John Lithgow

Born: 19th of October 1945 (80 years old)

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 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).

John Lithgow's Filmography

Jimpa

Jimpa

  •   Movie
  • 2025
Jimpa
Dexter: Resurrection

Dexter: Resurrection

  •   TV Show
  • 2025
Arthur Mitchell
The Rule of Jenny Pen

The Rule of Jenny Pen

  •   Movie
  • 2025
Dave Crealy
Spellbound

Spellbound

  •   Movie
  • 2024
Bolinar (voice)
Conclave

Conclave

  •   Movie
  • 2024
Tremblay
Cabrini

Cabrini

  •   Movie
  • 2024
Mayor Gould
Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

  •   Movie
  • 2023
Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Sharper

Sharper

  •   Movie
  • 2023
Richard Hobbes
The Old Man

The Old Man

  •   TV Show
  • 2022
Harold Harper
The Bubble

The Bubble

  •   Movie
  • 2022
Tom the Studio Chairman
Dexter: New Blood

Dexter: New Blood

  •   TV Show
  • 2021
Arthur Mitchell
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

  •   TV Show
  • 2020
Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Bombshell

Bombshell

  •   Movie
  • 2019
Roger Ailes
The Tomorrow Man

The Tomorrow Man

  •   Movie
  • 2019
Ed Hemsler
Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

  •   Movie
  • 2019
Jud Crandall
Late Night

Late Night

  •   Movie
  • 2019
Walter Lovell
Pitch Perfect 3

Pitch Perfect 3

  •   Movie
  • 2017
Fergus
Daddy's Home 2

Daddy's Home 2

  •   Movie
  • 2017
Don
Beatriz at Dinner

Beatriz at Dinner

  •   Movie
  • 2017
Doug Strutt
Trial & Error

Trial & Error

  •   TV Show
  • 2017
Larry Henderson
Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane

  •   Movie
  • 2016
Senator Ronald Sperling
The Crown

The Crown

  •   TV Show
  • 2016
Winston Churchill
The Accountant

The Accountant

  •   Movie
  • 2016
Lamar Blackburn
Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

  •   Movie
  • 2015
Voice of Gore Vidal
Interstellar

Interstellar

  •   Movie
  • 2014
Donald
Love Is Strange

Love Is Strange

  •   Movie
  • 2014
Ben
The Homesman

The Homesman

  •   Movie
  • 2014
Reverend Alfred Dowd
This Is 40

This Is 40

  •   Movie
  • 2012
Oliver
The Campaign

The Campaign

  •   Movie
  • 2012
Glen Motch
Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

  •   TV Show
  • 2012
Self
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

  •   Movie
  • 2011
Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  •   Movie
  • 2011
Charles Rodman
Leap Year

Leap Year

  •   Movie
  • 2010
Jack Brady
Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

  •   Movie
  • 2009
Edgar West
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

  •   Movie
  • 2006
Jerry Harris
30 Rock

30 Rock

  •   TV Show
  • 2006
John Lithgow
Dexter

Dexter

  •   TV Show
  • 2006
Arthur Mitchell
How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

  •   TV Show
  • 2005
Jerry Whittaker
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

  •   Movie
  • 2004
Blake Edwards
Kinsey

Kinsey

  •   Movie
  • 2004
Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Orange County

Orange County

  •   Movie
  • 2002
Bud Brumder
Shrek

Shrek

  •   Movie
  • 2001
Lord Farquaad (voice)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

  •   Movie
  • 2000
Jean-Claude (voice)
A Civil Action

A Civil Action

  •   Movie
  • 1998
Judge Walter J. Skinner
Homegrown

Homegrown

  •   Movie
  • 1998
Malcolm / Robert Stockman
Johnny Skidmarks

Johnny Skidmarks

  •   Movie
  • 1998
Sergeant Larry Skovik
Hollow Point

Hollow Point

  •   Movie
  • 1996
Thomas Livingston
The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

  •   Movie
  • 1995
Senator Conyers
Silent Fall

Silent Fall

  •   Movie
  • 1994
Dr. Rene Harlinger
World War II: When Lions Roared

World War II: When Lions Roared

  •   TV Show
  • 1994
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Love, Cheat & Steal

Love, Cheat & Steal

  •   Movie
  • 1993
Paul Harrington
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

  •   Movie
  • 1993
Smith Keen
Frasier

Frasier

  •   TV Show
  • 1993
Madman Martinez (voice)
Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

  •   Movie
  • 1993
Eric Qualen
Raising Cain

Raising Cain

  •   Movie
  • 1992
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
At Play in the Fields of the Lord

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

  •   Movie
  • 1991
Leslie Huben
Ricochet

Ricochet

  •   Movie
  • 1991
Earl Talbott Blake
Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle

  •   Movie
  • 1990
Bruce Derringer
The Simpsons

The Simpsons

  •   TV Show
  • 1989
Gus (voice)
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

  •   TV Show
  • 1989
Dr. Oscar Charles
Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

  •   Movie
  • 1987
George Henderson
The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

  •   Movie
  • 1986
John Mathewson
Resting Place

Resting Place

  •   Movie
  • 1986
Maj. Kendall Laird
Santa Claus: The Movie

Santa Claus: The Movie

  •   Movie
  • 1985
B.Z.
2010

2010

  •   Movie
  • 1984
Dr. Walter Curnow
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

  •   Movie
  • 1984
Lord John Whorfin
Footloose

Footloose

  •   Movie
  • 1984
Rev. Shaw Moore
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

  •   Movie
  • 1983
Sam Burns
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

  •   Movie
  • 1983
Valentine
The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

  •   Movie
  • 1982
Roberta Muldoon
Blow Out

Blow Out

  •   Movie
  • 1981
Burke
All That Jazz

All That Jazz

  •   Movie
  • 1979
Lucas Sergeant
The Big Fix

The Big Fix

  •   Movie
  • 1978
Sam Sebastian
NOVA

NOVA

  •   TV Show
  • 1974
Narrator
Great Performances

Great Performances

  •   TV Show
  • 1971
Capt. Thorne
The Rule of Jenny Pen

The Rule of Jenny Pen

  •   Movie
  • 2025
Executive Producer
Shrek 5

Shrek 5

Movie
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