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John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Lithgow won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for the musical Sweet Smell of Success (2002). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). He has acted in the plays The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor.
He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022).
On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transsexual ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024).
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Filmography
all 207
Movies 148
TV Shows 59
self 56
Voice 15
Narrator 12
Producer 2

The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)

Jimpa (2025)

Spellbound (2024)

Conclave (2024)

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow (2024)

Cabrini (2024)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Sharper (2023)

Sherri (2022)

The Old Man (2022)

The Bubble (2022)

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

Dexter: New Blood (2021)

Show of Titles (2021)

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021)

Perry Mason (2020)

Stars in the House (2020)

Bombshell (2019)

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

The Tomorrow Man (2019)

Pet Sematary (2019)

Late Night (2019)

Beatriz at Dinner (2017)

Trial & Error (2017)

Miss Sloane (2016)

The Crown (2016)

The Accountant (2016)

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

Projections of America (2015)

9 Kisses (2014)

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest (2014)

The Homesman (2014)

Timms Valley (2013)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)

Shrek Stories (2013)

This Is 40 (2012)

Shrek's Thrilling Tales (2012)

The Campaign (2012)

New Year's Eve (2011)

Prohibition (2011)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Leap Year (2010)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Car of the Future (2008)

Dreamgirls (2006)

30 Rock (2006)

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

Sangre (2006)

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)

How I Met Your Mother (2005)

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Kinsey (2004)

Dogs and More Dogs (2004)

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003)

Orange County (2002)

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)

Shrek (2001)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)

Don Quixote (2000)

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999)

A Civil Action (1998)

Homegrown (1998)

Johnny Skidmarks (1998)

The View (1997)

Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997)

Hollow Point (1996)

Cosby (1996)

The West (1996)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)

3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

My Brother's Keeper (1995)

American Cinema (1995)

Redwood Curtain (1995)

Silent Fall (1994)

Princess Caraboo (1994)

A Good Man in Africa (1994)

World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)

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

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)

The Pelican Brief (1993)

Frasier (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

The Wrong Man (1993)

Cliffhanger (1993)

Raising Cain (1992)

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

Ricochet (1991)

Memphis Belle (1990)

Ivory Hunters (1990)

The Simpsons (1989)

Traveling Man (1989)

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Distant Thunder (1988)

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

The Amazing Bone (1987)

Baby Girl Scott (1987)

The Manhattan Project (1986)

Resting Place (1986)

Mesmerized (1985)

Amazing Stories (1985)

2010 (1984)

The Glitter Dome (1984)

Footloose (1984)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1984)

Terms of Endearment (1983)

The Day After (1983)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Not in Front of the Children (1982)

Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)

The World According to Garp (1982)

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)

Big Blonde (1980)

All That Jazz (1979)

Rich Kids (1979)

The Big Fix (1978)

Secret Service (1977)

Obsession (1976)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

NOVA (1974)

The Country Girl (1974)

Great Performances (1971)

Tony Awards (1956)

The Oscars (1953)

Today (1952)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Golden Globe Awards (1944)

Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Harry Potter

Don Quixote

Untitled Trinity Killer Prequel Show
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1945-10-19 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceRochester, United States
Height
ChildrenIan Lithgow
FatherArthur Lithgow
MotherSara Jane Lithgow
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As莊李富高, John Arthur Lithgow, 約翰.李斯高, جان لیتگو
Awardshonorary doctor of Harvard University, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship
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