John Lithgow
John Lithgow
Biography
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
Actor
as John Walters (archive footage)
as Glenn Motch (The Campaign)
as Jimpa
as Bolinar (voice)
as Tremblay
as Mayor Gould
as Self
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
as Richard Hobbes
as Tom the Studio Chairman
as Self - Guest
as Harold Harper
as Philip Drummond
as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
as Arthur Mitchell
as Ol' Gregory Timms
as Self
as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
as Self - Special Guest
as Roger Ailes
as Self
as President Donald J. Trump
as Ed Hemsler
as Jud Crandall
as Walter Lovell
as Self
as Jud Crandall
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Fergus
as Self
as Don
as Self
as Doug Strutt
as Himself
as Larry Henderson
as Senator Ronald Sperling
as Lamar Blackburn
as Self - Performer
as Narrator
as Winston Churchill
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Man in Club
as Donald
as Maurice (voice)
as Ben
as Reverend Alfred Dowd
as Self
as James Roosevelt (voice)
as Self
as Ol' Gregory Timms
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
as Posket
as The White Rabbit (voice)
as Oliver
as Self
as Glen Motch
as Self
as Self
as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
as Charles Rodman
as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
as Jack Brady
as Self
as Narrator
as Edgar West
as Self - Guest
as Narrator
as Self
as Jerry Harris
as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
as Narrator
as Cafe chef and owner
as John Lithgow
as Arthur Mitchell
as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
as Jerry Whittaker
as Blake Edwards
as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Bud Brumder
as Self
as Self
as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
as Jean-Claude (voice)
as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
as Narrator
as Dr. Oscar Charles
as Self
as Judge Walter J. Skinner
as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
as Sergeant Larry Skovik
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Thomas Livingston
as Narrator
as John Lithgow
as Self
as Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Dick Solomon
as Senator Conyers
as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
as Narrator
as Laird Riordan
as Dr. Rene Harlinger
as Professor Wilkinson
as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
as Alexander (voice)
as Paul Harrington
as Smith Keen
as Phillip Mills
as Eric Qualen
as Narrator
as Madman Martinez (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
as Leslie Huben
as Earl Talbott Blake
as Bruce Derringer
as Robert Carter
as Self
as Ben Cluett
as Dave
as Gus (voice)
as John Lithgow (voice)
as Dr. Oscar Charles
as Mark Lambert
as George Henderson
as Narrator
as Neil Scott
as John Mathewson
as Maj. Kendall Laird
as Oliver Thompson
as B.Z.
as John Walters
as Dr. Walter Curnow
as Sgt. Marty Wellborn
as Lord John Whorfin
as Rev. Shaw Moore
as Goldilocks' Father
as Sam Burns
as Joe Huxley
as Valentine
as Richard Carruthers
as Roberta Muldoon
as Mr. Brunner
as Goldilocks' Father
as Burke
as Herbie Morse
as Wally
as Clarence
as Lucas Sergeant
as Paul Philips
as Sam Sebastian
as Capt. Thorne
as Robert Lasalle
as Self - Host
as Paul Unger
as Narrator
as Capt. Thorne
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Nominee & Performer
as Self - Winner
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee/Performer
as Self
as Paul Unger
as Major Kendall Laird
as Laird Riordan
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer