John Lithgow

Actor

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lithgow studied at Harvard University winning a Fulbrigh...

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, USA

Date of Birth: Oct 19, 1945

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Filmography

Actor (176 Known Credits)

Sharper

Richard Hobbes

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

Self

The Bubble

Tom the Studio Chairman

The Old Man

Harold Harper

Dexter: New Blood

Arthur Mitchell

Mega City Smiths

Ol' Gregory Timms

Killers of the Flower Moon

Prosecutor Leaward

On Broadway

Self

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

Philip Drummond

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

Perry Mason

Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan

Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen

Self (archive footage)

Give My Regards to Broadway

Self

Jud Crandall

Walter Newbury

Roger Ailes

Ed Hemsler

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

President Donald J. Trump

The Tale of Timmy Baterman

Jud

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C

Self

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Himself

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Himself

Larry Henderson

Fergus

Himself

Don Whitaker

Doug Strutt

Himself

Sir Winston Churchill

The Accountant

Lamar Black

Miss Sloane

Congressman Ron M. Sperling

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Self - Performer

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Narrator

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self

Best of Enemies

Himself

Inside Interstellar

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Interstellar

Donald

Love Is Strange

Ben

The Homesman

Reverend Dowd

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest

Maurice (voice)

Projections of America

Self - Narrator (voice)

9 Kisses

Man in Club

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

James Roosevelt (voice)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

The White Rabbit

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

Himself

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

Posket

Shrek Stories

Lord Farquaad (voice)

Ol' Gregory Timms

Self

Glen Motch

Oliver

Self

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Charles Rodman

New Year's Eve

Jonathan Cox (uncredited)

Prohibition

Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

Self

Conan

Self

Leap Year

Jack Brady

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Edgar West

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn

Narrator

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

God

Car of the Future

Narrator

The Graham Norton Show

Himself

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Self

Dexter

Arthur Mitchell

30 Rock

John Lithgow

Dreamgirls

Jerry Harris

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge

Narrator

Sangre

Cafe chef and owner

How I Met Your Mother

Jerry Whitaker

Einstein's Big Idea

Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Narrator

The Tony Danza Show

Self

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Blake Edwards

Kinsey

Alfred Seguine Kinsey

Dogs And More Dogs

Narrator

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

E! Live from the Red Carpet

Himself

Orange County

Bud Brumder

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

Himself

Shrek

Lord Farquaad (voice)

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

Lord Farquaad (singing voice)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Jean-Claude (voice)

95 Worlds and Counting

Narrator

Don Quixote

Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

The Early Show

Self

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Dr. Oscar Charles

A Civil Action

Judge Walter J. Skinner

Homegrown

Malcolm / Robert Stockman

Johnny Skidmarks

Sergeant Larry Skovik

The View

Self

The View

Self - Guest

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Narrator (voice)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Self - Guest

3rd Rock from the Sun

Dick Solomon

Cosby

John Lithgow

Hollow Point

Thomas Livingston

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

Narrator

Self

Senator Conyers

Laird Riordan

Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley

Narrator

Professor Wilkinson

Dr. Rene Harlinger

Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

World War II: When Lions Roared

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Frasier

Guest Caller - Madman Martinez

Eric Qualen

Smith Keen

Phillip Mills

Paul Harrington

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

Alexander (voice)

Raising Cain

Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

Ricochet

Earl Talbott Blake

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Leslie Huben

Memphis Belle

Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer

Ivory Hunters

Robert Carter

Night Of 100 Stars III

Self

Gus

Dr. Oscar Charles

Dave

Ben Cluett

Mark Lambert

Harry and the Hendersons

George Henderson

Baby Girl Scott

Neil Scott

The Manhattan Project

John Mathewson

Resting Place

Maj. Kendall Laird

Amazing Stories

John Walters

Santa Claus: The Movie

B.Z.

