John Lithgow
Born in Rochester, New York, USA — Oct 19 1945
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…
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The Simpsons
Gus (voice)
Dexter
Arthur Mitchell
NOVA
Narrator
How I Met Your Mother
Jerry Whittaker
Frasier
Madman Martinez (voice)
30 Rock
John Lithgow
Great Performances
Capt. Thorne
Interstellar
Donald
The Crown
Winston Churchill
3rd Rock from the Sun
Dick Solomon
Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Oscar Charles
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Amazing Stories
John Walters
Finding Your Roots
Self
Shrek
Lord Farquaad (voice)
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
Goldilocks' Father
Dexter: Resurrection
Arthur Mitchell
Perry Mason
Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
The Old Man
Harold Harper
Harry Potter
Albus Dumbledore
Dexter: New Blood
Arthur Mitchell
Conclave
Tremblay
Cosby
John Lithgow
Trial & Error
Larry Henderson
Killers of the Flower Moon
Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Charles Rodman
2010
Dr. Walter Curnow
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Dave Crealy
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The White Rabbit (voice)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
The Accountant
Lamar Blackburn
Prohibition
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Spellbound
Bolinar (voice)
Footloose
Rev. Shaw Moore
The West
Self
Bombshell
Roger Ailes
Cliffhanger
Qualen
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Paul Unger
Dreamgirls
Jerry Harris
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
James Roosevelt (voice)
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
Miss Sloane
Senator Ronald Sperling
Pet Sematary
Jud Crandall
Pitch Perfect 3
Fergus
Daddy's Home 2
Don
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Valentine
Twenty Good Years
John Mason
A Civil Action
Judge Walter J. Skinner
Blow Out
Burke
This Is 40
Oliver
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Edgar West
American Cinema
Self - Host
New Year's Eve
Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
The Campaign
Glen Motch
Terms of Endearment
Sam Burns
The Homesman
Reverend Alfred Dowd
The Day After
Joe Huxley
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
The Bubble
Tom the Studio Chairman
All That Jazz
Lucas Sergeant
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Lord John Whorfin
Cabrini
Mayor Gould
Kinsey
Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Jean-Claude (voice)
Ricochet
Earl Talbott Blake
Memphis Belle
Bruce Derringer
Leap Year
Jack Brady
Orange County
Bud Brumder
Late Night
Walter Lovell
World War II: When Lions Roared
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sharper
Richard Hobbes
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self
Raising Cain
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
The Pelican Brief
Smith Keen
Obsession
Robert Lasalle
Santa Claus: The Movie
B.Z.
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
The Boys
Artie Margulies
Homegrown
Malcolm / Robert Stockman
On Broadway
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Beatriz at Dinner
Doug Strutt
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson
The Tuskegee Airmen
Senator Conyers
Don Quixote
Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
Jimpa
Jimpa
Inside 'Interstellar'
Self
Casting By
Self
Princess Caraboo
Professor Wilkinson
Silent Fall
Dr. Rene Harlinger
The Big Fix
Sam Sebastian
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Leslie Huben
Out Cold
Dave
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Mr. Brunner
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Blake Edwards
The Manhattan Project
John Mathewson
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Dr. Oscar Charles
Hollow Point
Thomas Livingston
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
Love, Cheat & Steal
Paul Harrington
The World According to Garp
Roberta Muldoon
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
Johnny Skidmarks
Sergeant Larry Skovik
Big Blonde
Herbie Morse
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Love Is Strange
Ben
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
Einstein's Big Idea
Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
Shrek 3-D
Lord Farquaad
Timms Valley
Ol' Gregory Timms
A Good Man in Africa
Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Rich Kids
Paul Philips
Secret Service
Capt. Thorne
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
Shrek Stories
Lord Farquaad (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Philip Drummond
The Glitter Dome
Sgt. Marty Wellborn
The Tomorrow Man
Ed Hemsler
Distant Thunder
Mark Lambert
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
Resting Place
Maj. Kendall Laird
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self
Best of Enemies
Voice of Gore Vidal
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
Myths and Hymns
Traveling Man
Ben Cluett
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Narrator
Redwood Curtain
Laird Riordan
The Oldest Living Graduate
Clarence
The Pulitzer At 100
Self
My Brother's Keeper
Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
9 Kisses
Man in Club
Ivory Hunters
Robert Carter
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
John Walters (archive footage)
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
John
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
God
Baby Girl Scott
Neil Scott
The Wrong Man
Phillip Mills
The Country Girl
Paul Unger
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
Maurice (voice)
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Self
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Self
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldilocks' Father
Mesmerized
Oliver Thompson
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self
Not in Front of the Children
Richard Carruthers
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Self
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
Give My Regards to Broadway
Self
Sangre
Cafe chef and owner
The Amazing Bone
Narrator
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
Posket
Bark, George
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Wally
They All Saw a Cat
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
President Donald J. Trump
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
Alexander (voice)
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Jud Crandall
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Narrator
Dogs and More Dogs
Narrator
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Narrator (voice)
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
Narrator
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
Self
Car of the Future
Narrator
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Narrator
Lord John
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
Projections of America
Self - Narrator (voice)
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Narrator
Chez Bob
Hickory Dickory Doc
Himself
95 Worlds and Counting
Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Winner