10/19/1945
Rochester, New York, USA:
John Arthur Lithgow (nato il 19 ottobre 1945) è un attore americano. Ha studiato all'Università di Harvard e alla London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art prima di farsi conoscere per il suo lavoro variegato sia sul palcoscenico che sul cinema. Ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui sei Primetime Emmy Awards, due Golden Globe e due Tony Awards, oltre a nomination per due Oscar, un British Academy Film Award, quattro Grammy Awards, quattro Screen Actors Guild Awards e un Laurence Olivier Award. Lithgow ha vinto due Tony Awards, il primo come Miglior Attore Non Protagonista in una Pièce per il suo debutto a Broadway in The Changing Room (1972) e il secondo come Miglior Attore in un Musical per il musical Sweet Smell of Success (2002). È stato nominato al Tony per Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988) e Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). Ha recitato nelle opere teatrali The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014) e Hillary and Clinton (2019). Ha interpretato Roald Dahl nella pièce Giant on the West End, per la quale è stato nominato all'Olivier Award come miglior attore. Ha interpretato Dick Solomon nella sitcom televisiva 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), vincendo tre Primetime Emmy Awards come Miglior Attore in una Serie Comica. Ha ricevuto ulteriori Primetime Emmy Awards per le sue interpretazioni come Arthur Mitchell nel dramma Dexter (2009) e come Winston Churchill nel dramma Netflix The Crown (2016–2019). Ha anche recitato in Perry Mason (2020) di HBO e The Old Man (2022) di FX. Al cinema, ha ricevuto due nomination agli Oscar come miglior attore non protagonista per i suoi ruoli come ex giocatore di football transessuale in The World According to Garp (1982) e come banchiere solitario in Affari di Affari (1983). Ha anche recitato in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), L'ascesa del pianeta delle scimmie (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) e Conclave (2024).
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Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic (2026) as Self |
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Jimpa (2026) as Jimpa |
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The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) as Dave Crealy |
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Spellbound (2024) as Bolinar (voice) |
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Conclave (2024) as Tremblay |
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Art Happens Here with John Lithgow (2024) as Self |
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Cabrini (2024) as Mayor Gould |
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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023) as Self |
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) as Prosecutor Peter Leaward |
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Sharper (2023) as Richard Hobbes |
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Chez Bob (2022) as |
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The Bubble (2022) as Tom the Studio Chairman |
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021) as Philip Drummond |
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Show of Titles (2021) as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer |
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Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021) as Sir Isaac Newton (voice) |
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Myths and Hymns (2021) as |
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Give My Regards to Broadway (2020) as Self |
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Bombshell (2019) as Roger Ailes |
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On Broadway (2019) as Self |
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The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019) as President Donald J. Trump |
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The Tomorrow Man (2019) as Ed Hemsler |
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Pet Sematary (2019) as Jud Crandall |
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Late Night (2019) as Walter Lovell |
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Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman (2018) as Jud Crandall |
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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018) as Self |
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Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) as Fergus |
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Daddy's Home 2 (2017) as Don |
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The Pulitzer At 100 (2017) as Self |
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Beatriz at Dinner (2017) as Doug Strutt |
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Hickory Dickory Doc (2017) as Himself |
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They All Saw a Cat (2017) as |
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Miss Sloane (2016) as Senator Ronald Sperling |
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The Accountant (2016) as Lamar Blackburn |
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) as Self - Performer |
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Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (2016) as Narrator |
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Best of Enemies (2015) as Voice of Gore Vidal |
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Lord John (2015) as |
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Inside 'Interstellar' (2015) as Self |
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Projections of America (2015) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Interstellar (2014) as Donald |
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Les As de la Jungle 2 : Le Trésor du Vieux Jim (2014) as Maurice (voice) |
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Love Is Strange (2014) as Ben |
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The Homesman (2014) as Reverend Alfred Dowd |
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9 Kisses (2014) as Man in Club |
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Timms Valley (2013) as Ol' Gregory Timms |
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Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (2013) as Self |
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Shrek Stories (2013) as Lord Farquaad (voice) |
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National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2013) as Posket |
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This Is 40 (2012) as Oliver |
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Casting By (2012) as Self |
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The Campaign (2012) as Glen Motch |
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Shrek: Once Upon a Time (2011) as Self |
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New Year's Eve (2011) as Jonathan Cox (uncredited) |
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) as Charles Rodman |
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Leap Year (2010) as Jack Brady |
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Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn (2009) as Narrator |
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The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (2009) as God |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) as Edgar West |
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Car of the Future (2008) as Narrator |
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) as Self |
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Dreamgirls (2006) as Jerry Harris |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly") |
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The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge (2006) as Narrator |
