Michael Lerner est né le 22 juin 1941 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis. Il était acteur. Il est connu pour Barton Fink (1991), Godzilla (1998) et Elfe (2003). Il est mort le 8 avril 2023 en Californie, États-Unis.
Frequently played doctors, politicians, rabbis, gangsters/mobsters, judges, and three times played real life Golden Age of Hollywood studio heads, Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures and Jack Warner of Warner Bros.. Was most known for playing Jewish characters, but had also been cast as Italian characters quite often.
