John Lithgow

John Lithgow

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Rochester, New York, USA
    Birthday
    10/19/1945
Shrek
Shrek
7.8
Footloose
Footloose
6.7
Sharper
Sharper
6.9
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
6.6
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
6.5
2010
2010
6.6
Obsession
Obsession
6.6
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project
6.3
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment
7.1
Kinsey
Kinsey
6.6
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
6
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
6.7
Blow Out
Blow Out
7.4
The Day After
The Day After
6.7
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen
7.1
Give My Regards to Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway
0
Leap Year
Leap Year
6.9
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
6
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons
6.1
A Civil Action
A Civil Action
6.5
Ricochet
Ricochet
6.1
Bark, George
Bark, George
0
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
6.6
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
6.5
Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie
6.3
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
5.2
Inside 'Interstellar'
Inside 'Interstellar'
6.9
Raising Cain
Raising Cain
6.1
The Big Fix
The Big Fix
5.6
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man
4.8
Dogs and More Dogs
5.2
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
7.5
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Officer Buckle and Gloria
0
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo
5.4
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
6.6
All That Jazz
All That Jazz
7.5
Homegrown
Homegrown
5.6
Silent Fall
Silent Fall
5.2
They All Saw a Cat
They All Saw a Cat
0
Casting By
Casting By
7.1
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
6.4
Resting Place
Resting Place
6.2
Mesmerized
Mesmerized
5
Love, Cheat & Steal
Love, Cheat & Steal
4.7
Hollow Point
Hollow Point
5.2
Rich Kids
Rich Kids
5
Projections of America
Projections of America
5
The Campaign
The Campaign
5.8
This Is 40
This Is 40
5.9
Out Cold
Out Cold
5.9
Chez Bob
Chez Bob
0
Car of the Future
Car of the Future
6
The Bubble
The Bubble
4.6
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
4
Redwood Curtain
Redwood Curtain
6
Interstellar
Interstellar
8.5
95 Worlds and Counting
95 Worlds and Counting
0
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
6.1
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
9
Distant Thunder
Distant Thunder
5.6
Cabrini
Cabrini
7.8
Baby Girl Scott
6
Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
6.4
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
0
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
6
Orange County
Orange County
6
Spellbound
Spellbound
6.7
My Brother's Keeper
1
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7.3
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
6.5
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle
6.7
The Rule of Jenny Pen
The Rule of Jenny Pen
7.2
Ivory Hunters
Ivory Hunters
4.2
The Homesman
The Homesman
6.5
Sangre
0
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
7.5
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
4
Johnny Skidmarks
Johnny Skidmarks
5.8
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
0
The Accountant
The Accountant
7.1
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
0
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
5.7
Lord John
0
9 Kisses
9 Kisses
6.2
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
6.7
Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway: The Next Generation
10
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies
7.2
Shrek Stories
Shrek Stories
8.1
Timms Valley
6.2
The Oldest Living Graduate
The Oldest Living Graduate
0
The Glitter Dome
The Glitter Dome
4.5
Jimpa
Jimpa
0
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
6
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
0
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
7.4
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
7.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz at Dinner
5.8
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
5
Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2
6.3
Einstein's Big Idea
Einstein's Big Idea
7.2
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
8.4
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
7.2
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
6.4
The Pulitzer At 100
The Pulitzer At 100
6
Pitch Perfect 3
Pitch Perfect 3
6.5
Secret Service
Secret Service
0
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
7.9
Late Night
Late Night
6.4
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
5.7
Traveling Man
Traveling Man
3.3
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
0
Bombshell
Bombshell
6.8
The Amazing Bone
The Amazing Bone
0
Hickory Dickory Doc
Hickory Dickory Doc
0
Not in Front of the Children
6
The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man
5.7
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
10
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
0
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
5
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
7.6
Big Blonde
Big Blonde
5
The Boys
The Boys
0
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
5.9
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
5
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
7.5
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
6
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
0
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
8.7
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
0
American Cinema
American Cinema
0
Myths and Hymns
Myths and Hymns
0
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
0
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
0
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
7
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
7.4
On Broadway
On Broadway
8.7
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
0
Conclave
Conclave
7.2
Show of Titles
Show of Titles
0
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
0
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