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John Lithgow‌

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Birthday

calendar1945-10-19

Popularity

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John Lithgow

Rochester, New York, USA

John Lithgow

Rochester, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1945-10-19

Popularity

star26.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Shrek

Shrek‌
star7.7
calendar 2001

Footloose

Footloose‌
star6.7
calendar 1984

Sharper

Sharper‌
star7.0
calendar 2023

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers‌
star6.6
calendar 2004

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

2010

2010‌
star6.7
calendar 1984

Obsession

Obsession‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project‌
star6.2
calendar 1986

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment‌
star7.1
calendar 1983

Kinsey

Kinsey‌
star6.6
calendar 2004

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension‌
star6.0
calendar 1984

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Blow Out

Blow Out‌
star7.4
calendar 1981

The Day After

The Day After‌
star6.7
calendar 1983

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen‌
star7.1
calendar 1995

Give My Regards to Broadway

Give My Regards to Broadway‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

Leap Year

Leap Year‌
star6.9
calendar 2010

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons‌
star6.1
calendar 1987

A Civil Action

A Civil Action‌
star6.4
calendar 1998

Ricochet

Ricochet‌
star6.1
calendar 1991

Bark, George

Bark, George‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief‌
star6.6
calendar 1993

Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger‌
star6.5
calendar 1993

Santa Claus: The Movie

Santa Claus: The Movie‌
star6.3
calendar 1985

A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa‌
star5.2
calendar 1994

Inside 'Interstellar'

Inside 'Interstellar'‌
star6.9
calendar 2015

Raising Cain

Raising Cain‌
star6.1
calendar 1992

The Big Fix

The Big Fix‌
star5.7
calendar 1978

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man‌
star4.8
calendar 1993

Dogs and More Dogs

Dogs and More Dogs‌
star5.2
calendar 2004

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
star7.5
calendar 2021

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Officer Buckle and Gloria‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo‌
star5.4
calendar 1994

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie‌
star6.6
calendar 2000

All That Jazz

All That Jazz‌
star7.4
calendar 1979

Homegrown

Homegrown‌
star5.6
calendar 1998

Silent Fall

Silent Fall‌
star5.2
calendar 1994

They All Saw a Cat

They All Saw a Cat‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Casting By

Casting By‌
star7.1
calendar 2012

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

At Play in the Fields of the Lord‌
star6.3
calendar 1991

Resting Place

Resting Place‌
star6.2
calendar 1986

Mesmerized

Mesmerized‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

Love, Cheat & Steal

Love, Cheat & Steal‌
star4.7
calendar 1993

Hollow Point

Hollow Point‌
star5.1
calendar 1996

Rich Kids

Rich Kids‌
star5.0
calendar 1979

Projections of America

Projections of America‌
star5.0
calendar 2015

The Campaign

The Campaign‌
star5.8
calendar 2012

This Is 40

This Is 40‌
star5.9
calendar 2012

Out Cold

Out Cold‌
star5.9
calendar 1989

Chez Bob

Chez Bob‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Car of the Future

Car of the Future‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

The Bubble

The Bubble‌
star4.6
calendar 2022

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

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues‌
star4.0
calendar 1972

Redwood Curtain

Redwood Curtain‌
star6.0
calendar 1995

Interstellar

Interstellar‌
star8.4
calendar 2014

95 Worlds and Counting

95 Worlds and Counting‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Don Quixote

Don Quixote‌
star6.1
calendar 2000

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love‌
star9.0
calendar 2013

Conclave

Conclave‌
star7.3
calendar 2024

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder‌
star5.5
calendar 1988

Cabrini

Cabrini‌
star7.8
calendar 2024

Baby Girl Scott

Baby Girl Scott‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Love Is Strange

Love Is Strange‌
star6.4
calendar 2014

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate‌
star6.0
calendar 2013

Orange County

Orange County‌
star6.0
calendar 2002

Spellbound

Spellbound‌
star6.7
calendar 2024

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper‌
star1.0
calendar 1995

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes‌
star7.3
calendar 2011

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie‌
star6.5
calendar 1983

Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle‌
star6.7
calendar 1990

The Rule of Jenny Pen

The Rule of Jenny Pen‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Ivory Hunters

Ivory Hunters‌
star4.2
calendar 1990

The Homesman

The Homesman‌
star6.5
calendar 2014

Sangre

Sangre‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic‌
star7.5
calendar 2023

Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III‌
star4.0
calendar 1990

Johnny Skidmarks

Johnny Skidmarks‌
star5.8
calendar 1998

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

The Accountant

The Accountant‌
star7.1
calendar 2016

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest‌
star5.7
calendar 2014

Lord John

Lord John‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

9 Kisses

9 Kisses‌
star6.2
calendar 2014

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls‌
star6.7
calendar 2006

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation‌
star10.0
calendar 2017