Mesmerized

Oliver Thompson

The Amazing Bone

Narrator

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Himself

Footloose

Reverend Shaw Moore

2010

Dr. Walter Curnow

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Lord John Whorfin

The Glitter Dome

Sgt. Marty Wellborn

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks' Father

The Day After

Joe Huxley

Terms of Endearment

Sam Burns

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Valentine

Faerie Tale Theatre

Goldilocks' Father

The World According to Garp

Roberta Muldoon

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Mr. Brunner

Not in Front of the Children

Richard Carruthers

Blow Out

Burke

Big Blonde

Herbie Morse

The Oldest Living Graduate

Clarence

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

Wally

Lucas Sergeant

Paul Philips

Sam Sebastian

Capt. Thorne

Robert Lasalle

Self - Host / Various / Baudelaire / Margaret Thatcher

NOVA

Narrator

The Country Girl

Paul Unger

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

John

Great Performances

Capt. Thorne

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee & Performer

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

Self - Winner

Today

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Laird Riordan

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Major Kendall Laird

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Paul Unger

Untitled Skydance Animation Film

Minister Bolinar (voice)

Conclave

Cardinal Tremblay

Untitled Cabrini film

Mayor Gould

Sharper (2023)

Richard Hobbes

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023)

Self

The Bubble (2022)

Tom the Studio Chairman

The Old Man (2022)

Harold Harper

Dexter: New Blood (2021 - 2022)

Arthur Mitchell

Mega City Smiths (2021 - 2014)

Ol' Gregory Timms

Killers of the Flower Moon (2021)

Prosecutor Leaward

On Broadway (2021)

Self

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021)

Philip Drummond

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021)

Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

Perry Mason (2020)

Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan

Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen (2020)

Self (archive footage)

Give My Regards to Broadway (2020)

Self

Pet Sematary (2019)

Jud Crandall

Late Night (2019)

Walter Newbury

Bombshell (2019)

Roger Ailes

The Tomorrow Man (2019)

Ed Hemsler

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019)

President Donald J. Trump

The Tale of Timmy Baterman (2019)

Jud

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C (2018 - 2020)

Self

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018)

Himself

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)

Himself

Trial & Error (2017 - 2018)

Larry Henderson

Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

Fergus

The Pulitzer At 100 (2017)

Himself

Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

Don Whitaker

Beatriz at Dinner (2017)

Doug Strutt

Hickory Dickory Doc (2017)

Himself

The Crown (2016 - 2022)

Sir Winston Churchill

The Accountant (2016)

Lamar Black

Miss Sloane (2016)

Congressman Ron M. Sperling

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)

Self - Performer

Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (2016)

Narrator

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015 - 2022)

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015 - 2022)

Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015 - 2021)

Self

Best of Enemies (2015)

Himself

Inside Interstellar (2015)

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014 - 2022)

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014 - 2020)

Self

Interstellar (2014)

Donald

Love Is Strange (2014)

Ben

The Homesman (2014)

Reverend Dowd

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest (2014)

Maurice (voice)

Projections of America (2014)

Self - Narrator (voice)

9 Kisses (2014)

Man in Club

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)

James Roosevelt (voice)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013 - 2014)

The White Rabbit

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (2013)

Himself

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2013)

Posket

Shrek Stories (2013)

Lord Farquaad (voice)

Timms Valley (2013)

Ol' Gregory Timms

Finding Your Roots (2012 - 2020)

Self

The Campaign (2012)

Glen Motch

This Is 40 (2012)

Oliver

Casting By (2012)

Self

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Charles Rodman

New Year's Eve (2011)

Jonathan Cox (uncredited)

Prohibition (2011)

Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

Shrek: Once Upon a Time (2011)

Self

Conan (2010 - 2021)

Self

Leap Year (2010)

Jack Brady

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Edgar West

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn (2009)

Narrator

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (2009)

God

Car of the Future (2008)

Narrator

The Graham Norton Show (2007 - 2022)

Himself

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)

Self

Dexter (2006 - 2013)

Arthur Mitchell

30 Rock (2006 - 2013)

John Lithgow

Dreamgirls (2006)

Jerry Harris

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge (2006)

Narrator

Sangre (2006)

Cafe chef and owner

How I Met Your Mother (2005 - 2014)

Jerry Whitaker

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)

Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (2005)

Narrator

The Tony Danza Show (2004 - 2006)

Self

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Blake Edwards

Kinsey (2004)

Alfred Seguine Kinsey

Dogs And More Dogs (2004)

