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

Le regole di Jenny Pen
Le regole di Jenny Pen
Dave Crealy • 2025
Film
6/10
Francesca Cabrini
Francesca Cabrini
Mayor Gould • 2024
Film
8/10
Conclave
Conclave
Tremblay • 2024
Film
7/10
Spellbound - L'incantesimo
Spellbound - L'incantesimo
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 - La voce dello scandalo
Bombshell - La voce dello scandalo
Roger Ailes • 2019
Film
7/10
E poi c'è Katherine
E poi c'è Katherine
Walter Lovell • 2019
Film
6/10
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
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 - Giochi di potere
Miss Sloane - Giochi di potere
Senator Ronald Sperling • 2016
Film
7/10
The Accountant
The Accountant
Lamar Blackburn • 2016
Film
7/10
In corsa per la Casa Bianca - Best of Enemies
In corsa per la Casa Bianca - 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
I toni dell'amore
I toni dell'amore
Ben • 2014
Film
6/10
C'era una volta nel Paese delle Meraviglie
C'era una volta nel Paese delle Meraviglie
The White Rabbit (voice) • 2013
Serie
7/10
Questi sono i 40
Questi sono i 40
Oliver • 2012
Film
6/10
Candidato a sorpresa
Candidato a sorpresa
Glen Motch • 2012
Film
6/10
L'alba del pianeta delle scimmie
L'alba del pianeta delle scimmie
Charles Rodman • 2011
Film
7/10
Una proposta per dire sì
Una proposta per dire sì
Jack Brady • 2010
Film
7/10
I Love Shopping
I Love Shopping
Edgar West • 2009
Film
6/10
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
Jerry Harris • 2006
Film
7/10
Kinsey - E ora parliamo di sesso...
Kinsey - E ora parliamo di sesso...
Alfred Seguine Kinsey • 2004
Film
7/10
Tu chiamami Peter
Tu chiamami Peter
Blake Edwards • 2004
Film
7/10
Shrek 4-D
Shrek 4-D
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
I Rugrats a Parigi - Il film
I Rugrats a Parigi - Il film
Jean-Claude (voice) • 2000
Film
7/10
A Civil Action
A Civil Action
Judge Walter J. Skinner • 1998
Film
6/10
Terzo sasso dal Sole
Terzo sasso dal Sole
Dick Solomon • 1996
Serie
7/10
I ragazzi di Tuskegee
I ragazzi di Tuskegee
Senator Conyers • 1995
Film
7/10
La principessa degli intrighi
La principessa degli intrighi
Professor Wilkinson • 1994
Film
5/10
Rosso d'autunno
Rosso d'autunno
Dr. Rene Harlinger • 1994
Film
5/10
Il rapporto Pelican
Il rapporto Pelican
Smith Keen • 1993
Film
7/10
Cliffhanger - L'ultima sfida
Cliffhanger - L'ultima sfida
Eric Qualen • 1993
Film
7/10
Doppia personalità
Doppia personalità
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo • 1992
Film
6/10
Giocando nei campi del Signore
Giocando nei campi del Signore
Leslie Huben • 1991
Film
6/10
Verdetto finale
Verdetto finale
Earl Talbott Blake • 1991
Film
6/10
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle
Bruce Derringer • 1990
Film
7/10
Bigfoot e i suoi amici
Bigfoot e i suoi amici
George Henderson • 1987
Film
6/10
Gioco mortale - The Manhattan Project
Gioco mortale - The Manhattan Project
John Mathewson • 1986
Film
6/10
Un posto per riposare
Un posto per riposare
Maj. Kendall Laird • 1986
Film
6/10