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John Lithgow

John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lithgow studied at Harvard University winning a Fulbright scholarship and getting a chance to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. From there he focused his training on the New York stage beginning a distinguished career on Broadway. In 1973, Lithgow received his first Tony Award for his performance in The Changing Room. In 1976 Lithgow acted alongside Meryl Streep in three plays 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, A Memory of Two Mondays and Secret Service. In the 1980s he continued to receive Tony Awards nominations for his performances in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985) and M. Butterfly (1988). In 2002, Lithgow received his second Tony Award, this time for a musical, The Sweet Smell of Success and another nomination for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). In 2007, he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett's production of Twelfth Night. He has also appeared on Broadway in the acclaimed plays The Columnist (2012) and A Delicate Balance (2014). He portrayed Bill Clinton in Hillary and Clinton (2019) alongside Laurie Metcalf as Hillary Clinton. Lithgow is also known for his television roles such as Dick Solomon in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001) winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. He also played Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama. In 2004, Lithgow played Blake Edwards in the HBO television movie, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. He has also appeared on 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Louie and Drunk History. Lithgow won great acclaim for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Peter Morgan's historical drama The Crown (2016–2019) on Netflix. For acting in The Crown he won a Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2020, he had a recurring role on the HBO period series Perry Mason. He is also well known for his film roles. His early screen roles included Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979) and Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981). He received his first Academy Award nomination for his breakout performance in The World According to Garp (1982) and received a second Academy Award nomination for Terms of Endearment (1983). He then starred in the films Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Pelican Brief and Cliffhanger (1993), A Civil Action (1998), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Love Is Strange (2014), Miss Sloane (2016) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). In 2019 he appeared in Mindy Kaling's comedy Late Night and portrayed Roger Ailes in Bombshell.

Personal information

Birthday

1945-10-19

Birth Place

Rochester, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

2010

2010

1984

6.7

Movie
poster

30 Rock

2006

7.4

TV
poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996

7.5

TV
9 Kisses

9 Kisses

2014

6.2

Movie
95 Worlds and Counting

95 Worlds and Counting

2000

0.0

Movie
A Civil Action

A Civil Action

1998

6.5

Movie
A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa

1994

5.2

Movie
All That Jazz

All That Jazz

1979

7.5

Movie
poster

Amazing Stories

1985

7.5

TV
Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

0.0

Movie
American Cinema

American Cinema

1995

0.0

Movie
poster

American Cinema

1994

8.0

TV
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

2024

0.0

Movie
At Play in the Fields of the Lord

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

1991

6.3

Movie
Baby Girl Scott

Baby Girl Scott

1987

6.0

Movie
Bark, George

Bark, George

2003

0.0

Movie
Beatriz at Dinner

Beatriz at Dinner

2017

5.8

Movie
Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

2015

7.2

Movie
Big Blonde

Big Blonde

1980

5.0

Movie
Blow Out

Blow Out

1981

7.4

Movie
Bombshell

Bombshell

2019

6.8

Movie
Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

10.0

Movie
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

2002

8.4

Movie
Cabrini

Cabrini

2024

7.8

Movie
Car of the Future

Car of the Future

2008

6.0

Movie
Casting By

Casting By

2012

7.1

Movie
Chez Bob

Chez Bob

2022

0.0

Movie
Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

1993

6.5

Movie
poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

5.7

TV
poster

Conan

2010

7.0

TV
Conclave

Conclave

2024

7.1

Movie
Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

6.5

Movie
poster

Cosby

1996

5.9

TV
Daddy's Home 2

Daddy's Home 2

2017

6.3

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

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

1972

4.0

Movie
poster

Dexter

2006

8.2

TV
poster

Dexter: New Blood

2021

8.0

TV
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

2023

7.5

Movie
Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder

1988

5.6

Movie
Dogs and More Dogs

Dogs and More Dogs

2004

5.2

Movie
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

2000

6.1

Movie
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

2006

6.7

Movie
poster

E! Live from the Red Carpet

2002

3.2

TV
Einstein's Big Idea

Einstein's Big Idea

2005

7.2

Movie
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

2021

0.0

Movie
poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982

8.2

TV
poster

Finding Your Roots

2012

6.2

TV
poster

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

2018

7.5

TV
Footloose

Footloose

1984

6.7

Movie
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
Give My Regards to Broadway

Give My Regards to Broadway

2020

0.0

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1984

5.0

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

6.1

Movie
Hickory Dickory Doc

Hickory Dickory Doc

2017

0.0

Movie
Hollow Point

Hollow Point

1996

5.2

Movie
Homegrown

Homegrown

1998

5.6

Movie
poster

How I Met Your Mother

2005

8.2

TV
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982

6.0

Movie
Inside 'Interstellar'

Inside 'Interstellar'