Narrator

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003)

Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

E! Live from the Red Carpet (2002 - 2019)

Himself

Orange County (2002)

Bud Brumder

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified (2002)

Himself

Shrek (2001)

Lord Farquaad (voice)

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)

Lord Farquaad (singing voice)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)

Jean-Claude (voice)

95 Worlds and Counting (2000)

Narrator

Don Quixote (2000)

Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

The Early Show (1999 - 2011)

Self

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999)

Dr. Oscar Charles

A Civil Action (1998)

Judge Walter J. Skinner

Homegrown (1998)

Malcolm / Robert Stockman

Johnny Skidmarks (1998)

Sergeant Larry Skovik

The View (1997 - 2022)

Self

The View (1997 - 2022)

Self - Guest

Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997)

Narrator (voice)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (1996 - 2022)

Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996 - 2002)

Self - Guest

3rd Rock from the Sun (1996 - 2001)

Dick Solomon

Cosby (1996 - 2000)

John Lithgow

Hollow Point (1996)

Thomas Livingston

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)

Narrator

The West (1996)

Self

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

Senator Conyers

Redwood Curtain (1995)

Laird Riordan

My Brother's Keeper (1995)

Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley

American Cinema (1995)

Narrator

Princess Caraboo (1994)

Professor Wilkinson

Silent Fall (1994)

Dr. Rene Harlinger

A Good Man in Africa (1994)

Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993 - 2009)

Self - Guest

Frasier (1993 - 2004)

Guest Caller - Madman Martinez

Cliffhanger (1993)

Eric Qualen

The Pelican Brief (1993)

Smith Keen

The Wrong Man (1993)

Phillip Mills

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)

Paul Harrington

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993)

Alexander (voice)

Raising Cain (1992)

Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

Ricochet (1991)

Earl Talbott Blake

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

Leslie Huben

Memphis Belle (1990)

Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer

Ivory Hunters (1990)

Robert Carter

Night Of 100 Stars III (1990)

Self

The Simpsons (1989 - 2023)

Gus

Tales from the Crypt (1989 - 1996)

Dr. Oscar Charles

Out Cold (1989)

Dave

Traveling Man (1989)

Ben Cluett

Distant Thunder (1988)

Mark Lambert

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

George Henderson

Baby Girl Scott (1987)

Neil Scott

The Manhattan Project (1986)

John Mathewson

Resting Place (1986)

Maj. Kendall Laird

Amazing Stories (1985 - 1987)

John Walters

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

B.Z.

Mesmerized (1985)

Oliver Thompson

The Amazing Bone (1985)

Narrator

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie (1985)

Himself

Footloose (1984)

Reverend Shaw Moore

2010 (1984)

Dr. Walter Curnow

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Lord John Whorfin

The Glitter Dome (1984)

Sgt. Marty Wellborn

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1984)

Goldilocks' Father

The Day After (1983)

Joe Huxley

Terms of Endearment (1983)

Sam Burns

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Valentine

Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 - 1987)

Goldilocks' Father

The World According to Garp (1982)

Roberta Muldoon

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)

Mr. Brunner

Not in Front of the Children (1982)

Richard Carruthers

Blow Out (1981)

Burke

Big Blonde (1980)

Herbie Morse

The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)

Clarence

Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980)

Wally

All That Jazz (1979)

Lucas Sergeant

Rich Kids (1979)

Paul Philips

The Big Fix (1978)

Sam Sebastian

Secret Service (1977)

Capt. Thorne

Obsession (1976)

Robert Lasalle

Saturday Night Live (1975 - 2022)

Self - Host / Various / Baudelaire / Margaret Thatcher

NOVA (1974 - 2022)

Narrator

The Country Girl (1974)

Paul Unger

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)

John

Great Performances (1971 - 2020)

Capt. Thorne

Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)

Self - Nominee & Performer

Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)

Self - Presenter

Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)

Self - Winner

Today (1952 - 2022)

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Laird Riordan

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Major Kendall Laird

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Paul Unger

Untitled Skydance Animation Film

Minister Bolinar (voice)

Conclave

Cardinal Tremblay

Untitled Cabrini film

Mayor Gould

Age At Time Of Release

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