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Acting · Directing · 1925 to 2001

Jack Lemmon

Best rated: The Apartment (8.3)

Films
51
Avg rating
6.85
Peak run
1959’62
Oscar wins
2 of 8
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The career

Jack Lemmon, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1959 to 1962, 7.4645678195519601965197019751980198519901995The Apartment 8.3Airport '77 5.8Career avg 6.85

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Jack Lemmon's career barcodecoolhot
195451 films1998
Current formLast 5: 6.10 vs career 6.85 (−0.75)
  1. LGrumpier Old Men1995 · 6.7−0.1
  2. LGetting Away with Murder1996 · 4.7−2.1
  3. LMy Fellow Americans1996 · 6.5−0.3
  4. LOut to Sea1997 · 6.1−0.7
  5. LThe Odd Couple II1998 · 6.5−0.3
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Jack by the numbers

Average
6.85
44 rated films
Vote weighted
6.93
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.70
rating spread
Career
45y
1954 to 1998
Total votes
1.39M
across every film
Best
8.3
The Apartment
Worst
5.8
Airport '77
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1998The Odd Couple II posterThe Odd Couple IIFelix6.511,548
1997Out to Sea posterOut to SeaHerb Sullivan6.110,372
1996Getting Away with MurderMax Mueller4.71,483
1996My Fellow Americans posterMy Fellow AmericansPresident Russell P. Kramer6.516,729
1995The Grass Harp posterThe Grass HarpDr. Morris Ritz6.620,030
1995Grumpier Old Men posterGrumpier Old MenJohn Gustafson6.732,021
1993Grumpy Old Men posterGrumpy Old MenJohn Gustafson7.058,054
1993Short Cuts posterShort CutsPaul Finnigan7.650,417
1992Glengarry Glen Ross posterGlengarry Glen RossShelley Levene7.6128K
1991JFK posterJFKJack Martin8.0184K
1989DadJake Tremont6.35,612
1986That's Life!Harvey Fairchild6.01,999
1985MacaroniRobert Traven·956
1984Mass AppealFather Farley6.71,225
1982Missing posterMissingEd Horman7.724,696
1981Buddy BuddyVictor Clooney6.55,601
1980TributeScottie Templeton·922
1979The China Syndrome posterThe China SyndromeJack Godell7.436,335
1977Airport '77 posterAirport '77Don Gallagher5.814,121
1976Alex & the GypsyAlexander Main·284
Better together?

Jack Lemmon's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Jack Lemmon

8 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1983
    Jack Lemmon
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1981
    Jack Lemmon
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1980
    Jack Lemmon
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1974
    Jack Lemmon
    Won
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1963
    Jack Lemmon
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1961
    Jack Lemmon
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1960
    Jack Lemmon
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1956
    Jack Lemmon
    Won

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