John Lithgow
Actor

John Lithgow

20 Movies
1 TV Shows
21 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 21
Birthday October 19, 1945 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As 莊李富高, John Arthur Lithgow, η΄„ηΏ°.ζŽζ–―ι«˜, Ψ¬Ψ§Ω† Ω„ΫŒΨͺگو
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Biography

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied atΒ Harvard UniversityΒ and theΒ London Academy of Music and Dramatic ArtΒ before becoming known for his diverse workΒ on stage and screen. He has receivedΒ numerous accolades, including sixΒ Primetime Emmy Awards, twoΒ Golden Globe Awards, and twoΒ Tony Awards, as well as nominations for twoΒ Academy Awards, aΒ British Academy Film Award, fourΒ Grammy Awards, fourΒ Screen Actors Guild Awards, and aΒ Laurence Olivier Award.

Lithgow won twoΒ Tony Awards, his first forΒ Best Featured Actor in a PlayΒ for hisΒ BroadwayΒ debut inΒ The Changing RoomΒ (1972) and his second forΒ Best Actor in a MusicalΒ for the musicalΒ Sweet Smell of SuccessΒ (2002). He was Tony-nominated forΒ Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985),Β M. ButterflyΒ (1988), andΒ Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsΒ (2005). He has acted in the playsΒ The ColumnistΒ (2012),Β A Delicate Balance (2014), andΒ Hillary and ClintonΒ (2019). He portrayedΒ Roald DahlΒ in the playΒ GiantΒ on theΒ West End,Β for which he was nominated for theΒ Olivier Award for Best Actor.Β 

He starred asΒ Dick SolomonΒ in the television sitcomΒ 3rd Rock from the SunΒ (1996–2001), winning threeΒ Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received furtherΒ Primetime Emmy AwardsΒ for his performances asΒ Arthur MitchellΒ in the dramaΒ DexterΒ (2009) and asΒ Winston ChurchillΒ in theΒ NetflixΒ dramaΒ The CrownΒ (2016–2019). He also starred inΒ HBO'sΒ Perry MasonΒ (2020) andΒ FX'sΒ The Old Man (2022).

On film, he has received twoΒ Academy Awards for Best Supporting ActorΒ nominations for his roles as aΒ transgenderΒ ex-football player inΒ The World According to GarpΒ (1982) and a lonely banker inΒ Terms of EndearmentΒ (1983). He also acted inΒ All That JazzΒ (1979),Β Blow OutΒ (1981),Β FootlooseΒ (1984),Β Harry and the HendersonsΒ (1987),Β A Civil ActionΒ (1998),Β ShrekΒ (2001),Β KinseyΒ (2004),Β Rise of the Planet of the ApesΒ (2011),Β Love Is StrangeΒ (2014),Β Interstellar (2014),Β Late NightΒ (2019),Β BombshellΒ (2019),Β Killers of the Flower MoonΒ (2023), andΒ Conclave (2024).

Filmography (211)

Jimpa 2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic 2026
GIANT - The Play 2026
Giant 2026
Harry Potter 2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic 2026
The Rule of Jenny Pen 2025
Dexter: Resurrection 2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night 2025
Cabrini 2024
Spellbound 2024
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow 2024
Conclave 2024
Sharper 2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled 2023
Chez Bob 2022
The Bubble 2022
Sherri 2022
The Old Man 2022
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes 2021
Myths and Hymns 2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos 2021
Show of Titles 2021
Dexter: New Blood 2021
Give My Regards to Broadway 2020
Perry Mason 2020
Stars in the House 2020
Late Night 2019
Pet Sematary 2019
Bombshell 2019
The Tomorrow Man 2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts 2019
On Broadway 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like 2018
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman 2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer 2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction 2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2018
They All Saw a Cat 2017
Beatriz at Dinner 2017
Daddy's Home 2 2017
The Pulitzer At 100 2017
Pitch Perfect 3 2017
Hickory Dickory Doc 2017
Trial & Error 2017
The Accountant 2016
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 2016
Miss Sloane 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 2016
The Crown 2016
Inside 'Interstellar' 2015
Projections of America 2015
Lord John 2015
Best of Enemies 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015
Interstellar 2014
Love Is Strange 2014
The Homesman 2014
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest 2014
9 Kisses 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love 2013
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate 2013
Shrek Stories 2013
Timms Valley 2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland 2013
Casting By 2012
The Campaign 2012 This Is 40 2012
Finding Your Roots 2012
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 New Year's Eve 2011
Shrek: Once Upon a Time 2011
Prohibition 2011
Leap Year 2010
Conan 2010
Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn 2009
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
Car of the Future 2008
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Sangre 2006
Dreamgirls 2006
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 2006
Twenty Good Years 2006
30 Rock 2006
Dexter 2006
The One Show 2006
Einstein's Big Idea 2005
How I Met Your Mother 2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart 2005
The Colbert Report 2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004
Kinsey 2004
Shrek 3-D 2004
Dogs and More Dogs 2004
Footloose: A Modern Musical 2004
The Tony Danza Show 2004
Bark, George 2003
VH1 Goes Inside 2003
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
Orange County 2002
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified 2002
Live from E! 2002
Shrek 2001
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party 2001
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 2000
95 Worlds and Counting 2000
Don Quixote 2000
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection 1999
The Early Show 1999
A Civil Action 1998
Homegrown 1998
Johnny Skidmarks 1998
Officer Buckle and Gloria 1997
The View 1997
Hollow Point 1996
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun 1996
Cosby 1996
The West 1996
The Daily Show 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show 1996
The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 Redwood Curtain 1995
My Brother's Keeper 1995
A Good Man in Africa 1994 Princess Caraboo 1994 Silent Fall 1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects 1994
American Cinema 1994
World War II: When Lions Roared 1994
The Pelican Brief 1993
Cliffhanger 1993
The Wrong Man 1993
Love, Cheat & Steal 1993
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 1993
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale 1993
Frasier 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
Raising Cain 1992
Ricochet 1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991
The Boys 1991
Memphis Belle 1990
Ivory Hunters 1990
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
Amazing Stories: The Movie II 1990
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert 1990
Out Cold 1989
Traveling Man 1989
Tales from the Crypt 1989
The Simpsons 1989
Distant Thunder 1988
Harry and the Hendersons 1987
Baby Girl Scott 1987
The Amazing Bone 1987
The Manhattan Project 1986
Resting Place 1986
Santa Claus: The Movie 1985
Mesmerized 1985
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie 1985
Amazing Stories 1985
Footloose 1984
2010 1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984
The Glitter Dome 1984
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues 1984
Terms of Endearment 1983
The Day After 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
The World According to Garp 1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 1982
Not in Front of the Children 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre 1982
Blow Out 1981
The Oldest Living Graduate 1980
Big Blonde 1980
Mom, the Wolfman and Me 1980
All That Jazz 1979
Rich Kids 1979
The Big Fix 1978
Secret Service 1977
Obsession 1976
Saturday Night Live 1975
The Country Girl 1974
NOVA 1974
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues 1972
Great Performances 1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
Tony Awards 1956
The Oscars 1953
Today 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Golden Globe Awards 1944
Broadway: The Next Generation
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger