Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb was one of those character actors whose mere presence reorganized a scene. Born Leo Jacoby in New York, NYU-trained and Broadway-forged as the original Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, he brought a coiled intensity to film, most unforgettably as the furious juror in 12 Angry Men. He specialized in arrogant, abrasive men yet could lend real dignity to judges and lawmen. At 180 cm with that low, commanding voice, his very physicality was a performance. He died in 1976, but I still find his weighty, lived-in presence impossible to forget.

Name (English)

Lee J. Cobb

Name (Japanese)

リー・J・コッブ

Reading

りー・J・こっぶ

Born

December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Boar

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / television director

University

New York University

Awards & achievements

• 1960 Golden Plate Award
• Donaldson Awards

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20J.%20Cobb
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%96
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348351

Tags

• New York
• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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