John Lithgow

John Lithgow

  • Birthday: 1945-10-19
  • Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA
  • Also know as: 莊李富高

Biography

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 Fulbright scholarship and getting a chance to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. From there he focused his training on the New York stage beginning a distinguished career on Broadway. In 1973, Lithgow received his first Tony Award for his performance in The Changing Room. In 1976 Lithgow acted alongside Meryl Streep in three plays 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, A Memory of Two Mondays and Secret Service. In the 1980s he continued to receive Tony Awards nominations for his performances in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985) and M. Butterfly (1988). In 2002, Lithgow received his second Tony Award, this time for a musical, The Sweet Smell of Success and another nomination for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). In 2007, he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett's production of Twelfth Night. He has also appeared on Broadway in the acclaimed plays The Columnist (2012) and A Delicate Balance (2014). He portrayed Bill Clinton in Hillary and Clinton (2019) alongside Laurie Metcalf as Hillary Clinton. Lithgow is also known for his television roles such as Dick Solomon in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001) winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. He also played Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama. In 2004, Lithgow played Blake Edwards in the HBO television movie, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. He has also appeared on 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Louie and Drunk History. Lithgow won great acclaim for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Peter Morgan's historical drama The Crown (2016–2019) on Netflix. For acting in The Crown he won a Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2020, he had a recurring role on the HBO period series Perry Mason. He is also well known for his film roles. His early screen roles included Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979) and Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981). He received his first Academy Award nomination for his breakout performance in The World According to Garp (1982) and received a second Academy Award nomination for Terms of Endearment (1983). He then starred in the films Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Pelican Brief and Cliffhanger (1993), A Civil Action (1998), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Love Is Strange (2014), Miss Sloane (2016) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). In 2019 he appeared in Mindy Kaling's comedy Late Night and portrayed Roger Ailes in Bombshell.

Filmography

The Manhattan Project

1986

As John Mathewson

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

As George Henderson

Raising Cain

1992

As Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

Resting Place

1986

As Maj. Kendall Laird

Mesmerized

1985

As Oliver Thompson

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993

As Paul Harrington

95 Worlds and Counting

2000

As Narrator

Don Quixote

2000

As Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

Love Is Strange

2014

As Ben

My Brother's Keeper

1995

As Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley

Out Cold

1989

As Dave

Ivory Hunters

1990

As Robert Carter

Baby Girl Scott

1987

As Neil Scott

Traveling Man

1989

As Ben Cluett

Hickory Dickory Doc

2017

As Himself

The Amazing Bone

1987

As Narrator

The Tomorrow Man

2019

As Ed Hemsler

American Cinema

1995

As Narrator

Bark, George

2003

As

Officer Buckle and Gloria

1997

As Narrator (voice)

Lord John

2015

As

Dogs and More Dogs

2004

As Narrator

Projections of America

2015

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Chez Bob

2022

As

2010

1984

As Dr. Walter Curnow

Cliffhanger

1993

As Eric Qualen

Ricochet

1991

As Earl Talbott Blake

Hollow Point

1996

As Thomas Livingston

Distant Thunder

1988

As Mark Lambert

Beatriz at Dinner

2017

As Doug Strutt

Secret Service

1977

As Capt. Thorne

The Boys

1991

As

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

2021

As Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

Conclave

2024

As Cardinal Tremblay

Footloose

1984

As Reverend Shaw Moore

Obsession

1976

As Robert Lasalle

Blow Out

1981

As Burke

A Good Man in Africa

1994

As Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

The Wrong Man

1993

As Phillip Mills

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

2000

As Jean-Claude (voice)

Silent Fall

1994

As Dr. Rene Harlinger

This Is 40

2012

As Oliver

Car of the Future

2008

As Narrator

Johnny Skidmarks

1998

As Sergeant Larry Skovik

The Glitter Dome

1984

As Sgt. Marty Wellborn

Pet Sematary

2019

As Jud Crandall

Not in Front of the Children

1982

As Richard Carruthers

Sangre

2006

As Cafe chef and owner

Shrek

2001

As Lord Farquaad (voice)

The World According to Garp

1982

As Roberta Muldoon

Leap Year

2010

As Jack Brady

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

2004

As Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

The Big Fix

1978

As Sam Sebastian

Rich Kids

1979

As Paul Philips

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011

As Charles Rodman

Best of Enemies

2015

As Self

Daddy's Home 2

2017

As Don

The Pulitzer At 100

2017

As Himself

Bombshell

2019

As Roger Ailes

The Country Girl

1974

As Paul Unger

Cabrini

2024

As Mayor Gould

Spellbound

0000

As Minister Bolinar (voice)

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

As Valentine

The Day After

1983

As Joe Huxley

Princess Caraboo

1994

As Professor Wilkinson

Redwood Curtain

1995

As Laird Riordan

Orange County

2002

As Bud Brumder

Sharper

2023

As Richard Hobbes

Shrek Stories

2013

As Lord Farquaad (voice)

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

As Edgar West

Terms of Endearment

1983

As Sam Burns

Kinsey

2004

As Alfred Seguine Kinsey

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1984

As Goldilocks' Father

A Civil Action

1998

As Judge Walter J. Skinner

The Campaign

2012

As Glen Motch

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982

As Mr. Brunner

The Accountant

2016

As Lamar Black

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

As Senator Conyers

The Homesman

2014

As Reverend Alfred Dowd

Homegrown

1998

As Malcolm / Robert Stockman

On Broadway

2019

As Self

Interstellar

2014

As Donald

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

As René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

2001

As Lord Farquaad (singing voice)

Late Night

2019

As Walter Lovell

The Pelican Brief

1993

As Smith Keen

Timms Valley

2013

As Ol' Gregory Timms

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

As Prosecutor Peter Leaward

All That Jazz

1979

As Lucas Sergeant

Big Blonde

1980

As Herbie Morse

Memphis Belle

1990

As Bruce Derringer

Miss Sloane

2016

As Senator Ronald Sperling

9 Kisses

2014

As Man in Club

Pitch Perfect 3

2017

As Fergus

Dreamgirls

2006

As Jerry Harris

Einstein's Big Idea

2005

As Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

2016

As Self - Performer

The Bubble

2022

As Tom the Studio Chairman

New Year's Eve

2011

As Jonathan Cox (uncredited)

Casting By

2012

As Self

Disclosure

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Don Quixote

2000

As Executive Producer

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

2024

As Executive Producer

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