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John Lithgow

Born Oct 19, 1945 in Rochester, New York, United States

John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, poet, author, and singer. Lithgow is best known for his work in theater, television, and film. Lithgow studied at Harvard, then on a Fulbright scholarship got a chance to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Filmography

Shows & movies
Jimpa
Jimpa
2025
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Drama | 2h 3m
The Rule of Jenny Pen
The Rule of Jenny Pen as Dave Crealy
2025
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Drama, Horror, Thriller | 1h 43m
Cabrini
Cabrini as Mayor Gould
2024
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Adventure, History | 2h 22m
Conclave
Conclave as Joseph Cardinal Tremblay
2024
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Drama, Thriller | 2h 1m
Spellbound
Spellbound as Minister Bolinar
2024
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Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 1h 51m
Sharper
Sharper as Richard Hobbes
2023
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Crime, Drama, Suspense, Thriller | 1h 57m
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon as Prosecutor Leaward
2023
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Crime, Drama, Western | 3h 28m
The Bubble
The Bubble as Tom the Studio Chairman
2022
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Comedy | 2h 6m
The Old Man
The Old Man as Harold Harper
2 seasons • 2022 • Ended
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Drama, Action, Thriller | 50m
Perry Mason (2020)
Perry Mason (2020) as Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan
2 seasons • 2020 • Ended
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Drama, Crime | 55m
On Broadway
On Broadway as John Lithgow
2019
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Documentary, History | 1h 24m
Bombshell
Bombshell as Roger Ailes
2020
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Drama | 1h 49m
The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man as Ed Hemsler
2019
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Drama | 1h 34m
Late Night
Late Night as Walter Newbury
2019
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 42m
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary as Jud Crandall
2019
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Horror | 1h 41m
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like as Himself
2018
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Documentary | 1h
Trial & Error
Trial & Error as Larry Henderson
2 seasons • 2017 • Ended
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Crime, Comedy, Mystery | 25m
Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz at Dinner as Doug Strutt
2017
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 23m
Pitch Perfect 3
Pitch Perfect 3 as Fergus
2017
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Comedy, Musical | 1h 33m
Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2 as Don Whitaker
2017
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Comedy | 1h 40m
The Crown
The Crown as Winston Churchill
6 seasons • 2016 • Ended
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Drama, History | 55m
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane as Senator Ronald Sperling
2017
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Drama, Thriller | 2h 12m
The Accountant
The Accountant as Lamar Black
2016
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Crime, Drama, Thriller | 2h 8m
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies as Himself
2015
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Documentary | 1h 27m
Projections of America
Projections of America as Narrator
2015
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Documentary, History | 52m
Interstellar
Interstellar as Donald
2014
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Drama, Science Fiction | 2h 49m
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest as Maurice (voice)
2014
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Family, Animation | 43m
9 Kisses
9 Kisses as Man in Club
2014
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| 9m
Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange as Ben
2015
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Drama | 1h 38m
The Homesman
The Homesman as Reverend Dowd
2014
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Drama, Western | 2h 2m
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as White Rabbit
1 season • 2013 • Ended
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Fantasy, Drama, Adventure, Romance, Mystery | 43m
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love as Himself
2013
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Documentary | 1h 22m
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate as Posket
2013
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| 2h 32m
Timms Valley
Timms Valley as Ol' Gregory Timms
2013
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Comedy, Animation | 24m
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Shrek's Thrilling Tales as Lord Farquad
2012
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Comedy, Family, Animation | 31m
The Real Revolutionaries
The Real Revolutionaries as William Shockley
2012
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Documentary, History | 1h 29m
This Is 40
This Is 40 as Oliver
2012
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Comedy | 2h 14m
The Campaign
The Campaign as Glen Motch
2012
TVT Rating
Comedy | 1h 25m
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve as Jonathan Cox
2011
TVT Rating
Comedy, Romance | 1h 58m
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Shrek: Once Upon a Time as John Lithgow
2011
TVT Rating
Documentary | 59m
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Charles Rodman
2011
TVT Rating
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | 1h 45m
Leap Year
Leap Year as Jack Brady
2010
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Comedy, Romance | 1h 40m
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic as Edgar West
2009
TVT Rating
Comedy, Romance | 1h 44m
Car of the Future
Car of the Future as Self - Narrator
2008
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Documentary | 54m
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
TVT Rating
Documentary | 1h 42m
Twenty Good Years
Twenty Good Years
1 season • 2006 • Ended
TVT Rating
Comedy | 25m
Dexter
Dexter as Arthur Mitchell
8 seasons • 2006 • Ended
TVT Rating
Drama, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery | 53m
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
2006
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Documentary
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls as Jerry Harris
2006
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Drama | 2h 14m
E=mc² – Einstein's Big Idea
E=mc² – Einstein's Big Idea as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
2005
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Drama, Documentary | 2h
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Blake Edwards
2004
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Comedy, Drama | 2h 2m
Kinsey
Kinsey as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
2004
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Drama | 1h 58m
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
2003
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Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction | 13m
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified as Himself
2002
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Documentary | 22m
Orange County
Orange County as Bud Brumder
2002
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 22m
