John Lithgow

John Lithgow

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).

Acting

2026

Harry Potter
Tv

Albus Dumbledore

2026

Giant
Movie

Roald Dahl

2026

2025

Dexter: Resurrection
Tv

Arthur Mitchell

2024

Spellbound
Movie

Bolinar (voice)

2024

2024

Cabrini
Movie

Mayor Gould

2023

Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie

Prosecutor Peter Leaward

2023

Sharper
Movie

Richard Hobbes

2022

Sherri
Tv

Self - Guest

2022

The Old Man
Tv

Harold Harper

2022

The Bubble
Movie

Tom the Studio Chairman

2021

Dexter: New Blood
Tv

Arthur Mitchell

2021

Show of Titles
Movie

"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

2021

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Movie

Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

2021

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Movie

Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

2021

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Movie

Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

2021

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Movie

Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

2020

Stars in the House
Tv

Self - Special Guest

2019

Bombshell
Movie

Roger Ailes

2019

2019

Pet Sematary
Movie

Jud Crandall

2019

Late Night
Movie

Walter Lovell

2017

2016

Miss Sloane
Movie

Senator Ronald Sperling

2016

The Crown
Tv

Winston Churchill

2016

The Accountant
Movie

Lamar Blackburn

2015

Best of Enemies
Movie

Voice of Gore Vidal

2015

Projections of America
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2014

2014

The Homesman
Movie

Reverend Alfred Dowd

2014

9 Kisses
Movie

Man in Club

2013

Timms Valley
Movie

Ol' Gregory Timms

2013

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Tv

The White Rabbit (voice)

2013

Shrek Stories
Movie

Lord Farquaad (voice)

2012

2012

2011

New Year's Eve
Movie

Jonathan Cox (uncredited)

2011

Prohibition
Tv

Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

2010

2010

Leap Year
Movie

Jack Brady

2006

Dreamgirls
Movie

Jerry Harris

2006

30 Rock
Tv

John Lithgow

2006

Dexter
Tv

Arthur Mitchell

2005

Einstein's Big Idea
Movie

Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

2005

2004

Kinsey
Movie

Alfred Seguine Kinsey

2004

Shrek 3-D
Movie

Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

2003

2003

Shrek 3-D
Movie

Lord Farquaad

2002

2001

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Movie

Lord Farquaad (singing voice)

2001

Shrek
Movie

Lord Farquaad (voice)

2000

2000

Don Quixote
Movie

Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

1998

A Civil Action
Movie

Judge Walter J. Skinner

1998

Homegrown
Movie

Malcolm / Robert Stockman

1998

Johnny Skidmarks
Movie

Sergeant Larry Skovik

1997

The View
Tv

Self - Guest

1997

1996

Hollow Point
Movie

Thomas Livingston

1996

Cosby
Tv

John Lithgow

1996

1996

The West
Tv

Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)

1996

1995

1995

1994

Silent Fall
Movie

Dr. Rene Harlinger

1994

Princess Caraboo
Movie

Professor Wilkinson

1994

A Good Man in Africa
Movie

Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

1994

World War II: When Lions Roared
Tv

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1994

1993

1993

Frasier
Tv

Madman Martinez (voice)

1993

The Wrong Man
Movie

Phillip Mills

1992

Raising Cain
Movie

Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

1991

Ricochet
Movie

Earl Talbott Blake

1991

The Boys
Movie

Artie Margulies

1990

Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Movie

John Walters (archive footage)

1990

Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Movie

John Walters (archive footage)

1990

Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Movie

John Walters (archive footage)

1990

Memphis Belle
Movie

Bruce Derringer

1990

Ivory Hunters
Movie

Robert Carter

1989

The Simpsons
Tv

John Lithgow (voice)

1989

The Simpsons
Tv

Gus (voice)

1989

1989

Tales from the Crypt
Tv

Dr. Oscar Charles

1988

1987

1986

1986

Resting Place
Movie

Maj. Kendall Laird

1985

Mesmerized
Movie

Oliver Thompson

1985

Amazing Stories
Tv

John Walters

1984

2010
Movie

Dr. Walter Curnow

1984

Footloose
Movie

Rev. Shaw Moore

1983

1982

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Tv

Goldilocks' Father

1981

1980

Big Blonde
Movie

Herbie Morse

1979

All That Jazz
Movie

Lucas Sergeant

1979

Rich Kids
Movie

Paul Philips

1978

The Big Fix
Movie

Sam Sebastian

1976

Obsession
Movie

Robert Lasalle

1975

1974

NOVA
Tv

Narrator

1971

1953

The Oscars
Tv

Self - Presenter

1952

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tv

Major Kendall Laird

1951

1944

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Tv

Self - Nominee

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Tv

Self - Presenter

Production

2025

The Rule of Jenny Pen
Movie

Executive Producer

2000

Don Quixote
Movie

Executive Producer

Infos

Full Name
John Lithgow
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
10/19/1945
Also Known As

莊李富高

John Arthur Lithgow

約翰.李斯高

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