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John Lithgow
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-10-19,Rochester, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Lithgow won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for the musical Sweet Smell of Success (2002). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). He has acted in the plays The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor. He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022). On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transsexual ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024).

Filmography

7.753

Shrek
2001-05-18

6.677

Footloose
1984-02-17

6.904

Sharper
2023-02-10

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

6.589

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004-10-01

Confessions of a Shopaholic

6.487

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009-02-05

6.6

2010
1984-12-06

6.6

Obsession
1976-08-01

The Manhattan Project

6.2

The Manhattan Project
1986-06-13

Terms of Endearment

7.115

Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20

6.623

Kinsey
2004-09-04

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

5.988

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984-08-10

The World According to Garp

6.686

The World According to Garp
1982-07-23

7.4

Blow Out
1981-07-24

6.7

The Day After
1983-11-20

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.1

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

Give My Regards to Broadway

0

Give My Regards to Broadway
2020-07-16

6.898

Leap Year
2010-01-08

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

5.964

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
2003-05-23

Harry and the Hendersons

6.115

Harry and the Hendersons
1987-06-05

6.45

A Civil Action
1998-12-25

6.09

Ricochet
1991-10-04

0

Bark, George
2003-01-01

The Pelican Brief

6.592

The Pelican Brief
1993-09-17

6.51

Cliffhanger
1993-05-28

Santa Claus: The Movie

6.3

Santa Claus: The Movie
1985-10-29

A Good Man in Africa

5.026

A Good Man in Africa
1994-07-14

Inside 'Interstellar'

