Gender
Male
Birthday, Age
1945 October 19 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA

John Lithgow

Biography
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 

Known For

Actor ( 1 )

Full Filmography

Shrek
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
Movie • 2001-05-18
Footloose
as Rev. Shaw Moore
Movie • 1984-02-17
Sharper
as Richard Hobbes
Movie • 2023-02-10
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Blake Edwards
Movie • 2004-10-01
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Edgar West
Movie • 2009-02-05
2010
as Dr. Walter Curnow
Movie • 1984-12-06
Obsession
as Robert Lasalle
Movie • 1976-08-01
The Manhattan Project
as John Mathewson
Movie • 1986-06-13
Terms of Endearment
as Sam Burns
Movie • 1983-11-20
Kinsey
as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Movie • 2004-09-04
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as Lord John Whorfin
Movie • 1984-08-10
The World According to Garp
as Roberta Muldoon
Movie • 1982-07-23
Blow Out
as Burke
Movie • 1981-07-24
The Day After
as Joe Huxley
Movie • 1983-11-20
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Senator Conyers
Movie • 1995-08-25
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Self
Movie • 2020-07-16
Leap Year
as Jack Brady
Movie • 2010-01-08
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
Movie • 2003-05-23
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson
Movie • 1987-06-05
A Civil Action
as Judge Walter J. Skinner
Movie • 1998-12-25
Ricochet
as Earl Talbott Blake
Movie • 1991-10-04
Bark, George
Movie • 2003-01-01
The Pelican Brief
as Smith Keen
Movie • 1993-09-17
Cliffhanger
as Eric Qualen
Movie • 1993-05-28
Santa Claus: The Movie
as B.Z.
Movie • 1985-10-29
A Good Man in Africa
as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Movie • 1994-07-14
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self
Movie • 2015-03-31
Raising Cain
as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
Movie • 1992-08-07
The Big Fix
as Sam Sebastian
Movie • 1978-10-06
The Wrong Man
as Phillip Mills
Movie • 1993-09-05
Dogs and More Dogs
as Narrator
Movie • 2004-02-03
Officer Buckle and Gloria
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 1997-01-01
Princess Caraboo
as Professor Wilkinson
Movie • 1994-09-16
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
as Jean-Claude (voice)
Movie • 2000-11-17
All That Jazz
as Lucas Sergeant
Movie • 1979-12-16
Homegrown
as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
Movie • 1998-04-17
Silent Fall
as Dr. Rene Harlinger
Movie • 1994-10-28
They All Saw a Cat
Movie • 2017-01-01
Casting By
as Self
Movie • 2012-11-01
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Leslie Huben
Movie • 1991-12-06
Resting Place
as Maj. Kendall Laird
Movie • 1986-04-27
Mesmerized
as Oliver Thompson
Movie • 1985-11-18
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Paul Harrington
Movie • 1993-12-05
Hollow Point
as Thomas Livingston
Movie • 1996-10-21
Rich Kids
as Paul Philips
Movie • 1979-08-17
Projections of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2015-02-10
The Campaign
as Glen Motch
Movie • 2012-08-09
This Is 40
as Oliver
Movie • 2012-12-20
Out Cold
as Dave
Movie • 1989-03-03
Chez Bob
Movie • 2022-12-15
Car of the Future
as Narrator
Movie • 2008-04-22
The Bubble
as Tom the Studio Chairman
Movie • 2022-03-25
Redwood Curtain
as Laird Riordan
Movie • 1995-01-01
Interstellar
as Donald
Movie • 2014-11-05
95 Worlds and Counting
as Narrator
Movie • 2000-01-01
Don Quixote
as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
Movie • 2000-04-09
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
as Self
Movie • 2013-10-12
Distant Thunder
as Mark Lambert
Movie • 1988-11-11
Cabrini
as Mayor Gould
Movie • 2024-03-07
Baby Girl Scott
as Neil Scott
Movie • 1987-01-01
Love Is Strange
as Ben
Movie • 2014-08-22
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
as Narrator
Movie • 1996-07-04
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
as Posket
Movie • 2013-01-17
Orange County
as Bud Brumder
Movie • 2002-01-11
Spellbound
as Bolinar (voice)
Movie • 2024-11-22
My Brother's Keeper
as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
