John Lithgow

John Lithgow Movies and TV Shows

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lithgow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 10/19/1945 (78 years old)
  • Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.93 m
  • Net worth: $45,000,000
  • twitter: johnlithgow
  • instagram: jalithgow
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Cabrini
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 20%
role:
Mayor Gould
Not available
2024

Drama

History

7.9
20%
Not available
Killers of the Flower Moon
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 75%
role:
Prosecutor Peter Leaward
2023

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.7
75%
Sharper
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 71%
role:
Richard Hobbes
2023

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.7
71%
The Old Man
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Harold Harper
2022

Action

Adventure

Drama

7.6
75%
The Bubble
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 48%
role:
Tom the Studio Chairman
2022

Comedy

4.7
48%
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Perry Mason
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Not available
2020

Crime

Drama

Mystery

7.6
73%
Not available
Bombshell
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Roger Ailes
2019

Drama

History

6.8
68%
The Tomorrow Man
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 57%
role:
Ed Hemsler
2019

Drama

Romance

5.9
57%
Pet Sematary
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Jud Crandall
2019

Horror

Thriller

5.7
57%
Late Night
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Walter Newbury
2019

Comedy

Drama

6.5
65%
2017

Comedy

Music

5.8
66%
Daddy's Home 2
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 63%
role:
Don Whitaker
2017

Comedy

6.0
63%
Beatriz at Dinner
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 59%
role:
Doug Strutt
2017

Comedy

Drama

6.0
59%
Miss Sloane
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 75%
role:
Senator Ronald Sperling
2016

Drama

Thriller

7.5
75%
The Accountant
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Lamar Black
2016

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.3
70%
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2015

Documentary

History

7.6
73%
9 Kisses
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Man in Club
Not available
2014

Romance

6.4
62%
Not available
Interstellar
IMDB 8.7
TMDB 84%
role:
Donald
2014

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.7
84%
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 87%
role:
James Roosevelt (voice)
2014

Documentary

History

8.8
87%
2014

Adventure

Animation

Family

6.8
70%
The Homesman
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Reverend Alfred Dowd & 1 more
2014

Drama

Western

6.6
66%
2014

Drama

6.7
64%
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 71%
role:
The White Rabbit (voice)
Not available
2013

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
71%
Not available
This Is 40
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 58%
role:
Oliver
2012

Comedy

6.2
58%
Casting By
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Self
2012

Documentary

7.6
73%
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The Campaign
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 58%
role:
Glen Motch
2012

Comedy

6.1
58%
New Year's Eve
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 59%
role:
Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
2011

Comedy

Romance

5.6
59%
Prohibition
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 82%
role:
Voice (voice)
2011

Documentary

8.2
82%
2011

Action

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
73%
Leap Year
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 69%
role:
Jack Brady
2010

Comedy

Romance

6.4
69%
2009

Comedy

Romance

5.8
64%
Dreamgirls
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 68%
role:
Jerry Harris
2006

Drama

Music

6.6
68%
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Blake Edwards
Not available
2004

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.9
66%
Not available
Kinsey
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Alfred Seguine Kinsey
2004

Drama

7.1
67%
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 60%
role:
Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
2003

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
60%
Orange County
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Bud Brumder
2002

Comedy

Drama

6.2
60%
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 62%
role:
Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
2001

Animation

Comedy

Family

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
62%
Shrek
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 77%
role:
Lord Farquaad (voice)
2001

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
77%
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 66%
role:
Jean-Claude (voice)
2000

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.2
66%
A Civil Action
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 64%
role:
Judge Walter J. Skinner
1998

Drama

6.6
64%
The Tuskegee Airmen
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Senator Conyers
1995

Drama

History

TV Movie

War & Politics

7.1
71%
The Pelican Brief
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Smith Keen
1993

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.6
66%
Cliffhanger
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Eric Qualen
1993

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.5
64%
Raising Cain
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
1992

Crime

Drama

Horror

Thriller

6.1
60%
Ricochet
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Earl Talbott Blake
Not available
1991

Crime

Thriller

6.2
61%
Not available
Memphis Belle
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 67%
role:
Bruce Derringer
1990

Action

Drama

War & Politics

6.9
67%
Harry and the Hendersons
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
George Henderson
1987

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
60%
The Manhattan Project
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 63%
role:
John Mathewson
1986

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
63%
1985

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
63%
2010
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 67%
role:
Dr. Walter Curnow
1984

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
67%
1984

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
61%
Footloose
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Reverend Shaw Moore
1984

Drama

Romance

6.6
67%
The Day After
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Joe Huxley
Not available
1983

Drama

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
67%
Not available
1983

Comedy

Drama

7.4
71%
Twilight Zone: The Movie
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 65%
role:
John Valentine (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet")
1983

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
65%
The World According to Garp
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Roberta Muldoon
1982

Drama

7.1
67%
Blow Out
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Burke
1981

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

7.4
73%
All That Jazz
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 74%
role:
Lucas Sergeant
Not available
1979

Drama

7.8
74%
Not available
Obsession
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 65%
role:
Robert Lasalle
1976

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.7
65%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving John Lithgow are, for example, Killers of the Flower Moon, Sharper and The Old Man.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (8.8), Interstellar (8.6) and Prohibition (8.2).
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