Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)
94.5 TOPICAL actor score · #11 of 1,977 actors
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) has a TOPICAL actor score of 94.5 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and prime. They've won 12 acting honours from 13 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1959-1968. Best films: The Apartment (1960), Some Like It Hot (1959), Missing (1982).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours100
Prime97
Their movies91
Credits69
Career standing97
- Acting honours12 wins, 13 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; AFI Life Achievement Award
- Prime1959-1968
- Credits69 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 22 scored films (16 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 80 languages
“The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Jack Lemmon's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Some Like It Hot | 1959 | 2 |
| 38 | The Apartment | 1960 | 1 |
| 513 | JFK | 1991 | 6 |
| 515 | Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | 2 |
| 528 | Short Cuts | 1993 | 3 |
| 662 | Missing | 1982 | 1 |
| 854 | Days of Wine and Roses | 1962 | 1 |
| 922 | The China Syndrome | 1979 | 3 |
| 1,051 | Mister Roberts | 1955 | 4 |
| 1,252 | The Odd Couple | 1968 | 1 |
| 1,458 | Irma la Douce | 1963 | 2 |
| 1,494 | The Fortune Cookie | 1966 | 1 |
| 1,864 | The Great Race | 1965 | 1 |
| 2,206 | Save the Tiger | 1973 | 1 |
| 3,078 | The Front Page | 1974 | 1 |
| 3,213 | Bell, Book and Candle | 1958 | 3 |
| 3,341 | Avanti! | 1972 | 1 |
| 3,761 | It Should Happen to You | 1954 | 3 |
| 4,049 | Dad | 1989 | 1 |
| 4,203 | Tribute | 1980 | 1 |
| 4,289 | Cowboy | 1958 | 2 |
| 5,219 | Airport '77 | 1977 | 1 |