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek as John Lithgow
2001
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Documentary | 25m
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
2001
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Animation, Comedy | 3m
Shrek
Shrek as Lord Farquaad (voice)
2001
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Animation, Children, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 1h 30m
95 Worlds and Counting
95 Worlds and Counting as Narrator
2000
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Documentary | 1h
Don Quixote
Don Quixote as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
2000
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Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 2h 21m
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie as Jean-Claude (voice)
2000
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Adventure, Animation, Comedy | 1h 18m
Johnny Skidmarks
Johnny Skidmarks as Sergeant Larry Skovik
1998
TVT Rating
Thriller, Crime, Drama | 1h 36m
Homegrown
Homegrown as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
1998
TVT Rating
Drama, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime | 1h 42m
A Civil Action
A Civil Action as Judge Walter J. Skinner
1998
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 55m
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon
6 seasons • 1996 • Ended
TVT Rating
Science Fiction, Family, Comedy | 25m
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen as Narrator
1996
TVT Rating
Documentary | 40m
Hollow Point
Hollow Point as Thomas Livingston
1996
TVT Rating
Action, Comedy, Thriller | 1h 42m
American Cinema
American Cinema as host
1 season • 1995 • Ended
TVT Rating
Documentary | 55m
Redwood Curtain
Redwood Curtain as Laird Riordan
1995
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 39m
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen as Senator Conyers
1995
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 46m
World War II: When Lions Roared
World War II: When Lions Roared as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1 season • 1994 • Ended
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Mini-Series, Drama, History, War | 1h 30m
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo as Professor Wilkinson
1994
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 1h 37m
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
1994
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 1h 34m
Silent Fall
Silent Fall as Dr. Rene Harlinger
1994
TVT Rating
Drama, Thriller | 1h 41m
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble as Narrator
1993
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Animation, Family | 11m
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man as Phillip Mills
1993
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Thriller | 1h 44m
Love, Cheat & Steal
Love, Cheat & Steal as Paul Harrington
1993
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Thriller | 1h 36m
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief as Smith Keen
1993
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Crime, Drama, Thriller | 2h 21m
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger as Eric Qualen
1993
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Action, Adventure, Thriller | 1h 52m
Raising Cain
Raising Cain as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
1992
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Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime | 1h 32m
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Leslie Huben
1991
TVT Rating
Drama | 3h 9m
Ricochet
Ricochet as Earl Talbott Blake
1991
TVT Rating
Action, Crime, Thriller | 1h 49m
Ivory Hunters
Ivory Hunters as Robert Carter
1990
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Adventure | 1h 34m
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle as Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer
2011
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War | 1h 47m
Traveling Man
Traveling Man as Ben Cluett
1989
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| 1h 45m
Out Cold
Out Cold as Dave
1989
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 1h 28m
Distant Thunder
Distant Thunder as Mark Lambert
1988
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 54m
Baby Girl Scott
Baby Girl Scott as Neil Scott
1987
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 40m
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson
1987
TVT Rating
Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 1h 50m
Resting Place
Resting Place as Maj. Kendall Laird
1986
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Drama | 1h 40m
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project as John Mathewson
1986
TVT Rating
Science Fiction, Thriller | 1h 58m
The Amazing Bone
The Amazing Bone as Narrator
1985
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Animation | 12m
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie as John Lithgow
1985
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Documentary, Family | 50m
Mesmerized
Mesmerized as Oliver Thompson
1985
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 37m
Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie as B.Z.
1985
TVT Rating
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction | 1h 48m
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
2010 : The Odyssey Continues as John Lithgow
1984
TVT Rating
Documentary | 18m
The Glitter Dome
The Glitter Dome as Sgt. Marty Wellborn
1984
TVT Rating
Crime, Drama | 1h 34m
2010: The Year We Make Contact
2010: The Year We Make Contact as Dr. Walter Curnow
1984
TVT Rating
Science Fiction, Thriller | 1h 56m
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Lord John Whorfin
1984
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Comedy, Science Fiction, Adventure | 1h 43m
Footloose
Footloose as Reverend Shaw Moore
1984
TVT Rating
Drama, Romance | 1h 47m
The Day After
The Day After as Joe Huxley
1983
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Science Fiction, Drama | 2h 7m
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment as Sam Burns
1983
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 2h 12m
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie as John Valentine (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet")
1983
TVT Rating
Horror, Science Fiction | 1h 41m
Not in Front of the Children
Not in Front of the Children as Richard Carruthers
1991
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 40m
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Mr. Brunner
1982
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 47m
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp as Roberta Muldoon
1982
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama | 2h 16m
Blow Out
Blow Out as Burke
1981
TVT Rating
Thriller | 1h 48m
Big Blonde
Big Blonde as Herbie Morse
1980
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 15m
The Oldest Living Graduate
The Oldest Living Graduate as Clarence
1980
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 15m
Rich Kids
Rich Kids as Paul Philips
1979
TVT Rating
Drama, Comedy, Thriller | 1h 41m
All That Jazz
All That Jazz as Lucas Sergeant
1979
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 3m
The Big Fix
The Big Fix as Sam Sebastian
1978
TVT Rating
Comedy, Thriller | 1h 48m
Secret Service
Secret Service as Capt. Thorne
1977
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h 57m
Obsession
Obsession as Robert Lasalle
1976
TVT Rating
Drama, Thriller | 1h 39m
NOVA
NOVA as Narrator
52 seasons • 1974 • Continuing
TVT Rating
Documentary | 1h
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues as John
1972
TVT Rating
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 1h 28m