub numele de Jack Lemmon, a fost un actor de filme american, câștigător a numeroase premii cinematografice.
Viața și cariera thumb|left|Jack Lemmon 200px|right|thumb|Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon s-a născut într-un lift din orașul Newton statul Massachusetts, o suburbie a Bostonului, unde tatăl său era președintele unei companii de gogoși. După ce a urmat Academia Phillips și Universitatea Harvard, Lemmon s-a înrolat în Marina Militară a Statelor Unite. După terminarea stagiului militar, a început să lucreze ca actor în teatru, radio și televiziune.
Debutul pe marele ecran l-a avut într-un rol episodic în filmul din 1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor, dar nu a fost remarcat până la debutul oficial alături de Judy Holliday în It Should Happen to You din 1954.
A devenit unul din actorii preferați ai regizorului Billy Wilder, jucând în filmele sale Unora le place jazz-ul (Some Like It Hot), Apartamentul (The Apartment), Irma La Douce și Avanti.
Lemmon a fost primul actor care a obținut premiul Oscar atât pentru "Cel mai bun actor în rol principal" cât și pentru "Cel mai bun actor în rol secundar". A primit Oscarul pentru rol secundar în filmul Mister Roberts (1955), iar pentru rol principal în filmul Salvați tigrul (Save The Tiger) din (1973). A fost de asemenea nominalizat la Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun actor pentru rolurile sale din Unora le place jazz-ul (1959) (Some Like It Hot), The Apartment (1960) (Apartamentul), Days of Wine and Roses (1962) (Vin și trandafiri), The China Syndrome (1979) (Sindromul), Tribute(1980) (Tributul) și controversatul Missing (Disparut)1982. În 1988 a fost distins cu "Lifetime Achievement Award" (Premiul pentru întreaga carieră) din partea AFI (American Film Institute -- Institutul American de Film).
Ultimul film în care a jucat Jack Lemmon a fost The Legend of Bagger Vance (Legenda lui Bagger Vance), regizat de Robert Redford și prezentat in cinematografe în anul 2000.
Filmografie
Film An Titlu Rol Note 1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor Plasterer Uncredited 1954 It Should Happen to You Pete Sheppard 1954 Phffft! Robert Tracey 1955 Three for the Show Martin "Marty" Stewart 1955 Mister Roberts Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1955 My Sister Eileen Robert "Bob" Baker 1955 Hollywood Bronc Busters Himself 1956 You Can't Run Away from It Peter Warne 1957 Fire Down Below Tony 1957 Operation Mad Ball Private Hogan 1958 Cowboy Frank Harris 1958 Bell, Book and Candle Nicky Holroyd 1959 Unora le place jazul Jerry "Gerald" / "Daphne" BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyLaurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance (2nd place)Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor 1959 It Happened to Jane George Denham 1960 Apartamentul C. C. Baxter BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyLaurel Award for Top Male Comedy PerformanceNominated — Academy Award for Best Actor 1960 Stowaway in the Sky Narrator Voice 1960 Pepe Daphne Cameo 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Lt. Rip Crandall 1962 The Notorious Landlady William "Bill" Gridley 1962 Days of Wine and Roses Joe Clay Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign PerformerSan Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best ActorSant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign FilmLaurel Award for Top Male Comedy PerformanceNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1963 Irma la Douce Nestor Patou / Lord X Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy PerformanceNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree Hogan Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1964 Good Neighbor Sam Sam Bissel Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1965 How to Murder Your Wife Stanley Ford Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy PerformanceNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1965 The Great Race Professor Fate / Prince Hapnick Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance (2nd place)Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1966 The Fortune Cookie Harry Hinkle 1967 Luv Harry Berlin 1968 There Comes a Day 1968 The Odd Couple Felix Ungar Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance (2nd place)Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1969 The April Fools Howard Brubaker 1970 The Out-of-Towners George Kellerman Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1971 Kotch Sleeping bus passenger Director 1972 The War Between Men and Women Peter Edward Wilson 1972 Avanti! Wendell Armbruster, Jr. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1973 Save the Tiger Harry Stoner Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1974 The Police Can't Move Narrator Voice 1974 The Front Page Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson David di Donatello for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1975 Wednesday Jerry Murphy 1975 The Gentleman Tramp Narrator Voice 1975 Prizonierul din Manhattan Mel Edison 1976 Alex & the Gypsy Alexander Main 1977 Airport '77 Captain Don Gallagher 1979 The China Syndrome Jack Godell Best Actor AwardDavid di Donatello for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1980 Tribute Scottie Templeton Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin)Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign ActorNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1981Buddy Buddy Victor Clooney 1982 Missing Ed Horman Best Actor AwardNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominalizare — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominalizare — David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor Nominalizare — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1984 Mass Appeal Father Tim Farley 1985 Macaroni Robert Traven 1986 That's Life! Harvey Fairchild Nominalizare — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1989 Tata Jake Tremont Nominalizare — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1991 JFK Jack Martin 1992 Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy Rolul său 1992 The Player Rolul său 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross Shelley Levene National Board of Review Award for Best ActorValladolid International Film Festival Award for Best ActorVolpi Cup Award for Best Actor 1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver County Rolul său 1993 Short Cuts Paul Finnigan Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble CastVolpi Cup 1993 Grumpy Old Men John Gustafson 1995 The Grass Harp Dr. Morris Ritz 1995 Grumpier Old Men John Gustafson 1996 Getting Away with Murder Max Mueller / Karl Luger 1996 My Fellow Americans President Russell P. Kramer 1996 Hamlet Marcellus 1997 Out to Sea Herb Sullivan 1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Himself 1998 Puppies for Sale Pet shop owner 1998 The Odd Couple II Felix Ungar 2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance Narrator / Hardy Greaves Uncredited
Televiziune An Titlu Rol Note 1949–1950 That Wonderful Guy Harold 1950 Toni Twin Time Host Episode dated 31 mai 1950 1951 Celebrity panelist 5 episodes 1951–1952 Newlywed "The Couple Next Door" sketches 1952 Heaven for Betsy Pete Bell 1954 Surgeon 1956 John Wilkes Booth 1957 What's My Line? Mystery Guest Season 9, Episode 10 1957–1958 Alcoa Theatre Henry CoyleSteve TylerWally MallLieutenant Tony CrawfordEdward King Episode: "Disappearance"Episode: "Most Likely to Succeed"Episode: "Loudmouth"Episode: "The Days of November"Episode: "Souvenir" 1976 Archie Rice 1987 Long Day's Journey into Night James Tyrone, Sr. Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film 1988 Gov. John Slaton Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film 1992 For Richer, for Poorer Aram Katourian 1993 Robert Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film 1994 Wild West Host 1996 Bud Bailey 1997 Frank Ormand VoiceEpisode: "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" 1997 12 Angry Men Juror No. 8 Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 1998 Thomas Gerrin 1999 Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Morrie Schwartz Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a MovieScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
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Bibliografie
Wise, James. Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. ISBN 1557509379
Legături externe
, compilation of movie clips, 4 minutes Actor Jack Lemmon dead at 76 Jack Lemmon at the Archive of American Television Obituary in the Los Angeles Times
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