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John Lithgow
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Acting
Birthday
1945-10-19,Rochester, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lithgow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.752

Shrek
2001-05-18

6.676

Footloose
1984-02-17

6.901

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

6.486

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009-02-05

6.647

2010
1984-12-06

6.6

Obsession
1976-08-01

The Manhattan Project

6.201

The Manhattan Project
1986-06-13

Terms of Endearment

7.115

Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20

6.625

Kinsey
2004-09-04

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

5.992

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

The World According to Garp

6.7

The World According to Garp
1982-08-13

7.371

Blow Out
1981-07-24

6.738

The Day After
1983-11-20

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.056

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

Give My Regards to Broadway

0

Give My Regards to Broadway
2020-07-16

6.895

Leap Year
2010-01-08

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

5.985

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
2003-05-23

Harry and the Hendersons

6.1

Harry and the Hendersons
1987-06-05

6.461

A Civil Action
1998-12-25

6.09

Ricochet
1991-10-04

0

Bark, George
2003-01-01

The Pelican Brief

6.589

The Pelican Brief
1993-09-17

6.512

Cliffhanger
1993-05-28

Santa Claus: The Movie

6.3

Santa Claus: The Movie
1985-10-29

A Good Man in Africa

5.053

A Good Man in Africa
1994-07-14

Inside 'Interstellar'

6.9

Inside 'Interstellar'
2015-03-31

6.075

Raising Cain
1992-08-07

5.694

The Big Fix
1978-10-06

4.8

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

6.635

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000-11-17

7.491

All That Jazz
1979-12-16

5.6

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

7.1

Casting By
2012-11-01

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

6.4

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

6.118

Resting Place
1986-04-27

4.789

Mesmerized
1985-11-18

Love, Cheat & Steal

4.438

Love, Cheat & Steal
1993-12-05

5.129

Hollow Point
1996-10-21

5

Rich Kids
1979-08-17

Projections of America

5

Projections of America
2015-02-10

5.829

The Campaign
2012-08-09

5.886

This Is 40
2012-12-20

5.9

Out Cold
1989-03-03

0

Chez Bob
2022-12-15

Car of the Future

6

Car of the Future
2008-04-22

4.603

The Bubble
2022-03-25

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

4

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

Redwood Curtain

5.8

Redwood Curtain
1995-01-01

8.455

Interstellar
2014-11-05

95 Worlds and Counting

0

95 Worlds and Counting
2000-01-01

6.219

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

7.814

Cabrini
2024-03-07

Baby Girl Scott

6

Baby Girl Scott
1987-01-01

Love Is Strange

6.4

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

6.027

Orange County
2002-01-11

6.696

Spellbound
2024-11-22

My Brother's Keeper

1

My Brother's Keeper
1995-03-19

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

7.334

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

Twilight Zone: The Movie

6.452

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983-06-24

6.732

Memphis Belle
1990-09-07

The Rule of Jenny Pen

6.3

The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025-03-07

4.2

Ivory Hunters
1990-08-20

6.542

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

7.1

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

6.2

9 Kisses
2014-12-11

6.727

Dreamgirls
2006-12-25

Broadway: The Next Generation

10

Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16

Best of Enemies

7.17

Best of Enemies
2015-07-31

8.1

Shrek Stories
2013-10-01

6.2

Timms Valley
2013-12-31

The Oldest Living Graduate

0

The Oldest Living Graduate
1980-04-07

The Glitter Dome

4.5

The Glitter Dome
1984-11-18

0

Jimpa
2025-01-23

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

7.425

Miss Sloane
2016-11-25

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

0

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

7.5

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016-04-23

Beatriz at Dinner

5.761

Beatriz at Dinner
2017-06-09

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

5

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1984-01-09

6.304

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

7.231

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007-04-19

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

6.408

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

6.521

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

6.396

Late Night
2019-01-25

5.737

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

6.791

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

5.697

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

5.887

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

7.429

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

7.186

Conclave
2024-10-25

0

Show of Titles
2021-06-13

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

0

2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984-01-01

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.478

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996-01-09

How I Met Your Mother

8.146

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

5.643

Today
1952-01-14

Tales from the Crypt

7.954

Tales from the Crypt
1989-06-10

4.465

The View
1997-08-11

7.674

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

0

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005-09-21

5.7

The Early Show
1999-11-01

Finding Your Roots

6.2

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

7.4

30 Rock
2006-10-11

The Colbert Report

6.846

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

7.158

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

5.9

Cosby
1996-09-16

VH1 Goes Inside

10

VH1 Goes Inside
2003-06-20

8.4

The West
1996-09-15

American Cinema

8

American Cinema
1994-01-01

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

7

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013-10-10

8.2

Dexter
2006-10-01

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.2

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

7

NOVA
1974-03-03

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.344

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

5.1

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

4.465

The View
1997-08-11

Amazing Stories

7.443

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

5.317

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

5.1

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Saturday Night Live

6.944

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

5.1

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Dexter: New Blood

8

Dexter: New Blood
2021-11-07

8.207

The Crown
2016-11-04

World War II: When Lions Roared

6.545

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

7.3

Trial & Error
2017-03-14

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.837

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

7.9

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014-09-14

8.017

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

The Graham Norton Show

7.175

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

4.2

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

3.5

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.092

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

7.3

Perry Mason
2020-06-21

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.344

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

8.4

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

6.4

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

Stars in the House

0

Stars in the House
2020-03-16

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.837

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

7.5

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018-06-22

7.9

Prohibition
2011-10-02

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.344

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

8.017

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

Great Performances

5.316

Great Performances
1971-01-28

7.236

The Old Man
2022-06-16

7.056

Conan
2010-11-08

5.1

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

5.1

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.4

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

8

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025-01-16

0

Harry Potter

7.014

The Oscars
1953-03-19

4.538

The One Show
2006-08-14