John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Acting
Born 1945-10-19Rochester, New York, USA
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 transsexual 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).

Titles

Jeny Pens Regel
Jeny Pens Regel
Dave Crealy • 2025
Film
6/10
Cabrini
Cabrini
Mayor Gould • 2024
Film
8/10
Conclave
Conclave
Tremblay • 2024
Film
7/10
Fortryllelsen
Fortryllelsen
Bolinar (voice) • 2024
Film
7/10
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
Prosecutor Peter Leaward • 2023
Film
7/10
Sharper
Sharper
Richard Hobbes • 2023
Film
7/10
The Old Man
The Old Man
Harold Harper • 2022
Serie
7/10
Bombshell - Opgørets time
Bombshell - Opgørets time
Roger Ailes • 2019
Film
7/10
Late Night
Late Night
Walter Lovell • 2019
Film
6/10
Ondskabens Kirkegård
Ondskabens Kirkegård
Jud Crandall • 2019
Film
6/10
The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man
Ed Hemsler • 2019
Film
6/10
Pitch Perfect 3
Pitch Perfect 3
Fergus • 2017
Film
7/10
Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2
Don • 2017
Film
6/10
Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz at Dinner
Doug Strutt • 2017
Film
6/10
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
Senator Ronald Sperling • 2016
Film
7/10
The Accountant
The Accountant
Lamar Blackburn • 2016
Film
7/10
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies
Voice of Gore Vidal • 2015
Film
7/10
Interstellar
Interstellar
Donald • 2014
Film
8/10
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
James Roosevelt (voice) • 2014
Serie
8/10
The Homesman
The Homesman
Reverend Alfred Dowd • 2014
Film
7/10
Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
Ben • 2014
Film
6/10
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The White Rabbit (voice) • 2013
Serie
7/10
This is 40
This is 40
Oliver • 2012
Film
6/10
The Campaign
The Campaign
Glen Motch • 2012
Film
6/10
Abernes planet: Oprindelsen
Abernes planet: Oprindelsen
Charles Rodman • 2011
Film
7/10
Leap Year
Leap Year
Jack Brady • 2010
Film
7/10
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Edgar West • 2009
Film
6/10
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
Jerry Harris • 2006
Film
7/10
Kinsey
Kinsey
Alfred Seguine Kinsey • 2004
Film
7/10
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Blake Edwards • 2004
Film
7/10
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
Ghost of Farquaad (voice) • 2003
Film
6/10
Orange County
Orange County
Bud Brumder • 2002
Film
6/10
Shrek
Shrek
Lord Farquaad (voice) • 2001
Film
8/10
Rollingerne i Paris
Rollingerne i Paris
Jean-Claude (voice) • 2000
Film
7/10
Civil Action
Civil Action
Judge Walter J. Skinner • 1998
Film
6/10
Tredje sten fra Solen
Tredje sten fra Solen
Dick Solomon • 1996
Serie
7/10
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen
Senator Conyers • 1995
Film
7/10
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo
Professor Wilkinson • 1994
Film
5/10
Når sandheden skal frem
Når sandheden skal frem
Dr. Rene Harlinger • 1994
Film
5/10
Pelikan notatet
Pelikan notatet
Smith Keen • 1993
Film
7/10
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
Eric Qualen • 1993
Film
7/10
Det skjulte ansigt
Det skjulte ansigt
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo • 1992
Film
6/10
Jungelens evangelium
Jungelens evangelium
Leslie Huben • 1991
Film
6/10
Psykopat på fri fod
Psykopat på fri fod
Earl Talbott Blake • 1991
Film
6/10
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle
Bruce Derringer • 1990
Film
7/10
Bigfoot og familien Henderson
Bigfoot og familien Henderson
George Henderson • 1987
Film
6/10
Farligt legetøj
Farligt legetøj
John Mathewson • 1986
Film
6/10
Resting Place
Resting Place
Maj. Kendall Laird • 1986
Film
6/10