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Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Lee J. Cobb Jump to Academy Awards, USA (2) Primetime Emmy Awards (3) Golden Globes, USA (2) Laurel Awards (4) Western Heritage Awards (1) 2 wins & 10 nominations
- December 8, 1911
- February 11, 1976
Campaign Medal. Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby; [2] [3] December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor, known both for film roles and his work on the Broadway stage, as well as for his television role in the series, The Virginian. [4] He often played arrogant, intimidating and abrasive characters, but he also acted as respectable ...
Lee J. Cobb. Actor: 12 Angry Men. Lee J. Cobb, one of the premier character actors in American film for three decades in the post-World War II period, was born Leo Jacoby in New York City's Lower East Side on December 8, 1911. The son of a Jewish newspaper editor, young Leo was a child prodigy in music, mastering the violin and the harmonica ...
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 - February 11, 1976) ) was an American actor best known for his performance in 12 Angry Men (1957), his Academy Award-nominated performance in On the Waterfront, and one of his last films, The Exorcist (1973). He also played the role of Willy Loman in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia ...
Lee J. Cobb. Actor: 12 Angry Men. Lee J. Cobb, one of the premier character actors in American film for three decades in the post-World War II period, was born Leo Jacoby in New York City's Lower East Side on December 8, 1911. The son of a Jewish newspaper editor, young Leo was a child prodigy in music, mastering the violin and the harmonica. Any hopes of a career as...
- December 8, 1911
- February 11, 1976
Year: Award: 1964: Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominated 1959: Academy Award
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Nov 14, 2019 · Lee J. Cobb Such a Powerful Actor. A close inspection of Lee J. Cobb’s film career, spanning nearly four decades, demonstrates what a versatile actor he was. Still, today he is best remembered for playing bitter, caustic, angry men. When Cobb got angry on-screen, his intensity was frightening. Husky of body and voice, he excelled at playing ...
