Head to headJack Lemmon against Walter Matthau Both careers by TMDB ratingJack LemmonWalter Matthau
Tale of the tape as an actor
Jack Lemmon vs Walter Matthau
Jack Lemmon averages 6.69 across 49 rated films as an actor, ahead of Walter Matthau at 6.55.
- 59 (49 rated)
- Films acted
- 59 (47 rated)
- ◀6.69
- Average
- 6.55
- ◀6.79
- Weighted
- 6.62
- ◀The Apartment 8.2
- Best film
- Fail Safe 7.8
- ◀7.20, 1991 to 1993
- Peak five
- 7.15, 1962 to 1965
- ◀4 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films
- ◀6.42 (−0.27)
- Current form
- 5.81 (−0.75)
- ◀22.3K
- TMDB votes
- 15.9K
- 1949 to 2000
- Career
- 1955 to 2000
- ◀2 wins, 8 noms
- Oscars
- 1 win, 3 noms
- $909M
- Box office
- $1.14B▶
Rows won
8 to 1
Jack Lemmon ahead
Films together
12
averaging 6.67
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 The Fortune Cookie | 1966 | 7.2 | as Harry Hinkle | as Willie Gingrich |
 The Odd Couple | 1968 | 7.4 | as Felix Ungar | as Oscar Madison |
 Kotch | 1971 | 6.6 | Director, as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited) | as Joseph P. Kotcher |
 The Front Page | 1974 | 7.3 | as Hildebrand Johnson | as Walter Burns |
 Buddy Buddy | 1981 | 6.1 | as Victor Clooney | as Trabucco |
| Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | 1982 | · | as Self | as Self |
 JFK | 1991 | 7.6 | as Jack Martin | as Senator Long |
 Grumpy Old Men | 1993 | 6.7 | as John Gustafson | as Max Goldman |
 Grumpier Old Men | 1995 | 6.5 | as John Gustafson | as Max Goldman |
 The Grass Harp | 1996 | 5.9 | as Dr. Morris Ritz | as Judge Charlie Cool |
 Out to Sea | 1997 | 5.8 | as Herb | as Charlie |
 The Odd Couple II | 1998 | 6.3 | as Felix Ungar | as Oscar Madison |