John Lithgow
Acting
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).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Charles Rodman
Age 65 (now 80)
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
as Self
Age 80
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
Executive Producer
Age 78 (now 80)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Age 77 (now 80)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
as Philip Drummond
Age 76 (now 80)
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Age 75 (now 80)
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
Age 75 (now 80)
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as President Donald J. Trump
Age 73 (now 80)
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
as Jud Crandall
Age 73 (now 80)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
Age 70 (now 80)Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
as Narrator
Age 70 (now 80)
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
as Maurice (voice)
Age 68 (now 80)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
as Self
Age 67 (now 80)
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
as Posket
Age 67 (now 80)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Charles Rodman
Age 65 (now 80)
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
as God
Age 63 (now 80)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
Age 61 (now 80)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Age 60 (now 80)
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
as Narrator
Age 60 (now 80)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Blake Edwards
Age 58 (now 80)
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
Age 56 (now 80)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
as Jean-Claude (voice)
Age 55 (now 80)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as Dr. Oscar Charles
Age 53 (now 80)
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
as Narrator
Age 50 (now 80)
A Good Man in Africa
as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Age 48 (now 80)
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
Age 48 (now 80)
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
as Alexander (voice)
Age 48 (now 80)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Leslie Huben
Age 46 (now 80)
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
as John Walters (archive footage)
Age 45 (now 80)
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Self
Age 40 (now 80)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as Lord John Whorfin
Age 38 (now 80)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Goldilocks' Father
Age 38 (now 80)
Not in Front of the Children
as Richard Carruthers
Age 37 (now 80)
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
as John
Age 26 (now 80)
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
as Self
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
as Himself
Age 80
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
Age 77 (now 80)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
Age 72 (now 80)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
Age 72 (now 80)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Age 69 (now 80) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Age 69 (now 80)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Age 69 (now 80)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Age 69 (now 80)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 69 (now 80)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as James Roosevelt (voice)
Age 68 (now 80)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Age 68 (now 80) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Age 68 (now 80)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The White Rabbit (voice)
Age 67 (now 80)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Age 63 (now 80)
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
Age 57 (now 80)
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Age 48 (now 80)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 47 (now 80)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 16 (now 80)
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Also Known As
莊李富高, John Arthur Lithgow, 約翰.李斯高, جان لیتگو
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