Movie • 1995-03-19
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Charles Rodman
Movie • 2011-08-03
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Valentine
Movie • 1983-06-24
Memphis Belle
as Bruce Derringer
Movie • 1990-09-07
The Rule of Jenny Pen
as Dave Crealy
Movie • 2025-03-07
Ivory Hunters
as Robert Carter
Movie • 1990-08-20
The Homesman
as Reverend Alfred Dowd
Movie • 2014-05-18
Sangre
as Cafe chef and owner
Movie • 2006-01-01
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
Movie • 2023-12-21
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie • 1990-05-21
Johnny Skidmarks
as Sergeant Larry Skovik
Movie • 1998-01-18
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
as Self
Movie • 2024-04-26
The Accountant
as Lamar Blackburn
Movie • 2016-10-13
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
as Narrator
Movie • 2009-10-10
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
as Maurice (voice)
Movie • 2014-08-27
Lord John
Movie • 2015-07-20
9 Kisses
as Man in Club
Movie • 2014-12-11
Dreamgirls
as Jerry Harris
Movie • 2006-12-25
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Movie • 2017-11-16
Best of Enemies
as Self
Movie • 2015-07-31
Shrek Stories
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
Movie • 2013-10-01
Timms Valley
as Ol' Gregory Timms
Movie • 2013-12-31
The Oldest Living Graduate
as Clarence
Movie • 1980-04-07
The Glitter Dome
as Sgt. Marty Wellborn
Movie • 1984-11-18
Jimpa
as Jimpa
Movie • 2025-11-06
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Mr. Brunner
Movie • 1982-03-05
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
as Narrator
Movie • 2016-04-05
Miss Sloane
as Senator Ronald Sperling
Movie • 2016-11-25
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
as John Walters (archive footage)
Movie •
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
Movie • 2016-04-23
Beatriz at Dinner
as Doug Strutt
Movie • 2017-06-09
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Goldilocks' Father
Movie • 1984-01-09
Daddy's Home 2
as Don
Movie • 2017-11-09
Einstein's Big Idea
as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
Movie • 2005-10-11
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
as Self
Movie • 2002-01-04
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
Movie • 2007-04-19
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
Movie • 2001-11-02
The Pulitzer At 100
as Self
Movie • 2017-07-21
Pitch Perfect 3
as Fergus
Movie • 2017-12-20
Secret Service
as Capt. Thorne
Movie • 1977-01-12
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as Self
Movie • 2018-03-06
Late Night
as Walter Lovell
Movie • 2019-01-25
Pet Sematary
as Jud Crandall
Movie • 2019-04-04
Traveling Man
as Ben Cluett
Movie • 1989-06-25
Bombshell
as Roger Ailes
Movie • 2019-12-13
The Amazing Bone
as Narrator
Movie • 1987-06-01
Hickory Dickory Doc
as Himself
Movie • 2017-01-30
Not in Front of the Children
as Richard Carruthers
Movie • 1982-10-26
The Tomorrow Man
as Ed Hemsler
Movie • 2019-05-22
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
as Narrator
Movie • 1993-01-01
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Movie • 2006-05-02
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Self
Movie • 1985-12-01
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as President Donald J. Trump
Movie • 2019-06-24
Big Blonde
as Herbie Morse
Movie • 1980-12-01
The Boys
as Artie Margulies
Movie • 1991-04-15
New Year's Eve
as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
Movie • 2011-12-08
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self
Movie • 2011-12-30
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
as Wally
Movie • 1980-10-20
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as Dr. Oscar Charles
Movie • 1999-09-07
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
as Alexander (voice)
Movie • 1993-12-08
American Cinema
as Narrator
Movie • 1995-01-23
Myths and Hymns
Movie • 2021-01-13
The Country Girl
as Paul Unger
Movie • 1974-02-05
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
Movie • 2021-05-07
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
as Jud Crandall
Movie • 2018-11-13
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Movie • 2023-10-18
