Actor
John Lithgow
October 19, 1945 · Rochester, New York, USA
John Arthur Lithgow (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 Awards, 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).
Notable work
8.5Interstellar (2014)
as Donald
7.8Shrek (2001)
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
7.3Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
as Charles Rodman
8The Simpsons (1989)
as Gus (voice) and as John Lithgow (voice)
7.1The Accountant (2016)
as Lamar Blackburn
8.1How I Met Your Mother (2005)
as Jerry Whittaker
8.2Dexter (2006)
as Arthur Mitchell
7.4Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
7.2Conclave (2024)
as Tremblay
6.5Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
as Fergus
5.7Pet Sematary (2019)
as Jud Crandall
6.8Bombshell (2019)
as Roger Ailes
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