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John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Actor · Born 1945-10-19 · Rochester, New York, USA

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Biography

John Arthur Lithgow (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 C…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Interstellar (2014) — Donald
  2. Shrek (2001) — Lord Farquaad (voice)
  3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) — Charles Rodman
  4. The Simpsons (1989) — Gus (voice)
  5. The Accountant (2016) — Lamar Blackburn
  6. How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Jerry Whittaker
  7. Dexter (2006) — Arthur Mitchell
  8. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — Prosecutor Peter Leaward
  9. Conclave (2024) — Tremblay
  10. Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) — Fergus
  11. Pet Sematary (2019) — Jud Crandall
  12. Bombshell (2019) — Roger Ailes
  13. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) — Edgar West
  14. Daddy's Home 2 (2017) — Don
  15. Cliffhanger (1993) — Qualen
  16. The Crown (2016) — Winston Churchill
  17. This Is 40 (2012) — Oliver
  18. New Year's Eve (2011) — Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
  19. Footloose (1984) — Rev. Shaw Moore
  20. Leap Year (2010) — Jack Brady
  21. Miss Sloane (2016) — Senator Ronald Sperling
  22. The Campaign (2012) — Glen Motch
  23. The Pelican Brief (1993) — Smith Keen
  24. Blow Out (1981) — Burke
  25. Dexter: New Blood (2021) — Arthur Mitchell
  26. Dreamgirls (2006) — Jerry Harris
  27. 2010 (1984) — Dr. Walter Curnow
  28. Tales from the Crypt (1989) — Dr. Oscar Charles
  29. Frasier (1993) — Madman Martinez (voice)
  30. The Homesman (2014) — Reverend Alfred Dowd
  31. Late Night (2019) — Walter Lovell
  32. Terms of Endearment (1983) — Sam Burns
  33. 30 Rock (2006) — John Lithgow
  34. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) — Valentine
  35. Harry and the Hendersons (1987) — George Henderson
  36. Sharper (2023) — Richard Hobbes
  37. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  38. All That Jazz (1979) — Lucas Sergeant
  39. Dexter: Resurrection (2025) — Arthur Mitchell
  40. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) — Dick Solomon