John Lithgow

About

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). He has acted in the plays The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014),...

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The SimpsonsSeries • 1989DexterSeries • 2006How I Met Your MotherSeries • 2005FrasierSeries • 1993The CrownSeries • 2016NOVASeries • 1974Great PerformancesSeries • 197130 RockSeries • 2006InterstellarMovie • 20143rd Rock from the SunSeries • 1996Killers of the Flower MoonMovie • 2023Dexter: ResurrectionSeries • 2025ShrekMovie • 2001Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989Amazing StoriesSeries • 1985Rise of the Planet of the ApesMovie • 2011Perry MasonSeries • 2020ConclaveMovie • 2024Dexter: New BloodSeries • 2021The AccountantMovie • 2016Faerie Tale TheatreSeries • 1982Daddy's Home 2Movie • 2017The Old ManSeries • 2022BombshellMovie • 2019