John Lithgow
If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where ...
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- Born:
- Oct 19, 1945 In Rochester, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 234
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Our Footloose Remake
- Latest Project:
- Series No Sleep TV3 2015-10-01
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 43 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Broadway: The Next Generation | Unknown | 2018 |
| Movie | Game Day with Rex and Kevo | Himself | 2017 |
| Movie | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | The Accountant | Unknown | 2016 |
| Series | The Crown | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Best of Enemies | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | No Sleep TV3 | Unknown | 2015-10-01 |
| Movie | Inside 'Interstellar' | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Lord John: An Interview with John Lithgow | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | The Homesman | Reverend Alfred Dowd | 2014-05-18 |
| Series | Pioneers of Television | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Projections of America | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Interstellar | Donald | 2014-11-07 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | 9 Kisses | Himself | 2014-12-11 |
| Movie | Love Is Strange | Ben Hull | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
| Series | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | The Broadway.com Show | Unknown | 2013-02-13 |
| Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Timms Valley | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Drunk History | Unknown | 2013-07-09 |
| Movie | The 66th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2012-06-10 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: The Magistrate | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The 78th Annual Drama League Awards | Unknown | 2012-05-18 |
| Series | CBS News Sunday Morning | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | This Is 40 | Unknown | 2012-12-21 |
| Movie | The Campaign | Unknown | 2012-08-10 |
| Movie | Casting By | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The American Academy of Arts and Sciences: The Heart of the Matter | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | Shrek's Thrilling Tales | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | LA Philharmonic's LIVE with Gustavo Dudamel | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | Spells | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | New Year's Eve | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Unknown | 2011-08-05 |
| Series | The Chew | Unknown | 2011-09-26 |
| Movie | Our Footloose Remake | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Vine Talk | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | The Marilyn Denis Show | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Prohibition | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | 2010 | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | The 2010 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | The Hour | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Five Days Gone | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Leap Year | Unknown | 2010-01-08 |
| Series | Louie | Unknown | 2010-06-29 |
| Series | Conan | Unknown | 2010-11-08 |
| Movie | The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
| Movie | The Real Revolutionaries | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | The Macabre World of Lavender Williams | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Unknown | 2009 |
| Series | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Unknown | 2007-10-01 |
| Series | Bill Moyers' Journal | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | TMZ on TV | Unknown | 2007-09-10 |
| Series | Square Off | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | Paloozaville | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | Dexter | Unknown | 2006-10-01 |
| Movie | The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2006-08-27 |
| Series | VH1 Goes Inside | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Movie | Dreamgirls | Unknown | 2006-12-25 |
| Series | Twenty Good Years | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Series | How I Met Your Mother | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
| Movie | The 59th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2005-06-05 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | The Kinsey Report: Sex on Film | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Einstein's Big Idea | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | The Apprentice: Martha Stewart | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Kinsey | Alfred Seguine Kinsey | 2005-01-07 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Corazón de... | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | My Life, Inc. | Jan van de Bunt | 2004-04-10 |
| Movie | Bark, George | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Shrek 4-D | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Freedom: A History of Us | Unknown | 2003-01-12 |
| Movie | The 57th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2003-06-08 |
| Series | Bravo Profiles | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Heroes of Comedy | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Himself | 2002 |
| Movie | The 56th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Cinema 3 | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Orange County | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of 'Shrek' | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | Shrek | Lord Farquaad | 2001-05-18 |
| Movie | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Unknown | 2000-11-17 |
| Series | Culture Shock | Himself - Narrator | 2000-01-26 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Rugrats in Paris' | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | C-Scam | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | 95 Worlds and Counting | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | The Making of 'A Civil Action' | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Adventures in Time: The National Geographic Millennium Special | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | A Civil Action | Judge Walter J. Skinner | 1999-01-08 |
| Movie | The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live 25 | Unknown | 1999-09-25 |