2015

6.9

Movie
Interstellar

Interstellar

2014

8.4

Movie
Ivory Hunters

Ivory Hunters

1990

4.2

Movie
poster

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

6.8

TV
Jimpa

Jimpa

2025

0.0

Movie
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert

1990

5.0

Movie
Johnny Skidmarks

Johnny Skidmarks

1998

5.8

Movie
Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

7.4

Movie
Kinsey

Kinsey

2004

6.6

Movie
Late Night

Late Night

2019

6.4

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
Leap Year

Leap Year

2010

6.9

Movie
poster

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

2023

8.0

TV
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

2021

7.5

Movie
Lord John

Lord John

2015

0.0

Movie
Love Is Strange

Love Is Strange

2014

6.4

Movie
Love, Cheat & Steal

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993

4.7

Movie
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

2013

9.0

Movie
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994

0.0

Movie
Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle

1990

6.7

Movie
Mesmerized

Mesmerized

1985

5.0

Movie
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn

2009

0.0

Movie
Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane

2016

7.4

Movie
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018

7.9

Movie
Mom, the Wolfman and Me

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

1980

0.0

Movie
My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper

1995

1.0

Movie
Myths and Hymns

Myths and Hymns

2021

0.0

Movie
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

2013

6.0

Movie
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

2011

5.9

Movie
Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

4.0

Movie
Not in Front of the Children

Not in Front of the Children

1982

6.0

Movie
poster

NOVA

1974

6.9

TV
Obsession

Obsession

1976

6.6

Movie
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

2016

0.0

Movie
Officer Buckle and Gloria

Officer Buckle and Gloria

1997

0.0

Movie
On Broadway

On Broadway

2019

8.7

Movie
poster

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

2013

6.9

TV
Orange County

Orange County

2002

6.0

Movie
Out Cold

Out Cold

1989

5.9

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

2020

7.3

TV
Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

2019

5.7

Movie
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman

2018

7.0

Movie
Pitch Perfect 3

Pitch Perfect 3

2017

6.5

Movie
Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo

1994

5.4

Movie
poster

Prohibition

2011

7.9

TV
Projections of America

Projections of America

2015

5.0

Movie
Raising Cain

Raising Cain

1992

6.1

Movie
Redwood Curtain

Redwood Curtain

1995

6.0

Movie
Resting Place

Resting Place

1986

6.2

Movie
Rich Kids

Rich Kids

1979

5.0

Movie
Ricochet

Ricochet

1991

6.1

Movie
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011

7.3

Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

2000

6.6

Movie
Sangre

Sangre

2006

0.0

Movie
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

1985

5.0

Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985

6.3

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Secret Service

Secret Service

1977

0.0

Movie
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

2016

7.5

Movie
Sharper

Sharper

2023

7.0

Movie
poster

Sherri

2022

4.2

TV
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007

7.0

Movie
Shrek

Shrek

2001

7.7

Movie
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

2001

6.4

Movie
Shrek Stories

Shrek Stories

2013

8.0

Movie
Shrek: Once Upon a Time

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

2011

7.5

Movie
Silent Fall

Silent Fall

1994

5.2

Movie
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

1996

0.0

Movie
Spellbound

Spellbound

2024

6.9

Movie
poster

Stars in the House

2020

0.0

TV
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

1993

10.0

Movie
poster

Tales from the Crypt

1989

8.0

TV
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

1999

8.7

Movie
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983

7.1

Movie
The Accountant

The Accountant

2016

7.1

Movie
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984

6.0

Movie
The Amazing Bone

The Amazing Bone

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

2005

0.0

TV
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

0.0

Movie
The Big Fix

The Big Fix

1978

5.6

Movie
The Boys

The Boys

1991

0.0

Movie
The Bubble

The Bubble

2022

4.6

Movie
The Campaign

The Campaign

2012

5.8

Movie
poster

The Colbert Report

2005

6.8

TV
The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1974

0.0

Movie
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

1993

0.0

Movie
poster

The Crown

2016

8.2

TV
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Day After

The Day After

1983

6.7

Movie
poster

The Early Show

1999

5.7

TV
The Fall of 2008

The Fall of 2008

0.0

Movie
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

2004

6.0

Movie
The Glitter Dome

The Glitter Dome

1984

4.5

Movie
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018

7.5

TV
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge

2006

0.0

Movie
The Homesman

The Homesman

2014

6.5

Movie
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

2019

7.6

Movie
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest

2014

5.7

Movie
poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

6.2

TV
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

6.6

Movie
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

2009

6.0

Movie
The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

1986

6.2

Movie
poster

The Old Man

2022

7.2

TV
The Oldest Living Graduate

The Oldest Living Graduate

1980

0.0

Movie
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993

6.6

Movie
The Pulitzer At 100

The Pulitzer At 100

2017

6.0

Movie
poster

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014

8.3

TV
poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

3.5

TV
The Rule of Jenny Pen

The Rule of Jenny Pen

2025

0.0

Movie
poster

The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
The Tomorrow Man

The Tomorrow Man

2019

5.8

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The Tony Danza Show

2004

6.1

TV
The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

7.0

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
poster

The West

1996

8.4

TV
The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982

6.7

Movie
The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1993

4.8

Movie
They All Saw a Cat

They All Saw a Cat

2017

0.0

Movie
This Is 40

This Is 40

2012

5.9

Movie
Timms Valley

Timms Valley

2013

6.2

Movie
poster

Today

1952

5.5

TV
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Traveling Man

Traveling Man

1989

3.3

Movie
poster

Trial & Error

2017

7.3

TV
poster

Twenty Good Years

2006

8.5

TV
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

6.5

Movie
poster

Ultra City Smiths

2021

6.4

TV
poster

Untitled Trinity Killer Prequel Show

0.0

TV
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
poster

VH1 Goes Inside

2003

10.0

TV
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
poster

World War II: When Lions Roared

1994

6.8

TV