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If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. Son of a retired actress and a father who was both a theatrical producer and director, he moved frequently as a child while his father founded and managed local and college theaters and Shakespeare festivals throughout the Midwest of the United States... See full bio »

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John Arthur Lithgow
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2013 The Homesman (filming)
Reverend Dowd
 
2014 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV series) (post-production)
The White Rabbit
– Pilot … The White Rabbit (voice)
 
2012 This Is 40
Oliver
 
2012 The Campaign
Glenn Motch
 
2012 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Ad Narrator
– Scott Douglas (2012) … Ad Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
2011 New Year's Eve
Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
 
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Charles Rodman
 
2011 How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
Jerry Whitaker
– Hopeless (2011) … Jerry Whitaker
– Legendaddy (2011) … Jerry Whitaker
 
2011 Spells (video short)
 
2010 Leap Year
Jack Brady
 
2009 Dexter (TV series)
Arthur Mitchell
– The Getaway (2009) … Arthur Mitchell
– Hello, Dexter Morgan (2009) … Arthur Mitchell
– Lost Boys (2009) … Arthur Mitchell
– Hungry Man (2009) … Arthur Mitchell
– Road Kill (2009) … Arthur Mitchell
See all 12 episodes »
 
2009 The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (short)
God
 
2009 30 Rock (TV series)
John Lithgow
– Goodbye, My Friend (2009) … John Lithgow
 
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic
Edgar West
 
2006-2008 Twenty Good Years (TV series)
John Mason
– Come Fly with Me (2008) … John Mason
– Murder He Thought (2008) … John Mason
– Between a Brock and a Hard Place (2006) … John Mason
– Jeffrey's Choice (2006) … John Mason
– Big Love (2006) … John Mason
See all 13 episodes »
 
2008 Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show (TV movie)
 
2006 Dreamgirls
Jerry Harris
 
2006 Paloozaville (TV series)
The Mayor
 
2005 Nova (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– E=mc²: Einstein's Big Idea (2005) … Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Einstein's Big Idea (TV movie)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
2004 Kinsey
Alfred Seguine Kinsey
 
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Blake Edwards
 
2004 My Life, Inc. (TV movie)
Jan van de Bunt (voice)
 
2003 Shrek 4-D (short)
Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
 
2003 Bark, George (video short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV series documentary)
Benjamin Rush / Judge Ward Hunt / Justice Henry Billings Brown / …
– Independence (2003) … Benjamin Rush
– Liberty for All (2003) … Roger Williams
– What Is Freedom? (2003) … Justice Henry Billings Brown
– Working for Freedom (2003) … Judge Ward Hunt
 
2002 Orange County
Bud Brumder
 
2001 Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (video short)
Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
 
1996-2001 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series)
Dr. Dick Solomon
– The Thing That Wouldn't Die: Part 1 (2001) … Dr. Dick Solomon
– The Thing That Wouldn't Die: Part 2 (2001) … Dr. Dick Solomon
– Mary Loves Scoochie: Part 2 (2001) … Dr. Dick Solomon
– Mary Loves Scoochie: Part 1 (2001) … Dr. Dick Solomon
– Dick Soup for the Soul (2001) … Dr. Dick Solomon
See all 139 episodes »
 
2001 Shrek
Lord Farquaad (voice)
 
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Jean-Claude (voice)
 
2000 Don Quixote (TV movie)
Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
 
2000 C-Scam
 
1998 A Civil Action
Judge Walter J. Skinner
 
1998 Homegrown
Malcolm/Robert Stockman
 
1998 Johnny Skidmarks
Sergeant Larry Skovik
 
1997 Officer Buckle and Gloria (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Hollow Point
Thomas Livingston
 
1995 The Tuskegee Airmen (TV movie)
Senator Conyers
 
1995 Redwood Curtain (TV movie)
Laird Riordan
 
1995 Frasier (TV series)
Madman Martinez
– Someone to Watch Over Me (1995) … Madman Martinez (voice)
 
1995 My Brother's Keeper (TV movie)
Tom Bradley/Bob Bradley
 
1995 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Dr. Oscar Charles
– You, Murderer (1995) … Dr. Oscar Charles
 