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Sangre (2006) as Cafe chef and owner |
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Einstein's Big Idea (2005) as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition |
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as Blake Edwards |
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Kinsey (2004) as Alfred Seguine Kinsey |
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Shrek 3-D (2004) as Ghost of Farquaad (voice) |
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Dogs and More Dogs (2004) as Narrator |
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Bark, George (2003) as |
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Orange County (2002) as Bud Brumder |
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Buckaroo Banzai Declassified (2002) as Self |
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Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) as Lord Farquaad (singing voice) |
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Shrek (2001) as Lord Farquaad (voice) |
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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) as Jean-Claude (voice) |
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Don Quixote (2000) as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano |
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95 Worlds and Counting (2000) as Narrator |
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999) as Dr. Oscar Charles |
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A Civil Action (1998) as Judge Walter J. Skinner |
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Homegrown (1998) as Malcolm / Robert Stockman |
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Johnny Skidmarks (1998) as Sergeant Larry Skovik |
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Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997) as Narrator (voice) |
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Hollow Point (1996) as Thomas Livingston |
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Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996) as Narrator |
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The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) as Senator Conyers |
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Redwood Curtain (1995) as Laird Riordan |
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My Brother's Keeper (1995) as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley |
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Silent Fall (1994) as Dr. Rene Harlinger |
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Princess Caraboo (1994) as Professor Wilkinson |
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A Good Man in Africa (1994) as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner |
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994) as Self |
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The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993) as Alexander (voice) |
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Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) as Paul Harrington |
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The Pelican Brief (1993) as Smith Keen |
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The Wrong Man (1993) as Phillip Mills |
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Cliffhanger (1993) as Qualen |
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1993) as Narrator |
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Raising Cain (1992) as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo |
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) as Leslie Huben |
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Ricochet (1991) as Earl Talbott Blake |
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The Boys (1991) as Artie Margulies |
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Amazing Stories: The Movie II (1990) as John Walters (archive footage) |
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Memphis Belle (1990) as Bruce Derringer |
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Ivory Hunters (1990) as Robert Carter |
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John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert (1990) as |
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Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self |
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Traveling Man (1989) as Ben Cluett |
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Out Cold (1989) as Dave |
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Distant Thunder (1988) as Mark Lambert |
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Harry and the Hendersons (1987) as George Henderson |
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The Amazing Bone (1987) as Narrator |
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Baby Girl Scott (1987) as Neil Scott |
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The Manhattan Project (1986) as John Mathewson |
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Resting Place (1986) as Maj. Kendall Laird |
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Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie (1985) as Self |
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Mesmerized (1985) as Oliver Thompson |
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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) as B.Z. |
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2010 (1984) as Dr. Walter Curnow |
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The Glitter Dome (1984) as Sgt. Marty Wellborn |
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as Lord John Whorfin |
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Footloose (1984) as Rev. Shaw Moore |
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1984) as Goldilocks' Father |
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2010 : The Odyssey Continues (1984) as Himself |
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The Day After (1983) as Joe Huxley |
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Terms of Endearment (1983) as Sam Burns |
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) as Valentine |
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Not in Front of the Children (1982) as Richard Carruthers |
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The World According to Garp (1982) as Roberta Muldoon |
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) as Mr. Brunner |
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Blow Out (1981) as Burke |
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Big Blonde (1980) as Herbie Morse |
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Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980) as Wally |
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The Oldest Living Graduate (1980) as Clarence |
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All That Jazz (1979) as Lucas Sergeant |
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Rich Kids (1979) as Paul Philips |
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The Big Fix (1978) as Sam Sebastian |
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Secret Service (1977) as Capt. Thorne |
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Obsession (1976) as Robert Lasalle |
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The Country Girl (1974) as Paul Unger |
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Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) as John |
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Broadway: The Next Generation () as Self |
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Sequestered - Inside Conclave () as Self |
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The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) Executive Producer |
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Art Happens Here with John Lithgow (2024) Executive Producer |
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Don Quixote (2000) Executive Producer |