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies‌
star7.2
calendar 2015

Shrek Stories

Shrek Stories‌
star8.0
calendar 2013

Timms Valley

Timms Valley‌
star6.2
calendar 2013

The Oldest Living Graduate

The Oldest Living Graduate‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

The Glitter Dome

The Glitter Dome‌
star4.5
calendar 1984

Jimpa

Jimpa‌
star0.0
calendar

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane‌
star7.4
calendar 2016

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Amazing Stories: The Movie II‌
star0.0
calendar

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC‌
star7.5
calendar 2016

Beatriz at Dinner

Beatriz at Dinner‌
star5.8
calendar 2017

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

Daddy's Home 2

Daddy's Home 2‌
star6.3
calendar 2017

Einstein's Big Idea

Einstein's Big Idea‌
star7.2
calendar 2005

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified‌
star8.4
calendar 2002

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway‌
star7.0
calendar 2007

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party‌
star6.4
calendar 2001

The Pulitzer At 100

The Pulitzer At 100‌
star6.0
calendar 2017

Pitch Perfect 3

Pitch Perfect 3‌
star6.5
calendar 2017

Secret Service

Secret Service‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like‌
star7.9
calendar 2018

Late Night

Late Night‌
star6.4
calendar 2019

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary‌
star5.7
calendar 2019

Traveling Man

Traveling Man‌
star3.3
calendar 1989

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Bombshell

Bombshell‌
star6.8
calendar 2019

The Amazing Bone

The Amazing Bone‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Hickory Dickory Doc

Hickory Dickory Doc‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Not in Front of the Children

Not in Front of the Children‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

The Tomorrow Man

The Tomorrow Man‌
star5.7
calendar 2019

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble‌
star10.0
calendar 1993

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts‌
star7.6
calendar 2019

Big Blonde

Big Blonde‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

The Boys

The Boys‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve‌
star5.9
calendar 2011

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert‌
star5.0
calendar 1990

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

Shrek: Once Upon a Time‌
star7.5
calendar 2011

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

Mom, the Wolfman and Me‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection‌
star8.7
calendar 1999

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

American Cinema

American Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Myths and Hymns

Myths and Hymns‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

The Country Girl

The Country Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman‌
star7.0
calendar 2018

Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon‌
star7.5
calendar 2023

On Broadway

On Broadway‌
star8.7
calendar 2019

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Tv Credits

3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun‌
star7.5
calendar 1996

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother‌
star8.2
calendar 2005

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show‌
star6.1
calendar 2004

Twenty Good Years

Twenty Good Years‌
star8.5
calendar 2006

Today

Today‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

Frasier

Frasier‌
star7.7
calendar 1993

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

The Early Show

The Early Show‌
star5.7
calendar 1999

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots‌
star6.2
calendar 2012

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer‌
star7.5
calendar 2018

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre‌
star8.4
calendar 1982

30 Rock

30 Rock‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report‌
star6.8
calendar 2005

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

Cosby

Cosby‌
star5.9
calendar 1996

VH1 Goes Inside

VH1 Goes Inside‌
star10.0
calendar 2003

The West

The West‌
star8.4
calendar 1996

American Cinema

American Cinema‌
star8.0
calendar 1994

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland‌
star6.9
calendar 2013

Dexter

Dexter‌
star8.2
calendar 2006

E! Live from the Red Carpet

E! Live from the Red Carpet‌
star3.2
calendar 2002

NOVA

NOVA‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

The Daily Show

The Daily Show‌
star6.4
calendar 1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories‌
star7.5
calendar 1985

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled‌
star8.0
calendar 2023

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Dexter: New Blood

Dexter: New Blood‌
star8.0
calendar 2021

The Crown

The Crown‌
star8.2
calendar 2016

World War II: When Lions Roared

World War II: When Lions Roared‌
star6.8
calendar 1994

Trial & Error

Trial & Error‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‌
star5.8
calendar 2014

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History‌
star8.3
calendar 2014

The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

Sherri

Sherri‌
star4.2
calendar 2022

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors‌
star4.4
calendar 2014

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show‌
star3.2
calendar 1996

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen‌
star4.9
calendar 2009

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.3
calendar 2020

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

The West

The West‌
star8.4
calendar 1996

Ultra City Smiths

Ultra City Smiths‌
star6.4
calendar 2021

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction‌
star6.8
calendar 2018

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show‌
star6.2
calendar 2019

Stars in the House

Stars in the House‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‌
star5.8
calendar 2014

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter‌
star5.7
calendar 2015

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover‌
star7.5
calendar 2018

Prohibition

Prohibition‌
star7.8
calendar 2011

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
star5.2
calendar 1971

The Old Man

The Old Man‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

Conan

Conan‌
star7.0
calendar 2010

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944