| Series | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Courage: Profiles in Creativity | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Three Nights at the Keck | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | The Gold Rush | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1998-03-08 |
| Movie | Homegrown | Malcolm / Robert Stockman | 1998-04-17 |
| Movie | The 52nd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1998-06-07 |
| Series | The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1998-01-18 |
| Movie | Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope | Himself | 1998-03-01 |
| Series | Fox and Friends | Unknown | 1998-02-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Skidmarks | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1997 |
| Series | La mandrágora | Unknown | 1997-01-27 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1997-01-19 |
| Movie | Special Effects: Anything Can Happen | Unknown | 1996 |
| Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
| Movie | The 50th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1996-06-02 |
| Movie | Christmas in Washington | Himself | 1996 |
| Series | Cosby | Unknown | 1996-09-16 |
| Movie | Hollow Point | Unknown | 1996-07-01 |
| Movie | 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1996 |
| Series | The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1996-09-08 |
| Series | Showbiz Today | Unknown | 1996 |
| Series | The West | None | 1996-09-15 |
| Movie | Redwood Curtain | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | The Tuskegee Airmen | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | My Brother's Keeper | Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley | 1995-03-19 |
| Movie | The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
| Series | American Cinema | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | World War II: When Lions Roared | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | A Good Man in Africa | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Princess Caraboo | Unknown | 1994 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
| Movie | Silent Fall | Unknown | 1994 |
| Series | Dennis Miller Live | Unknown | 1994-04-22 |
| Series | American Masters | Unknown | 1994 |
| Series | The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1994-09-11 |
| Movie | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | The Wrong Man | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Cliffhanger | Unknown | 1993-05-28 |
| Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Unknown | 1993-08-30 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | Frasier | Unknown | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Love, Cheat & Steal | Paul Harrington | 1993-12-05 |
| Movie | The Pelican Brief | Smith Keen | 1993-12-17 |
| Movie | The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1993-01-23 |
| Series | Getaway | Unknown | 1992-05-14 |
| Movie | Raising Cain | Unknown | 1992 |
| Movie | Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories | Unknown | 1992 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | L.A. Story | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Ricochet | Earl Talbot Blake | 1991-10-04 |
| Movie | The Boys | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Antigone/Rites of Passion | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Ivory Hunters | Unknown | 1990 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Kid-Size Concert | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Unknown | 1990-05-21 |
| Movie | Memphis Belle | Unknown | 1990-10-12 |
| Movie | The 43rd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1989-06-04 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Unknown | 1989-09-24 |
| Series | The More You Know | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Out Cold | Unknown | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Traveling Man | Unknown | 1989 |
| Series | The Pat Sajak Show | Unknown | 1989-01-09 |
| Movie | The 42nd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1988-06-05 |
| Movie | Distant Thunder | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | The Art of Disney Animation | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Baby Girl Scott | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | The 41st Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Harry and the Hendersons | Unknown | 1987 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | The Manhattan Project | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | Resting Place | Unknown | 1986 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | The Amazing Bone | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | The 39th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Mesmerized | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Santa Claus | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1984-04-09 |
| Movie | 2010: The Odyssey Continues | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Footloose | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The Glitter Dome | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Unknown | 1983-06-24 |
| Movie | Terms of Endearment | Sam Burns | 1983-12-09 |
| Movie | The 55th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1983-04-11 |
| Movie | The Day After | Unknown | 1983-11-20 |
| Movie | Not in Front of the Children | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | The World According to Garp | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | Blow Out | Unknown | 1981 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
| Movie | Big Blonde | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | The Oldest Living Graduate | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Mom, the Wolfman and Me | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Rich Kids | Paul Philips | 1979-08-01 |
| Movie | All That Jazz | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | The Big Fix | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Obsession | Unknown | 1976 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Country Girl | Unknown | 1974 |
| Series | Nova | Unknown | 1974-03-03 |
| Movie | The 27th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1973 |
| Series | Great Performances | Unknown | 1972-11-04 |
| Movie | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Unknown | 1972 |
| Series | 60 Minutes | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |