John Lithgow

John Lithgow

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lithgow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Rochester, New York, USA
    Birthday
    10/19/1945
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project
6.192
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons
6.087
Raising Cain
Raising Cain
6
Resting Place
Resting Place
6.2
Mesmerized
Mesmerized
4.917
Love, Cheat & Steal
Love, Cheat & Steal
4.833
95 Worlds and Counting
0
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
6.077
Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
6.428
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
0
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
6
My Brother's Keeper
1
Out Cold
Out Cold
5.737
Ivory Hunters
Ivory Hunters
3.8
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
0
Baby Girl Scott
6
Traveling Man
Traveling Man
4.5
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
0
Hickory Dickory Doc
Hickory Dickory Doc
0
The Amazing Bone
The Amazing Bone
0
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
10
The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man
5.63
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
5
American Cinema
American Cinema
0
The Tale of Timmy Baterman
0
Bark, George
Bark, George
0
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Officer Buckle and Gloria
0
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
0
Lord John
0
Dogs and More Dogs
5.2
They All Saw a Cat
They All Saw a Cat
0
Projections of America
Projections of America
5
Chez Bob
Chez Bob
0
2010
2010
6.634
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
6.027
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
6.473
Ricochet
Ricochet
6.007
Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie
6.271
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
6.4
Hollow Point
Hollow Point
5.5
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
4
Distant Thunder
Distant Thunder
5.571
The Jungle Bunch 2 - The Great Treasure Quest
The Jungle Bunch 2 - The Great Treasure Quest
6
Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz at Dinner
5.792
Secret Service
Secret Service
0
Stephen King: Master of Horror
Stephen King: Master of Horror
8.438
The Boys
The Boys
0
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
0
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
0
Cabrini
Cabrini
0
Footloose
Footloose
6.661
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
6.57
Obsession
Obsession
6.583
Blow Out
Blow Out
7.3
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
5.129
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man
4.6
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
6.6
Silent Fall
Silent Fall
5.078
This Is 40
This Is 40
5.861
Car of the Future
Car of the Future
6
Johnny Skidmarks
Johnny Skidmarks
5.864
The Glitter Dome
The Glitter Dome
4.2
Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2
6.273
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
5.722
Not in Front of the Children
6
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
7.8
Sangre
0
Shrek
Shrek
7.73
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
6.68
Leap Year
Leap Year
6.889
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
5.964
The Big Fix
The Big Fix
5.7
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
6.4
Rich Kids
Rich Kids
5.3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7.29
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies
7.156
The Pulitzer At 100
The Pulitzer At 100
6
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
7.9
Bombshell
Bombshell
6.814
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
5
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
0
The Day After
The Day After
6.7
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo
5.5
Redwood Curtain
Redwood Curtain
6
Orange County
Orange County
6.021
Late Night
Late Night
6.443
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
10
Sharper
Sharper
7.061
Shrek Stories
Shrek Stories
8.2
Give My Regards to Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway
0
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
6.444
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment
7.089
Kinsey
Kinsey
6.601
The Oldest Living Graduate
The Oldest Living Graduate
0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
5
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
0
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
8
A Civil Action
A Civil Action
6.441
The Campaign
The Campaign
5.828
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
6
The Accountant
The Accountant
7.061
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
8.4
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
0
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen
7.037
The Homesman
The Homesman
6.551
Homegrown
Homegrown
5.717
On Broadway
On Broadway
8.667
Interstellar
Interstellar
8.417
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
0
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
6.361
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
6.592
Timms Valley
6.2
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
7.3
All That Jazz
All That Jazz
7.442
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
9
Big Blonde
Big Blonde
0
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle
6.725
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
7.46
9 Kisses
9 Kisses
6.087
Myths and Hymns
Myths and Hymns
0
Pitch Perfect 3
Pitch Perfect 3
6.539
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
8.7
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
6.761
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
7.2
Einstein's Big Idea
Einstein's Big Idea
7
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
7.4
The Bubble
The Bubble
4.707
Inside 'Interstellar'
Inside 'Interstellar'
7
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
5.883
Casting By
Casting By
7.237
Disclosure
Disclosure
7.996
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
0
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