John Lithgow

Where to watch John Lithgow

• InterstellarMovie · 2014

Biography

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

1. 2025Dexter: Resurrectionas Arthur Mitchell · 1 episode
2. 2024Spellboundas Bolinar (voice)
3. 2024Conclaveas Tremblay
4. 2023Killers of the Flower Moonas Prosecutor Peter Leaward
5. 2023Sharperas Richard Hobbes
6. 2022The Old Manas Harold Harper · 15 episodes
7. 2022The Bubbleas Tom the Studio Chairman
8. 2021Dexter: New Bloodas Arthur Mitchell · 1 episode
9. 2020Perry Masonas Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan · 8 episodes
10. 2019Bombshellas Roger Ailes
11. 2019Pet Semataryas Jud Crandall
12. 2019Late Nightas Walter Lovell
13. 2017Pitch Perfect 3as Fergus
14. 2017Daddy's Home 2as Don
15. 2017Beatriz at Dinneras Doug Strutt
16. 2016Miss Sloaneas Senator Ronald Sperling
17. 2016The Crownas Winston Churchill · 12 episodes
18. 2016The Accountantas Lamar Blackburn
19. 2014Interstellaras Donald
20. 2014Love Is Strangeas Ben
21. 2014The Homesmanas Reverend Alfred Dowd
22. 2012This Is 40as Oliver
23. 2012The Campaignas Glen Motch
24. 2011New Year's Eveas Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
25. 2011Rise of the Planet of the Apesas Charles Rodman
26. 2010Leap Yearas Jack Brady
27. 2009Confessions of a Shopaholicas Edgar West
28. 2006Dreamgirlsas Jerry Harris
29. 200630 Rockas John Lithgow · 1 episode
30. 2006Dexteras Arthur Mitchell · 12 episodes
31. 2005How I Met Your Motheras Jerry Whittaker · 4 episodes
32. 2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellersas Blake Edwards
33. 2004Kinseyas Alfred Seguine Kinsey
34. 2004Shrek 3-Das Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
35. 2002Orange Countyas Bud Brumder
36. 2001Shrekas Lord Farquaad (voice)
37. 2000Rugrats in Paris: The Movieas Jean-Claude (voice)
38. 1998A Civil Actionas Judge Walter J. Skinner
39. 19963rd Rock from the Sunas Dick Solomon · 139 episodes
40. 1993The Pelican Briefas Smith Keen
41. 1993Frasieras Madman Martinez (voice) · 1 episode
42. 1993Cliffhangeras Qualen
43. 1992Raising Cainas Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
44. 1991Ricochetas Earl Talbott Blake
45. 1990Memphis Belleas Bruce Derringer
46. 1989The Simpsonsas Gus (voice) · 1 episode
47. 1989Tales from the Cryptas Dr. Oscar Charles · 1 episode
48. 1987Harry and the Hendersonsas George Henderson
49. 1985Santa Claus: The Movieas B.Z.
50. 1985Amazing Storiesas John Walters · 1 episode
51. 19842010as Dr. Walter Curnow
52. 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimensionas Lord John Whorfin
53. 1984Footlooseas Rev. Shaw Moore
54. 1983The Day Afteras Joe Huxley
55. 1983Terms of Endearmentas Sam Burns
56. 1983Twilight Zone: The Movieas Valentine
57. 1982The World According to Garpas Roberta Muldoon
58. 1981Blow Outas Burke
59. 1979All That Jazzas Lucas Sergeant
60. 1976Obsessionas Robert Lasalle