John Lithgow
Acting
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 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).
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John Lithgow
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Filmography of
John Lithgow
Jimpa
... 2025
Dave Crealy
... 2025
Bolinar (voice)
... 2024
Tremblay
... 2024
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Mayor Gould
... 2024
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Prosecutor Peter Leaward
... 2023
Richard Hobbes
... 2023
... 2022
Tom the Studio Chairman
... 2022
... 2021
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
... 2021
Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
... 2021
... 2021
... 2020
Roger Ailes
... 2019
Self
... 2019
President Donald J. Trump
... 2019
Ed Hemsler
... 2019
Jud Crandall
... 2019
Walter Lovell
... 2019
Jud Crandall
... 2018
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Fergus
... 2017
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Don
... 2017
Self
... 2017
Doug Strutt
... 2017
Himself
... 2017
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Senator Ronald Sperling
... 2016
Lamar Blackburn
... 2016
Self - Performer
... 2016
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Voice of Gore Vidal
... 2015
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Self - Narrator (voice)
... 2015
Donald
... 2014
Maurice (voice)
... 2014
Ben
... 2014
Reverend Alfred Dowd
... 2014
Ol' Gregory Timms
... 2013
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Lord Farquaad (voice)
... 2013
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Oliver
... 2012
Self
... 2012
Glen Motch
... 2012
... 2011
Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
... 2011
Charles Rodman
... 2011
Jack Brady
... 2010
Narrator
... 2009
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Edgar West
... 2009
Narrator
... 2008
... 2007
Jerry Harris
... 2006
René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
... 2006
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Cafe chef and owner
... 2006
Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
... 2005
Blake Edwards
... 2004
Alfred Seguine Kinsey
... 2004
Narrator
... 2004
Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
... 2003
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Bud Brumder
... 2002
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Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
... 2001
Lord Farquaad (voice)
... 2001
Jean-Claude (voice)
... 2000
Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
... 2000
Narrator
... 2000
Dr. Oscar Charles
... 1999
Judge Walter J. Skinner
... 1998
Malcolm / Robert Stockman
... 1998
Sergeant Larry Skovik
... 1998
Narrator (voice)
... 1997
Thomas Livingston
... 1996
Narrator
... 1996
Senator Conyers
... 1995
Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
... 1995
Dr. Oscar Charles
... 1995
Narrator
... 1995
Laird Riordan
... 1995
Dr. Rene Harlinger
... 1994
Professor Wilkinson
... 1994
Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
... 1994
... 1994
Alexander (voice)
... 1993
Paul Harrington
... 1993
Smith Keen
... 1993
Phillip Mills
... 1993
Eric Qualen
... 1993
Narrator
... 1993
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
... 1992
Leslie Huben
... 1991
Earl Talbott Blake
... 1991
Artie Margulies
... 1991
John Walters (archive footage)
... 1990
Bruce Derringer
... 1990
Robert Carter
... 1990
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Ben Cluett
... 1989
Dave
... 1989
Mark Lambert
... 1988
George Henderson
... 1987
Narrator
... 1987
Neil Scott
... 1987
John Mathewson
... 1986
Maj. Kendall Laird
... 1986
... 1985
Oliver Thompson
... 1985
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Dr. Walter Curnow
... 1984
Sgt. Marty Wellborn
... 1984
Lord John Whorfin
... 1984
Rev. Shaw Moore
... 1984
Goldilocks' Father
... 1984
Himself
... 1984
Sam Burns
... 1983
Joe Huxley
... 1983
Valentine
... 1983
Richard Carruthers
... 1982
Roberta Muldoon
... 1982
Mr. Brunner
... 1982
Burke
... 1981
Herbie Morse
... 1980
Wally
... 1980
Clarence
... 1980
Lucas Sergeant
... 1979
Paul Philips
... 1979
Sam Sebastian
... 1978
Capt. Thorne
... 1977
Robert Lasalle
... 1976
Paul Unger
... 1974
