Acting
John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow (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 transgender 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).
Filmography
Jimpa
Film · 2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Film · 2026
Giant
Film · 2026
Harry Potter
Series · 2026
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Film · 2025
Dexter: Resurrection
Series · 2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Series · 2025
Cabrini
Film · 2024
Spellbound
Film · 2024
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
Film · 2024
Conclave
Film · 2024
Sharper
Film · 2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Film · 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Film · 2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Series · 2023
Chez Bob
Film · 2022
The Bubble
Film · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
The Old Man
Series · 2022
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Film · 2021
Myths and Hymns
Film · 2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Film · 2021
Show of Titles
Film · 2021
Dexter: New Blood
Series · 2021
Give My Regards to Broadway
Film · 2020
Perry Mason
Series · 2020
Stars in the House
Series · 2020
Late Night
Film · 2019
Pet Sematary
Film · 2019
Bombshell
Film · 2019
The Tomorrow Man
Film · 2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Film · 2019
On Broadway
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Film · 2018
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Film · 2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Series · 2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Series · 2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Series · 2018
They All Saw a Cat
Film · 2017
Beatriz at Dinner
Film · 2017
Daddy's Home 2
Film · 2017
The Pulitzer At 100
Film · 2017
Pitch Perfect 3
Film · 2017
Hickory Dickory Doc
Film · 2017
Trial & Error
Series · 2017
The Accountant
Film · 2016
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Film · 2016
Miss Sloane
Film · 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Film · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
Inside 'Interstellar'
Film · 2015
Projections of America
Film · 2015
Lord John
Film · 2015
Best of Enemies
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Interstellar
Film · 2014
Love Is Strange
Film · 2014
The Homesman
Film · 2014
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
Film · 2014
9 Kisses
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Film · 2013
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
Film · 2013
Shrek Stories
Film · 2013
Timms Valley
Film · 2013
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Series · 2013
Casting By
Film · 2012
The Campaign
Film · 2012
This Is 40
Film · 2012
Finding Your Roots
Series · 2012
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Film · 2011
New Year's Eve
Film · 2011
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Film · 2011
Prohibition
Series · 2011
Leap Year
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Film · 2009
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Film · 2009
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Car of the Future
Film · 2008
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Sangre
Film · 2006
Dreamgirls
Film · 2006
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
Film · 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Film · 2006
Twenty Good Years
Series · 2006
30 Rock
Series · 2006
Dexter
Series · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Einstein's Big Idea
Film · 2005
How I Met Your Mother
Series · 2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Series · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Film · 2004
Kinsey
Film · 2004
Shrek 3-D
Film · 2004
Dogs and More Dogs
Film · 2004
Footloose: A Modern Musical
Film · 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Series · 2004
Bark, George
Film · 2003
VH1 Goes Inside
Series · 2003
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Orange County
Film · 2002
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Film · 2002
Live from E!
Series · 2002
Shrek
Film · 2001
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Film · 2001
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Film · 2000
95 Worlds and Counting
Film · 2000
Don Quixote
Film · 2000
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Film · 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Film · 1999
The Early Show
Series · 1999
A Civil Action
Film · 1998
Homegrown
Film · 1998
Johnny Skidmarks
Film · 1998
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Hollow Point
Film · 1996
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Film · 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Series · 1996
Cosby
Series · 1996
The West
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
The West
Series · 1996
The Tuskegee Airmen
Film · 1995
Redwood Curtain
Film · 1995
My Brother's Keeper
Film · 1995
A Good Man in Africa
Film · 1994
Princess Caraboo
Film · 1994
Silent Fall
Film · 1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Film · 1994
American Cinema
Series · 1994
World War II: When Lions Roared
Series · 1994
The Pelican Brief
Film · 1993
Cliffhanger
Film · 1993
The Wrong Man
Film · 1993
Love, Cheat & Steal
Film · 1993
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Film · 1993
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
Film · 1993
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
Film · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Raising Cain
Film · 1992
Ricochet
Film · 1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Film · 1991
The Boys
Film · 1991
Memphis Belle
Film · 1990
Ivory Hunters
Film · 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Film · 1990
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Film · 1990
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
Film · 1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Film · 1990
Out Cold
Film · 1989
Traveling Man
Film · 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Distant Thunder
Film · 1988
Harry and the Hendersons
Film · 1987
Baby Girl Scott
Film · 1987
The Amazing Bone
Film · 1987
The Manhattan Project
Film · 1986
Resting Place
Film · 1986
Santa Claus: The Movie
Film · 1985
Mesmerized
Film · 1985
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Film · 1985
Amazing Stories
Series · 1985
Footloose
Film · 1984
2010
Film · 1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Film · 1984
The Glitter Dome
Film · 1984
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Film · 1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Film · 1984
Terms of Endearment
Film · 1983
The Day After
Film · 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Film · 1983
The World According to Garp
Film · 1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Film · 1982
Not in Front of the Children
Film · 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Series · 1982
Blow Out
Film · 1981
The Oldest Living Graduate
Film · 1980
Big Blonde
Film · 1980
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Film · 1980
All That Jazz
Film · 1979
Rich Kids
Film · 1979
The Big Fix
Film · 1978
Secret Service
Film · 1977
Obsession
Film · 1976
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Country Girl
Film · 1974
NOVA
Series · 1974
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Film · 1972
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Today
Series · 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Broadway: The Next Generation
Film