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    Birthday: December 09, 2011

    American character actor of stage, screen, and TV Lee J. Cobb, born Leo Jacob or Jacoby, was usually seen scowling and smoking a cigar. As a child, Cobb showed artistic promise as a virtuoso violinist, but any hope for a musical career was ended by a broken wrist. He ran away from home at age 17 and ended up in Hollywood. Unable to find film work there, he returned to New York and acted in ...more
    • 1963
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
    • Come Blow Your Horn
    • nom
    • 1957
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
    • 12 Angry Men
    • nom
    • 1954
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • On the Waterfront
    • nom


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