1994 Silent Fall
Dr. Rene Harlinger
 
1994 Princess Caraboo
Professor Wilkinson
 
1994 A Good Man in Africa
Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
 
1994 World War II: When Lions Roared (TV movie)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 
1993 The Pelican Brief
Smith Keen
 
1993 The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (TV movie)
Alexander (voice)
 
1993 Love, Cheat & Steal
Paul Harrington
 
1993 The Wrong Man (TV movie)
Phillip Mills
 
1993 Cliffhanger
Eric Qualen
 
1993 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 Raising Cain
Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / …
 
1992 Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (video short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Leslie Huben
 
1991 Ricochet
Earl Talbot Blake
 
1991 The Boys (TV movie)
Artie Margulies
 
1991 L.A. Story
Harry Zell (scenes deleted)
 
1990 Memphis Belle
Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer
 
1990 Ivory Hunters (TV movie)
Robert Carter
 
1990 Kid-Size Concert (video short)
Host
 
1989 Traveling Man (TV movie)
Ben Cluett
 
1989 Out Cold
Dave
 
1988 Distant Thunder
Mark Lambert
 
1987 Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson
 
1987 Baby Girl Scott (TV movie)
Neil Scott
 
1986 The Manhattan Project
John Mathewson
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
John Walters
– The Doll (1986) … John Walters
 
1986 Resting Place (TV movie)
Maj. Kendall Laird
 
1986 My Letter to George
Oliver Thompson
 
1985 Santa Claus
B.Z.
 
1985 The Amazing Bone (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984 2010
Dr. Walter Curnow
 
1984 The Glitter Dome (TV movie)
Sgt. Marty Wellborn
 
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo
 
1984 Footloose
Reverend Shaw Moore
 
1984 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series)
Goldilocks' Father
– Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1984) … Goldilocks' Father
 
1983 Terms of Endearment
Sam Burns
 
1983 The Day After (TV movie)
Joe Huxley
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
John Valentine (Segment #4)
 
1982 Not in Front of the Children (TV movie)
Richard Carruthers
 
1982 The World According to Garp
Roberta Muldoon
 
1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Mr. Brunner
 
1981 Blow Out
Burke
 
1980 Big Blonde (TV movie)
Herbie Morse
 
1980 Mom, the Wolfman and Me (TV movie)
Wally
 
1980 The Oldest Living Graduate (TV movie)
Clarence
 
1979 All That Jazz
Lucas Sergeant
 
1979 Rich Kids
Paul Philips
 
1978 The Big Fix
Sam Sebastian
 
1977 Great Performances (TV series)
Capt. Thorne
– Secret Service (1977) … Capt. Thorne
 
1976 Obsession
Robert Lasalle
 
1974 The Country Girl (TV movie)
Paul Unger
 
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
John
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
2009 Dexter (TV series)
– If I Had a Hammer (2009) (performer: "Are You Washed in the Blood?" - uncredited)
 
2005 The 59th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "Great Big Stuff")
 
2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "Dirt")
 
1996-2000 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series)
– The Big Giant Head Returns Again: Part 1 (2000) (performer: "How High the Moon" - uncredited)
– Dick Like Me (1996) (performer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2010 Five Days Gone (associate producer)
 
2000 Don Quixote (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 Kid-Size Concert (video short) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1990 Kid-Size Concert (video short)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2009 Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (thanks)
 
1990 Antigone/Rites of Passion (the producer wishes to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (92 titles)
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Game Day with Rex and Kevo (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Casting By (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The 66th Annual Tony Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
 
2010-2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.682 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.196 (2010) … Himself
 
2012 The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006-2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.27 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Marilyn Denis Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.31 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Prohibition (TV mini-series documentary)
HL Mencken
– A Nation of Hypocrites (2011) (voice)
– A Nation of Scofflaws (2011) … HL Mencken (voice)
– A Nation of Drunkards (2011)
 
2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 October 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 September 2011 (2011) … Himself (voice)
– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Conan (TV series)
Himself - 'Jersey Shore' Auditioner
– The Decline of Dee Klein (2011) … Himself - 'Jersey Shore' Auditioner
 
2011 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Vine Talk (TV series)
Himself
– Navigating Napa Valley Cabernets (2011) … Himself
 