On Broadway
as Self
Movie • 2019-10-12
Conclave
as Tremblay
Movie • 2024-10-25
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Movie • 2021-06-13
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
Movie • 1984-01-01
Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer
as Dr. Oscar Charles
Movie • 1995-01-25
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dick Solomon
Tv • 1996-01-09
How I Met Your Mother
as Jerry Whittaker
Tv • 2005-09-19
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
Tv • 2004-09-13
Twenty Good Years
Tv • 2006-10-11
Today
as Self
Tv • 1952-01-14
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Oscar Charles
Tv • 1989-06-10
The View
as Self
Tv • 1997-08-11
Frasier
as Madman Martinez (voice)
Tv • 1993-09-16
The Early Show
as Self
Tv • 1999-11-01
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Tv • 2012-03-24
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Goldilocks' Father
Tv • 1982-09-11
30 Rock
as John Lithgow
Tv • 2006-10-11
The Colbert Report
Tv • 2005-10-17
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul Unger
Tv • 1951-12-24
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Tv • 1993-09-13
Cosby
as John Lithgow
Tv • 1996-09-16
VH1 Goes Inside
Tv • 2003-06-20
The West
as Self
Tv • 1996-09-15
American Cinema
Tv • 1994-01-01
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The White Rabbit (voice)
Tv • 2013-10-10
Dexter
as Arthur Mitchell
Tv • 2006-10-01
E! Live from the Red Carpet
as Self
Tv • 2002-01-13
NOVA
as Narrator
Tv • 1974-03-03
The Daily Show
as Self
Tv • 1996-07-22
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2015-09-08
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1956-04-01
The View
as Self - Guest
Tv • 1997-08-11
Amazing Stories
as John Walters
Tv • 1985-09-29
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
Tv • 2023-05-21
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Tv • 2014-02-25
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee & Performer
Tv • 1956-04-01
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Tv • 1975-10-11
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Tv • 1956-04-01
Dexter: New Blood
as Arthur Mitchell
Tv • 2021-11-07
The Crown
as Winston Churchill
Tv • 2016-11-04
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tv • 1994-04-19
Trial & Error
as Larry Henderson
Tv • 2017-03-14
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as James Roosevelt (voice)
Tv • 2014-09-14
The Simpsons
as Gus (voice)
Tv • 1989-12-17
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Tv • 2007-02-22
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2022-09-12
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Major Kendall Laird
Tv • 1951-12-24
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Laird Riordan
Tv • 1951-12-24
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Tv • 1996-06-10
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2009-07-16
Perry Mason
as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Tv • 2020-06-21
The West
as Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
Tv • 1996-09-15
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Tv • 2019-09-09
Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
Tv • 2020-03-16
Prohibition
as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Tv • 2011-10-02
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Tv • 2015-09-08
The Simpsons
as John Lithgow (voice)
Tv • 1989-12-17
Great Performances
as Capt. Thorne
Tv • 1971-01-28
The Old Man
as Harold Harper
Tv • 2022-06-16
Conan
as Self
Tv • 2010-11-08
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
Tv • 1956-04-01
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
Tv • 1956-04-01
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Tv • 1944-01-20
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1944-01-20
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Tv • 2014-12-21
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
Tv • 2025-01-16
Harry Potter
as Albus Dumbledore
Tv •
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1953-03-19
The One Show
as Self
Tv • 2006-08-14
Dexter: Resurrection
as Arthur Mitchell
Tv • 2025-07-13