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.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 31.371
Birthday 1945-10-19
Place of Birth Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As 莊李富高, John Arthur Lithgow, 約翰.李斯高,
Shrek
2001

Shrek

Footloose
1984

Footloose

Sharper
2023

Sharper

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2010
1984

2010

Obsession
1976

Obsession

The Manhattan Project
1986

The Manhattan Project

Terms of Endearment
1983

Terms of Endearment

Kinsey
2004

Kinsey

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The World According to Garp
1982

The World According to Garp

Blow Out
1981

Blow Out

The Day After
1983

The Day After

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995

The Tuskegee Airmen

Give My Regards to Broadway
2020

Give My Regards to Broadway

Leap Year
2010

Leap Year

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
2004

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

Harry and the Hendersons
1987

Harry and the Hendersons

A Civil Action
1998

A Civil Action

Ricochet
1991

Ricochet

Bark, George
2003

Bark, George

The Pelican Brief
1993

The Pelican Brief

Cliffhanger
1993

Cliffhanger

Santa Claus: The Movie
1985

Santa Claus: The Movie

A Good Man in Africa
1994

A Good Man in Africa

Inside 'Interstellar'
2015

Inside 'Interstellar'

Raising Cain
1992

Raising Cain

The Big Fix
1978

The Big Fix

The Wrong Man
1993

The Wrong Man

Dogs and More Dogs
2004

Dogs and More Dogs

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

Officer Buckle and Gloria
1997

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Princess Caraboo
1994

Princess Caraboo

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

All That Jazz
1979

All That Jazz

Homegrown
1998

Homegrown

Silent Fall
1994

Silent Fall

They All Saw a Cat
2017

They All Saw a Cat

Casting By
2012

Casting By

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Resting Place
1986

Resting Place

Mesmerized
1985

Mesmerized

Love, Cheat & Steal
1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

Hollow Point
1996

Hollow Point

Rich Kids
1979

Rich Kids

Projections of America
2015

Projections of America

The Campaign
2012

The Campaign

This Is 40
2012

This Is 40

Out Cold
1989

Out Cold

Chez Bob
2022

Chez Bob

Car of the Future
2008

Car of the Future

The Bubble
2022

The Bubble

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Redwood Curtain
1995

Redwood Curtain

Interstellar
2014

Interstellar

95 Worlds and Counting
2000

95 Worlds and Counting

Don Quixote
2000

Don Quixote

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

Distant Thunder
1988

Distant Thunder

Cabrini
2024

Cabrini

Baby Girl Scott
1987

Baby Girl Scott

Love Is Strange
2014

Love Is Strange

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
1996

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
2013

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

Orange County
2002

Orange County

Spellbound
2024

Spellbound

My Brother's Keeper
1995

My Brother's Keeper

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Memphis Belle
1990

Memphis Belle

The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025

The Rule of Jenny Pen

Ivory Hunters
1990

Ivory Hunters

The Homesman
2014

The Homesman

Sangre
2006

Sangre

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Night of 100 Stars III

Johnny Skidmarks
1998

Johnny Skidmarks

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
2024

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

The Accountant
2016

The Accountant

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
2009

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
2014

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest

Lord John
2015

Lord John

9 Kisses
2014

9 Kisses

Dreamgirls
2006

Dreamgirls

Broadway: The Next Generation
2017

Broadway: The Next Generation

Best of Enemies
2015

Best of Enemies

Shrek Stories
2013

Shrek Stories

Timms Valley
2013

Timms Valley

The Oldest Living Graduate
1980

The Oldest Living Graduate

The Glitter Dome
1984

The Glitter Dome

Jimpa
2025

Jimpa

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
2016

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Miss Sloane
2016

Miss Sloane

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Beatriz at Dinner
2017

Beatriz at Dinner

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1984

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Daddy's Home 2
2017

Daddy's Home 2

Einstein's Big Idea
2005

Einstein's Big Idea

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

The Pulitzer At 100
2017

The Pulitzer At 100

Pitch Perfect 3
2017

Pitch Perfect 3

Secret Service
1977

Secret Service

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Late Night
2019

Late Night

Pet Sematary
2019

Pet Sematary

Traveling Man
1989

Traveling Man

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
2006

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge

Bombshell
2019

Bombshell

The Amazing Bone
1987

The Amazing Bone

Hickory Dickory Doc
2017

Hickory Dickory Doc

Not in Front of the Children
1982

Not in Front of the Children

The Tomorrow Man
2019

The Tomorrow Man

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1993

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
1985

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Big Blonde
1980

Big Blonde

The Boys
1991

The Boys

New Year's Eve
2011

New Year's Eve

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
1990

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert

Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
2009

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
1993

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

American Cinema
1995

American Cinema

Myths and Hymns
2021

Myths and Hymns

The Country Girl
1974

The Country Girl

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
2018

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023

Killers of the Flower Moon

On Broadway
2019

On Broadway

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Conclave
2024

Conclave

The Fall of 2008

The Fall of 2008