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.
Shrek
(Lord Farquaad (voice))
Footloose
(Rev. Shaw Moore)
Sharper
(Richard Hobbes)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(Blake Edwards)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
(Edgar West)
2010
(Dr. Walter Curnow)
Obsession
(Robert Lasalle)
The Manhattan Project
(John Mathewson)
Terms of Endearment
(Sam Burns)
Kinsey
(Alfred Seguine Kinsey)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
(Lord John Whorfin)
The World According to Garp
(Roberta Muldoon)
Blow Out
(Burke)
The Day After
(Joe Huxley)
The Tuskegee Airmen
(Senator Conyers)
Give My Regards to Broadway
(Self)
Leap Year
(Jack Brady)
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
(Ghost of Farquaad (voice))
Harry and the Hendersons
(George Henderson)
A Civil Action
(Judge Walter J. Skinner)
Ricochet
(Earl Talbott Blake)
Bark, George
The Pelican Brief
(Smith Keen)
Cliffhanger
(Eric Qualen)
Santa Claus: The Movie
(B.Z.)
A Good Man in Africa
(Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner)
Inside 'Interstellar'
(Self)
Raising Cain
(Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo)
The Big Fix
(Sam Sebastian)
The Wrong Man
(Phillip Mills)
Dogs and More Dogs
(Narrator)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
(Philip Drummond)
Officer Buckle and Gloria
(Narrator (voice))
Princess Caraboo
(Professor Wilkinson)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
(Jean-Claude (voice))
All That Jazz
(Lucas Sergeant)
Homegrown
(Malcolm / Robert Stockman)
Silent Fall
(Dr. Rene Harlinger)
They All Saw a Cat
Casting By
(Self)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
(Leslie Huben)
Resting Place
(Maj. Kendall Laird)
Mesmerized
(Oliver Thompson)
Love, Cheat & Steal
(Paul Harrington)
Hollow Point
(Thomas Livingston)
Rich Kids
(Paul Philips)
Projections of America
(Self - Narrator (voice))
The Campaign
(Glen Motch)
This Is 40
(Oliver)
Out Cold
(Dave)
Chez Bob
Car of the Future
(Narrator)
The Bubble
(Tom the Studio Chairman)
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
(John)
Redwood Curtain
(Laird Riordan)
Interstellar
(Donald)
95 Worlds and Counting
(Narrator)
Don Quixote
(Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
(Himself)
Conclave
(Joseph Tremblay)
Distant Thunder
(Mark Lambert)
Cabrini
(Mayor Gould)
Baby Girl Scott
(Neil Scott)
Love Is Strange
(Ben)
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
(Narrator)
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
(Posket)
Orange County
(Bud Brumder)
Spellbound
(Bolinar (voice))
My Brother's Keeper
(Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(Charles Rodman)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(Valentine)
Memphis Belle
(Bruce Derringer)
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Ivory Hunters
(Robert Carter)
The Homesman
(Reverend Alfred Dowd)
Sangre
(Cafe chef and owner)
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
(Self)
Night of 100 Stars III
(Self)
Johnny Skidmarks
(Sergeant Larry Skovik)
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
(Self)
The Accountant
(Lamar Blackburn)
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
(Narrator)
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
(Maurice (voice))
Lord John
9 Kisses
(Man in Club)
Dreamgirls
(Jerry Harris)
Broadway: The Next Generation
(Self)
Best of Enemies
(Self)
Shrek Stories
(Lord Farquaad (voice))
Timms Valley
(Ol' Gregory Timms)
The Oldest Living Graduate
(Clarence)
The Glitter Dome
(Sgt. Marty Wellborn)
Jimpa
(Jimpa)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
(Mr. Brunner)
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
(Narrator)
Miss Sloane
(Senator Ronald Sperling)
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
(John Walters (archive footage))
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
(Self - Performer)
Beatriz at Dinner
(Doug Strutt)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(Goldilocks' Father)
Daddy's Home 2
(Don)
Einstein's Big Idea
(Narrator (voice) U.S. edition)
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
(Self)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
(Self)
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
(Lord Farquaad (singing voice))
The Pulitzer At 100
(Self)
Pitch Perfect 3
(Fergus)
Secret Service
(Capt. Thorne)
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
(Self)
Late Night
(Walter Lovell)
Pet Sematary
(Jud Crandall)
Traveling Man
(Ben Cluett)
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
(Narrator)
Bombshell
(Roger Ailes)
The Amazing Bone
(Narrator)
Hickory Dickory Doc
(Himself)
Not in Front of the Children
(Richard Carruthers)
The Tomorrow Man
(Ed Hemsler)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
(Narrator)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly"))
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
(Self)
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
(President Donald J. Trump)
Big Blonde
(Herbie Morse)
The Boys
New Year's Eve
(Jonathan Cox (uncredited))
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
(Self)
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
(God)
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
(Wally)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
(Dr. Oscar Charles)
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
(Alexander (voice))
American Cinema
(Narrator)
Myths and Hymns
The Country Girl
(Paul Unger)
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
(Sir Isaac Newton (voice))
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
(Jud Crandall)
Killers of the Flower Moon
(Prosecutor Peter Leaward)
On Broadway
(Self)
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
(Self)
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Dick Solomon)
How I Met Your Mother
(Jerry Whittaker)
The Tony Danza Show
(Self)
Twenty Good Years
Today
(Self)
Tales from the Crypt
(Dr. Oscar Charles)
The View
(Self)
Frasier
(Madman Martinez (voice))
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
The Early Show
(Self)
Finding Your Roots
(Self)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
(Self - Guest)
Faerie Tale Theatre
(Goldilocks' Father)
30 Rock
(John Lithgow)
The Colbert Report
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Paul Unger)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Cosby
(John Lithgow)
VH1 Goes Inside
The West
(Self)
American Cinema
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
(The White Rabbit (voice))
Dexter
(Arthur Mitchell)
E! Live from the Red Carpet
(Self)
NOVA
(Narrator)
The Daily Show
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self - Guest)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
The View
(Self - Guest)
Amazing Stories
(John Walters)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee & Performer)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Tony Awards
(Self - Winner)
Dexter: New Blood
(Arthur Mitchell)
The Crown
(Winston Churchill)
World War II: When Lions Roared
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Trial & Error
(Larry Henderson)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
(James Roosevelt (voice))
The Simpsons
(Gus (voice))
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Sherri
(Self - Guest)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Major Kendall Laird)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Laird Riordan)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
(Self - Guest)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Perry Mason
(Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The West
(Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice))
Ultra City Smiths
(Ol' Gregory Timms)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Stars in the House
(Self - Special Guest)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Prohibition
(Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice))
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Simpsons
(John Lithgow (voice))
Great Performances
(Capt. Thorne)
The Old Man
(Harold Harper)
Conan
(Self)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee/Performer)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)