2001-2010 Nova (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself / Himself - Narrator
– Trapped in an Elevator (2010) … Himself/Narrator
– Car of the Future (2008) … Narrator
– The Great Robot Race (2006) … Himself - Narrator
– Dogs and More Dogs (2004) … Narrator
– Life's Greatest Miracle (2001) … Himself/Narrator
 
2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2005-2010 The View (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #13.106 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2008-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 January 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
– The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (2009) (voice)
– The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919 (2009) (voice)
 
2009 Bill Moyers' Journal (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Real Revolutionaries (documentary)
William Shockley
 
2005-2008 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2003-2008 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2008 The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 E! Live from the Red Carpet: The 2007 Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1994-2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 9 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 January 2002 (2002) … Himself - Guest
See all 13 episodes »
 
2006 Square Off (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.17 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2005 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.62 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 July 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Every Dog Had His Day (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Getaway (TV series)
Himself
– Found (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 59th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Actor in a Musical
 
2005 The Kinsey Report: Sex on Film (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Direction of a Play
 
2004 VH1 Goes Inside (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Shrek (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The 57th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Actor in a Musical
 
1996-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 June 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 1999 (1999) … Himself
See all 8 episodes »
 
2002 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Lithgow (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ronnie Corbett (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of 'Shrek' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Culture Shock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– The Shock of the Nude: Manet's Olympia (2000) … Himself - Narrator
 
2000 95 Worlds and Counting (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 The Making of 'Rugrats in Paris' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Adventures in Time: The National Geographic Millennium Special (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 Cosby (TV series)
Himself
– Superstar (1999) … Himself
 
1993-1999 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 April 1999 (1999) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode #4.85 (1996) … Himself
– Episode #3.67 (1994) … Himself
– Episode #2.100 (1993) … Himself
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1998 Three Nights at the Keck (TV documentary)
Host
 
1998 Courage: Profiles in Creativity (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1998 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1998 Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Gold Rush (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
 
1998 The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host and Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1997 Dennis Miller Live (TV series)
Himself
– UFO's (1997) … Himself
 
1997 The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
 
1997 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
– Fight No More Forever (1996) (voice)
– The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1996) (voice)
– Empire Upon the Trails (1996) (voice)
 
1996 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series & Presenter: Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 The 50th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1996 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Christmas in Washington (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special & Presenter: Best Directing for a Miniseries or a Special
 
1995 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 March 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 American Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
– Film in the Television Age (1995) … Himself - Host
– The Star (1995) … Himself - Host
– Classic Hollywood Style Today … Himself - Host
– Film Language … Himself - Host
– Film Noir … Himself - Host
See all 13 episodes »
 
1994 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Drama Series & Tribute to Jessica Tandy
 
1994 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1993 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 January 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Featured Actress & Actor in a Play
 
1989 The More You Know (TV series)
Himself
 
1985-1988 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Various
– John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman (1988) … Himself - Host/Various
– John Lithgow/Anita Baker (1987) … Himself - Host/Various
– John Lithgow/Mr. Mister (1985) … Himself - Host/Various
 
1988 The 40th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Music Direction
 
1988 The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
 
1988 The Art of Disney Animation (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The 41st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series & Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1984 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 December 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in Supporting Role
 
1984 2010: The Odyssey Continues (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2012 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2005 La mandrágora (TV series)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz (TV movie)
Baudelaire (uncredited)
 
2002 Buckaroo Banzai Declassified (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Baudelaire (uncredited)
 
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (TV special)
Baudelaire (uncredited)
 

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Wrote, produced, and acted on radio show "Under the Gun" for WBAI-FM, NYC, 1972-73. See more »

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Alternate Names:

John Lithcow

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Personal Quote:

In general, my basic rule of thumb is just act in things you would want to see yourself in. I have a taste for all kinds of movies. Usually, it's a question of whether it will be fun, whether I respect the people behind it, whether I would like to work with them. I'm sure I'm a serious-minded actor... See more »

Trivia:

Wins both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award as Best Actor in a Broadway musical, for performance in "Sweet Smell of Success" May/June 2002. See more »

Trademark:

Towering height and slender frame See more »

Nickname:

Jiggles See more »

Star Sign:

Libra