John Lithgow
Birthday: 1945-10-19
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 432
Drafted By: Zac E. Chan
Owned By: Zac E. Chan
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1983 | 38 | The World According to Garp (1982) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1984 | 39 | Terms of Endearment (1983) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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Jimpa | Jimpa | |
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2024-11-22 | Spellbound | Minister Bolinar (voice) |
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2024-10-25 | Conclave | Joseph Tremblay |
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2024-09-19 | The Rule of Jenny Pen | |
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2024-03-07 | Cabrini | Mayor Gould |
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2023-10-18 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Prosecutor Peter Leaward |
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2023-02-10 | Sharper | Richard Hobbes |
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2022-12-15 | Chez Bob | |
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2022-03-25 | The Bubble | Tom the Studio Chairman |
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2021-12-07 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | Philip Drummond |
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2021-05-07 | Emily @ the Edge of Chaos | Sir Isaac Newton (voice) |
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2021-01-13 | Myths and Hymns | |
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2019-12-13 | Bombshell | Roger Ailes |
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2019-06-24 | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | President Donald J. Trump |
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2019-05-22 | The Tomorrow Man | Ed Hemsler |
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2019-04-04 | Pet Sematary | Jud Crandall |
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2019-01-25 | Late Night | Walter Lovell |
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2018-11-13 | Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman | Jud Crandall |
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2017-12-20 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Fergus |
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2017-11-09 | Daddy's Home 2 | Don |
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2017-06-09 | Beatriz at Dinner | Doug Strutt |
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2017-01-01 | They All Saw a Cat | |
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2016-11-25 | Miss Sloane | Senator Ronald Sperling |
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2016-10-13 | The Accountant | Lamar Blackburn |
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2015-07-20 | Lord John | |
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2014-12-11 | 9 Kisses | Man in Club |
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2014-11-05 | Interstellar | Donald |
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2014-08-27 | The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest | Maurice (voice) |
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2014-08-22 | Love Is Strange | Ben |
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2014-05-18 | The Homesman | Reverend Alfred Dowd |
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2013-12-31 | Timms Valley | Ol' Gregory Timms |
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2013-10-01 | Shrek Stories | Lord Farquaad (voice) |
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2013-01-17 | National Theatre Live: The Magistrate | Posket |
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2012-12-20 | This Is 40 | Oliver |
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2012-08-09 | The Campaign | Glen Motch |
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2011-12-08 | New Year's Eve | Jonathan Cox (uncredited) |
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2011-08-03 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Charles Rodman |
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2010-01-08 | Leap Year | Jack Brady |
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2009-05-31 | The Macabre World of Lavender Williams | God |
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2009-02-05 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Edgar West |
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2006-12-25 | Dreamgirls | Jerry Harris |
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2006-05-02 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly") |
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2006-01-01 | Sangre | Cafe chef and owner |
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2004-10-01 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Blake Edwards |
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2004-09-04 | Kinsey | Alfred Seguine Kinsey |
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2004-04-03 | The Ghost of Lord Farquaad | Ghost of Farquaad (voice) |
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2003-01-01 | Bark, George | |
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2002-01-11 | Orange County | Bud Brumder |
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2001-11-02 | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party | Lord Farquaad (singing voice) |
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2001-05-18 | Shrek | Lord Farquaad (voice) |
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2000-11-17 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Jean-Claude (voice) |
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2000-04-09 | Don Quixote | Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano |
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1999-09-07 | Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | Dr. Oscar Charles |
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1998-12-25 | A Civil Action | Judge Walter J. Skinner |
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1998-04-17 | Homegrown | Malcolm / Robert Stockman |
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1998-01-18 | Johnny Skidmarks | Sergeant Larry Skovik |
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1996-10-21 | Hollow Point | Thomas Livingston |
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1995-08-25 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Senator Conyers |
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1995-03-14 | My Brother's Keeper | Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley |
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1995-01-01 | Redwood Curtain | Laird Riordan |
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1994-10-28 | Silent Fall | Dr. Rene Harlinger |
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1994-09-16 | Princess Caraboo | Professor Wilkinson |
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1994-07-14 | A Good Man in Africa | Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner |
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1993-12-08 | The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale | Alexander (voice) |
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1993-12-05 | Love, Cheat & Steal | Paul Harrington |
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1993-09-17 | The Pelican Brief | Smith Keen |
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1993-09-05 | The Wrong Man | Phillip Mills |
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1993-05-28 | Cliffhanger | Eric Qualen |
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1992-08-07 | Raising Cain | Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo |
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1991-12-06 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Leslie Huben |
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1991-10-04 | Ricochet | Earl Talbott Blake |
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1991-04-15 | The Boys | |
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1990-09-07 | Memphis Belle | Bruce Derringer |
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1990-08-20 | Ivory Hunters | Robert Carter |
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1990-06-01 | John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert | |
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1989-06-25 | Traveling Man | Ben Cluett |
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1989-03-03 | Out Cold | Dave |
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1988-11-11 | Distant Thunder | Mark Lambert |
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1987-06-05 | Harry and the Hendersons | George Henderson |
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1987-01-01 | Baby Girl Scott | Neil Scott |
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1986-06-13 | The Manhattan Project | John Mathewson |
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1986-04-27 | Resting Place | Maj. Kendall Laird |
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1985-11-18 | Mesmerized | Oliver Thompson |
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1985-10-29 | Santa Claus: The Movie | B.Z. |
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1984-12-06 | 2010 | Dr. Walter Curnow |
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1984-11-18 | The Glitter Dome | Sgt. Marty Wellborn |
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1984-08-10 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Lord John Whorfin |
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1984-02-17 | Footloose | Rev. Shaw Moore |
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1984-01-09 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Goldilocks' Father |
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1983-11-20 | Terms of Endearment | Sam Burns |
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1983-11-20 | The Day After | Joe Huxley |
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1983-06-24 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Valentine |
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1982-10-26 | Not in Front of the Children | Richard Carruthers |
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1982-08-13 | The World According to Garp | Roberta Muldoon |
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1982-03-05 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Mr. Brunner |
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1981-07-24 | Blow Out | Burke |
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1980-12-01 | Big Blonde | Herbie Morse |
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1980-10-20 | Mom, the Wolfman and Me | Wally |
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1980-04-07 | The Oldest Living Graduate | Clarence |
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1979-12-16 | All That Jazz | Lucas Sergeant |
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1979-08-17 | Rich Kids | Paul Philips |
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1978-10-06 | The Big Fix | Sam Sebastian |
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1977-01-12 | Secret Service | Capt. Thorne |
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1976-08-01 | Obsession | Robert Lasalle |
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1974-02-05 | The Country Girl | Paul Unger |
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1972-02-25 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | John |