Background
Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Cynthia Stone and actor Jack Lemmon. With a talent for music, he was encouraged by his father to study piano.
Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Cynthia Stone and actor Jack Lemmon. With a talent for music, he was encouraged by his father to study piano.
Lemmon attended the Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. Lemmon considered playing piano professionally after having graduated from the California Institute of the Arts, with degrees in classical piano and composition, and in theater.
He appeared as an actor in numerous stage productions, including the west-coast tour of Barefoot in the Park, directed by Jerry Paris, the original West coast production of Shay by Anne Commire, and A. R. Gurney"s Love Letters with Stephanie Zimbalist. He portrayed Richard Phillips in two situation comedies, Duet (1987) and Open House (1989), and also co-starred as Martin "Bru" Brubaker in the television series Thunder in Paradise, which featured American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Lemmon is also a screenwriter and producer.
In 2006, Algonquin Books published Lemmon"s tribute to his father, entitled A Twist of Lemmon, which was re-released in 2008 as a paperback by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books.
He has appeared in three films with his father:, and Lemmon will star in the upcoming film Publicity Stunt, a comedy which he co-wrote, to be shot in Connecticut and directed by Joel Zwick.
In 2015, Lemmon adapted his 2006 tribute to his father, A Twist of Lemmon, to the stage. The show, which Lemmon has performed all around the United States, follows the relationship between Lemmon and his father as seen through his father"s eyes.
Mirror, Mirror (1979) CHiPs (1981) Too Close for Comfort (1981) 9 to 5 (1983) Fantasy (1982) Uncommon Valor (1983) The Outlaws (1984) Duet (1987) Open House (1989) Knots Landing (1990) The Match Game (1990) The Joint Is Jumpin" (1993) Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90"s (1993) The Pretender (1998) Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (2002) The Hollywood Greats (Jack Lemmon) (2006) 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006).