John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; 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 Awa ... rds, 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 Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for the musical Sweet Smell of Success (2002). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). He has acted in the plays The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor. He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022). On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transsexual ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lithgow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dick Solomon
Episodes: 139
First Aired: Jan 09, 1996
The Old Man
as Harold Harper
Episodes: 15
First Aired: Jun 16, 2022
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The White Rabbit (voice)
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Oct 10, 2013
Trial & Error
as Larry Henderson
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Mar 14, 2017
Dexter
as Arthur Mitchell
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Oct 01, 2006
The Crown
as Winston Churchill
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Nov 04, 2016
Perry Mason
as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jun 21, 2020
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as James Roosevelt (voice)
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Sep 14, 2014
NOVA
as Narrator
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 03, 1974
How I Met Your Mother
as Jerry Whittaker
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 19, 2005
Prohibition
as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 02, 2011
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 01, 1994
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Oscar Charles
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1989
Frasier
as Madman Martinez (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Goldilocks' Father
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1982
30 Rock
as John Lithgow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 2006
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul Unger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Cosby
as John Lithgow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1996
Amazing Stories
as John Walters
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1985
Dexter: New Blood
as Arthur Mitchell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 2021
The Simpsons
as Gus (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Major Kendall Laird
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Laird Riordan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Ultra City Smiths
as Ol' Gregory Timms
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2021
The Simpsons
as John Lithgow (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Great Performances
as Capt. Thorne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
Untitled Trinity Killer Prequel Show
as Inner Voice of Arthur (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
American Cinema
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jan 01, 1994
Twenty Good Years
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 11, 2006
The West
as Self
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Sep 15, 1996
The View
as Self
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 16, 2025
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 13, 2004
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 21, 2023
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
The View
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 29, 2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
Conan
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 08, 2010
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Today
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 1952
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 2005
The Early Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 01, 1999
Finding Your Roots
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2012
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 06, 2018
The Colbert Report
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 17, 2005
VH1 Goes Inside
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 2003
E! Live from the Red Carpet
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 13, 2002
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee & Performer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The West
as Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 16, 2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 22, 2018
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
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