Michael Lerner appears at the opening night of Bette Midler in "I'll Eat You at Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2013. Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including crime bosses, CEOs, politicians, protective fathers and the monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” died Saturday, April 8, 2023 at age 81. His nephew, actor Sam Lerner, announced his death in an Instagram post Sunday. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision for Geffen/AP Images, File)