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John Lithgow
Actor, Writer
Born October 19, 1945 (76 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2022 | The Bubble · as Tom the Studio Chairman |
| 2022 | The Old Man (TV Series) · as Harold Harper |
| 2021 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' · as Philip Drummond |
| 2021 | Emily @ the Edge of Chaos · as Sir Isaac Newton (voice) |
| 2021 | Dexter: New Blood (TV Series) · as Arthur Mitchell |
| 2021 | Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2020 | Perry Mason (2020) (TV Series) · as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan |
| 2019 | Pet Sematary · as Jud Crandall |
| 2019 | Late Night · as Walter Newbury |
| 2019 | Bombshell · as Roger Ailes |
| 2019 | The Tomorrow Man · as Ed Hemsler |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 · as Fergus |
| 2017 | Daddy's Home 2 · as Don Whitaker |
| 2017 | Trial & Error (TV Series) · as Larry Henderson |
| 2017 | Beatriz at Dinner · as Doug Strutt |
| 2016 | The Accountant · as Lamar Black |
| 2016 | Miss Sloane · as Senator Ronald Sperling |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 · as Narrator |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Winston Churchill |
| 2014 | Interstellar · as Donald |
| 2014 | The Homesman · as Reverend Alfred Dowd |
| 2014 | The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest · as Maurice (voice) |
| 2014 | Projections of America · as Narrator |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (TV Series) · as James Roosevelt (voice) |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as The Stinkbug |
| 2014 | Love Is Strange · as Ben |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: The Magistrate · as Posket |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as George Washington |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV Series) · as The White Rabbit (voice) |
| 2012 | The Campaign · as Glen Motch |
| 2012 | This Is 40 · as Oliver |
| 2012 | Shrek's Thrilling Tales · as Lord Farquad |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes · as Charles Rodman |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve · as Jonathan Cox (uncredited) |
| 2011 | The Jungle Bunch: The Movie · as Maurice |
| 2011 | Prohibition (TV Series) · as Voice (voice) |
| 2010 | Leap Year · as Jack Brady |
| 2010 | Louie (TV Series) · as Funny Man |
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic · as Edgar West |
| 2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV Series) · as Reader |
| 2008 | Car of the Future · as Narrator |
| 2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as Jerry Harris |
| 2006 | The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Dexter (TV Series) · as Arthur Mitchell |
| 2006 | 30 Rock (TV Series) · as John Lithgow |
| 2006 | Twenty Good Years (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Einstein's Big Idea · as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Jerry Whittaker |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers · as Blake Edwards |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Kinsey · as Alfred Seguine Kinsey |
| 2004 | The Making of the Life and Death of Peter Sellers · as Blake Edwards |
| 2003 | Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad · as Ghost of Farquaad (voice) |
| 2003 | Bark, George · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series) · as Benjamin Rush |
| 2002 | Orange County · as Bud Brumder |
| 2001 | Shrek · as Lord Farquaad (voice) |
| 2000 | Rugrats in Paris · as Jean-Claude (voice) |
| 2000 | 95 Worlds and Counting · as Narrator |
| 2000 | Don Quixote · as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Baudelaire |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1998 | A Civil Action · as Judge Walter J. Skinner |
| 1998 | Homegrown · as Malcolm / Robert Stockman |
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks · as Sergeant Larry Skovik |
| 1997 | Officer Buckle and Gloria · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Hollow Point · as Thomas Livingston |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series) · as Dick Solomon |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Redwood Curtain · as Laird Riordan |
| 1995 | My Brother's Keeper · as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley |
| 1995 | American Cinema (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen · as Senator Conyers |
| 1995 | American Cinema · as Narrator |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo · as Professor Wilkinson |
| 1994 | Silent Fall · as Dr. Rene Harlinger |
| 1994 | A Good Man in Africa · as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner |
| 1994 | World War II: When Lions Roared (TV Series) · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief · as Smith Keen |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger · as Eric Qualen |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man · as Phillip Mills |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal · as Paul Harrington |
| 1993 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Madman Martinez (voice) |
| 1993 | The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale · as Alexander (voice) |
| 1992 | Raising Cain · as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo |
| 1991 | L.A. Story · as Harry Zell |
| 1991 | Ricochet · as Earl Talbott Blake |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord · as Leslie Huben |
| 1990 | Memphis Belle · as Bruce Derringer |
| 1989 | Out Cold · as Dave |
| 1989 | Traveling Man · as Ben Cluett |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Gus |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Distant Thunder · as Mark Lambert |
| 1987 | Baby Girl Scott · as Neil Scott |
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons · as George Henderson |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project · as John Mathewson |
| 1986 | Resting Place · as Maj. Kendall Laird |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie · as B.Z. |
| 1985 | Mesmerized · as Oliver Thompson |
| 1985 | The Amazing Bone · as Narrator |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (TV Series) · as John Walters |
| 1984 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact · as Dr. Walter Curnow |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension · as Lord John Whorfin |
| 1984 | The Glitter Dome · as Sgt. Marty Wellborn |
| 1984 | Footloose · as Reverend Shaw Moore |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie · as John Valentine (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet") |
| 1983 | The Day After · as Joe Huxley |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment · as Sam Burns |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp · as Roberta Muldoon |
| 1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can · as Mr. Brunner |
| 1982 | Not in Front of the Children · as Richard Carruthers |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Goldilocks' Father |
| 1981 | Blow Out · as Burke |
| 1980 | The Oldest Living Graduate · as Clarence |
| 1979 | All That Jazz · as Lucas Sergeant |
| 1979 | Rich Kids · as Paul Philips |
| 1978 | The Big Fix · as Sam Sebastian |
| 1976 | Obsession · as Robert Lasalle |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Capt. Thorne |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Laird Riordan |