Michael Lerner, that Oscar candidate actor we all knew face to face, has died

Michael Lerner

was one of those performers whose face was familiar to us, whether he was acting in comedies, dramas or action movies.

nominee

for

, from brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, the actor of

,

and

has died, aged 81.

Lerner's death was confirmed by his nephew,

actor Sam Lerner , who paid tribute to his uncle in an Instagram post Sunday afternoon.

From him.

“We lost a legend last night.

It is difficult to put into words how brilliant my uncle Michael was and how influential he was to me, ”wrote his nephew Lerner.

“His stories about him always inspired me and made me fall in love with acting.

He was the coolest, most confident and talented guy, and the fact that he was my blood will always make me feel special.

Everyone who knows him knows how crazy he was, in the best way."

Together with John Turturro in "Barton Fink" (1991), by the Coens.

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“I'm so lucky to get to spend so much time with him, and we're all lucky to keep seeing his work for the rest of time,” Lerner continued.

"RIP Michael, enjoy your unlimited Cuban cigars, comfy chairs, and endless movie marathon."

his best role

It was his portrayal of movie mogul Jack Lipnick, the pushy boss of screenwriter

, with his sometimes outrageous tone in the film, that landed him on audiences' radar.

The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. 

Like Jack Lipnick, the movie mogul that John Turturro's character in "Barton Fink" worked for.

Lerner was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, which he lost at the 1992 ceremony to Jack Palance, for

, the comedy with Billy Crystal.

Lerner

would return to work under the orders of the Coens in

(2009), which was nominated for an Oscar.

With Jack Nicholson, in "The Postman Rings Twice."

Born on June 22, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, Lerner began his acting career working on the other coast of the United States, at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in the late 1960s.

An actor of Romanian ancestry, he would land supporting roles in titles like

,

, and

, among dozens of other series.

In the series "M*A*S*H", one of his first appearances on television.

In cinema, his first appearance was in

, by Paul Mazursky, in 1970. He had also always participated in supporting roles, in films such as

, with

,

, with Jack Nicholson ,

and

(

), by and with Eddie Murphy.

In "The Kings of the Night", he had directed and co-starred Eddie Murphy.

In

(1998), in the version by Roland Emmerich (

, and

), he played a pompous mayor of New York, the city the monster was attacking.

His character's last name was Ebert, like the legendary film critic Rober Ebert, which was a satire (because of how he was characterized).

With Kathleen Fee in "Mirror, Mirror", the version of Snow White with Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

In

he was part of the huge cast: he was Senator Brickman.

In

, the Christmas comedy with Will Ferrell and James Caan, he played the bad-tempered, if not boss, Fulton Greenway.

And he was also in

, the film in which Lily Collins, Phil's daughter, played Snow White, and Julia Roberts played the evil queen.

And he was in five episodes of the series

.

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