6.9

Inside 'Interstellar'
2015-03-31

6.1

Raising Cain
1992-08-07

5.7

The Big Fix
1978-10-06

5.105

The Wrong Man
1993-09-05

Dogs and More Dogs

5.2

Dogs and More Dogs
2004-02-03

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

7.6

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021-12-07

Officer Buckle and Gloria

7

Officer Buckle and Gloria
1997-01-01

Princess Caraboo

5.4

Princess Caraboo
1994-09-16

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

6.644

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000-11-17

7.5

All That Jazz
1979-12-16

5.595

Homegrown
1998-04-17

5.2

Silent Fall
1994-10-28

They All Saw a Cat

0

They All Saw a Cat
2017-01-01

7.05

Casting By
2012-11-01

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

6.439

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991-12-06

6.1

Resting Place
1986-04-27

4.9

Mesmerized
1985-11-18

Love, Cheat & Steal

4.235

Love, Cheat & Steal
1993-12-05

5.1

Hollow Point
1996-10-21

5

Rich Kids
1979-08-17

Projections of America

5

Projections of America
2015-02-10

5.836

The Campaign
2012-08-09

5.893

This Is 40
2012-12-20

6.065

Out Cold
1989-03-03

0

Chez Bob
2022-12-15

Car of the Future

6

Car of the Future
2008-04-22

4.614

The Bubble
2022-03-25

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

5.5

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972-02-25

Redwood Curtain

5.8

Redwood Curtain
1995-01-01

8.5

Interstellar
2014-11-05

95 Worlds and Counting

0

95 Worlds and Counting
2000-01-01

6.2

Don Quixote
2000-04-09

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

9

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013-10-12

Distant Thunder

5.6

Distant Thunder
1988-11-11

7.857

Cabrini
2024-03-07

Baby Girl Scott

6

Baby Girl Scott
1987-01-01

Love Is Strange

6.342

Love Is Strange
2014-08-22

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

0

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
1996-07-04

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

6

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
2013-01-17

6.028

Orange County
2002-01-11

6.669

Spellbound
2024-11-22

My Brother's Keeper

1

My Brother's Keeper
1995-03-19

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

7.336

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011-08-03

Twilight Zone: The Movie

6.462

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983-06-24

6.7

Memphis Belle
1990-09-07

The Rule of Jenny Pen

6.114

The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025-03-07

4.2

Ivory Hunters
1990-08-20

6.54

The Homesman
2014-05-18

0

Sangre
2006-01-01

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

7.4

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023-12-21

Night of 100 Stars III

4

Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21

Johnny Skidmarks

5.8

Johnny Skidmarks
1998-01-18

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

0

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
2024-04-26

7.127

The Accountant
2016-10-13

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn

0

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
2009-10-10

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest

5.7

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
2014-08-27

0

Lord John
2015-07-20

6.719

Dreamgirls
2006-12-25

Broadway: The Next Generation

10

Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16

Best of Enemies

7.182

Best of Enemies
2015-07-31

8.1

Shrek Stories
2013-10-01

6.2

Timms Valley
2013-12-31

The Oldest Living Graduate

4

The Oldest Living Graduate
1980-04-07

The Glitter Dome

4.5

The Glitter Dome
1984-11-18

0

Jimpa
2025-11-06

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

6

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982-03-05

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

0

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
2016-04-05

7.424

Miss Sloane
2016-11-25

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

0

Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990-11-25

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

7.25

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016-04-23

Beatriz at Dinner

5.8

Beatriz at Dinner
2017-06-09

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

5

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1984-01-09

6.305

Daddy's Home 2
2017-11-09

Einstein's Big Idea

7.154

Einstein's Big Idea
2005-10-11

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

8.4

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002-01-04

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

7.2

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007-04-19

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

6.379

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001-11-02

The Pulitzer At 100

6

The Pulitzer At 100
2017-07-21

Pitch Perfect 3

6.513

Pitch Perfect 3
2017-12-20

0

Secret Service
1977-01-12

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

7.9

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018-03-06

6.394

Late Night
2019-01-25

5.743

Pet Sematary
2019-04-04

3.3

Traveling Man
1989-06-25

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge

0

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
2006-03-28

6.789

Bombshell
2019-12-13

The Amazing Bone

0

The Amazing Bone
1987-06-01

Hickory Dickory Doc

0

Hickory Dickory Doc
2017-01-30

Not in Front of the Children

6

Not in Front of the Children
1982-10-26

The Tomorrow Man

5.7

The Tomorrow Man
2019-05-22

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

10

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1993-01-01

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

0

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

5

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
1985-12-01

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

7.6

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019-06-24

5

Big Blonde
1980-12-01

0

The Boys
1991-04-15

5.89

New Year's Eve
2011-12-08

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert

5

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
1990-06-01

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

7.5

Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011-12-30

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

6

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
2009-05-31

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

0

Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980-10-20

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

8.7

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999-09-07

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

0

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
1993-12-08

American Cinema

0

American Cinema
1995-01-23

Myths and Hymns

0

Myths and Hymns
2021-01-13

The Country Girl

0

The Country Girl
1974-02-05

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

0

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021-05-07

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman

7

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
2018-11-13

Killers of the Flower Moon

7.415

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023-10-18

8.7

On Broadway
2019-10-12

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

0

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994-05-22

7.202

Conclave
2024-10-25

0

Show of Titles
2021-06-13

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

0

2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984-01-01

Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer

0

Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer
1995-01-25

Sequestered - Inside Conclave

0

Sequestered - Inside Conclave

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.486

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996-01-09

How I Met Your Mother

8.1

How I Met Your Mother
2005-09-19

The Tony Danza Show

6.1

The Tony Danza Show
2004-09-13

Twenty Good Years

8.5

Twenty Good Years
2006-10-11

5.8

Today
1952-01-14

Tales from the Crypt

8

Tales from the Crypt
1989-06-10

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

7.7

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

0

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005-09-21

6.25

The Early Show
1999-11-01

Finding Your Roots

6.8

Finding Your Roots
2012-03-24

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

7.5

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018-03-06

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

7.461

30 Rock
2006-10-11

The Colbert Report

6.897

The Colbert Report
2005-10-17

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.571

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.191

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

6.086

Cosby
1996-09-16

VH1 Goes Inside

10

VH1 Goes Inside
2003-06-20

8.389

The West
1996-09-15

American Cinema

8

American Cinema
1994-01-01

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

6.891

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013-10-10

8.214

Dexter
2006-10-01

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.679

E! Live from the Red Carpet
2002-01-13

7

NOVA
1974-03-03

6.387

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.243

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

Amazing Stories

7.474

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

7.7

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023-05-21

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.323

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Saturday Night Live

6.957

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Dexter: New Blood

7.962

Dexter: New Blood
2021-11-07

8.206

The Crown
2016-11-04

World War II: When Lions Roared

6.545

World War II: When Lions Roared
1994-04-19

7.176

Trial & Error
2017-03-14

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

7.9

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014-09-14

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

The Graham Norton Show

7.185

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

3.8

Sherri
2022-09-12

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.571

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.571

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

3.938

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.083

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

7.278

Perry Mason
2020-06-21

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.243

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

8.389

The West
1996-09-15

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

6.8

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018-04-29

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.515

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

Stars in the House

0

Stars in the House
2020-03-16

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.972

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

7.5

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018-06-22

7.875

Prohibition
2011-10-02

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.243

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

Great Performances

5.5

Great Performances
1971-01-28

7.227

The Old Man
2022-06-16

7.113

Conan
2010-11-08

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

8

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025-01-16

0

Harry Potter

6.973

The Oscars
1953-03-19

4.607

The One Show
2006-08-14

Dexter: Resurrection

8.942

Dexter: Resurrection
2025-07-13

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection

7

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003-05-23