John Lithgow

Actor · 1945 · Rochester

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.

Filmography

ACTOR · 146

Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic2026 · Self
Giant2026 · Roald Dahl
Jimpa2026 · Jimpa
FREEThe Rule of Jenny Pen2025 · Dave Crealy
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow2024 · Self
Spellbound2024 · Bolinar (voice)
Cabrini2024 · Mayor Gould
Conclave2024 · Tremblay
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic2023 · Self
Killers of the Flower Moon2023 · Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Sharper2023 · Richard Hobbes
Chez Bob2022
The Bubble2022 · Tom the Studio Chairman
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos2021 · Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes2021 · Philip Drummond
Myths and Hymns2021
Show of Titles2021 · "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Give My Regards to Broadway2020 · Self
Late Night2019 · Walter Lovell
Pet Sematary2019 · Jud Crandall
On Broadway2019 · Self
Bombshell2019 · Roger Ailes
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts2019 · President Donald J. Trump
The Tomorrow Man2019 · Ed Hemsler
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like2018 · Self
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman2018 · Jud Crandall
Daddy's Home 22017 · Don
Beatriz at Dinner2017 · Doug Strutt
Hickory Dickory Doc2017 · Self
Pitch Perfect 32017 · Fergus
The Pulitzer At 1002017 · Self
They All Saw a Cat2017
The Accountant2016 · Lamar Blackburn
Miss Sloane2016 · Senator Ronald Sperling
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 92016 · Narrator
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016 · Self - Performer
Best of Enemies2015 · Voice of Gore Vidal
Inside 'Interstellar'2015 · Self
Lord John2015
Projections of America2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)
9 Kisses2014 · Man in Club
FREELove Is Strange2014 · Ben
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest2014 · Maurice (voice)
Interstellar2014 · Donald
The Homesman2014 · Reverend Alfred Dowd
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love2013 · Self
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate2013 · Posket
Shrek Stories2013 · Lord Farquaad (voice)
Timms Valley2013 · Ol' Gregory Timms
Casting By2012 · Self
This Is 402012 · Oliver
The Campaign2012 · Glen Motch
Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011 · Charles Rodman
Shrek: Once Upon a Time2011 · Self
New Year's Eve2011 · Jonathan Cox
Leap Year2010 · Jack Brady
Confessions of a Shopaholic2009 · Edgar West
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn2009 · Narrator
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams2009 · God
Car of the Future2008 · Narrator
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007 · Self
Dreamgirls2006 · Jerry Harris
Sangre2006 · Cafe chef and owner
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge2006 · Narrator
Einstein's Big Idea2005 · Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
Dogs and More Dogs2004 · Narrator
Footloose: A Modern Musical2004 · Self
FREEKinsey2004 · Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Shrek 3-D2004 · Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004 · Blake Edwards
Bark, George2003
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified2002 · Self
Orange County2002 · Bud Brumder
Shrek2001 · Lord Farquaad (voice)
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party2001 · Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
95 Worlds and Counting2000 · Narrator
Don Quixote2000 · Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie2000 · Jean-Claude (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · (archive footage)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection1999 · Dr. Oscar Charles
A Civil Action1998 · Judge Walter J. Skinner
Johnny Skidmarks1998 · Sergeant Larry Skovik
Homegrown1998 · Malcolm / Robert Stockman
Officer Buckle and Gloria1997 · Narrator (voice)
Hollow Point1996 · Thomas Livingston
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen1996 · Narrator
My Brother's Keeper1995 · Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
Redwood Curtain1995 · Laird Riordan
The Tuskegee Airmen1995 · Senator Conyers
A Good Man in Africa1994 · Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994 · Self
Princess Caraboo1994 · Professor Wilkinson
Silent Fall1994 · Dr. Rene Harlinger
Cliffhanger1993 · Qualen
Love, Cheat & Steal1993 · Paul Harrington
The Pelican Brief1993 · Smith Keen
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger1993 · Self
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble1993 · Narrator
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale1993 · Alexander (voice)
The Wrong Man1993 · Phillip Mills
Raising Cain1992 · Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
At Play in the Fields of the Lord1991 · Leslie Huben
Ricochet1991 · Earl Talbott Blake
The Boys1991 · Artie Margulies
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years1990 · Self
Ivory Hunters1990 · Robert Carter
Amazing Stories: The Movie II1990 · John Walters
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert1990
Memphis Belle1990 · Bruce Derringer
Night of 100 Stars III1990 · Self
Traveling Man1989 · Ben Cluett
Out Cold1989 · Dave
Distant Thunder1988 · Mark Lambert
Baby Girl Scott1987 · Neil Scott
Harry and the Hendersons1987 · George Henderson
The Amazing Bone1987 · Narrator
Resting Place1986 · Maj. Kendall Laird
The Manhattan Project1986 · John Mathewson
Mesmerized1985 · Oliver Thompson
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie1985 · Self
Santa Claus: The Movie1985 · B.Z.
2010 : The Odyssey Continues1984 · Self
20101984 · Dr. Walter Curnow
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984 · Lord John Whorfin
Goldilocks and the Three Bears1984 · Goldilocks' Father
The Glitter Dome1984 · Sgt. Marty Wellborn
Footloose1984 · Rev. Shaw Moore
Terms of Endearment1983 · Sam Burns
The Day After1983 · Joe Huxley
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983 · Valentine
The World According to Garp1982 · Roberta Muldoon
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1982 · Mr. Brunner
Not in Front of the Children1982 · Richard Carruthers
Blow Out1981 · Burke
Big Blonde1980 · Herbie Morse
Mom, the Wolfman and Me1980 · Wally
The Oldest Living Graduate1980 · Clarence
All That Jazz1979 · Lucas Sergeant
Rich Kids1979 · Paul Philips
The Big Fix1978 · Sam Sebastian
Secret Service1977 · Capt. Thorne
Obsession1976 · Robert Lasalle
The Country Girl1974 · Paul Unger
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues1972 · John
Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
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PRODUCER · 3

FREEThe Rule of Jenny Pen2025
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow2024
Don Quixote2000

OTHER CREW · 1

Footloose: A Modern Musical2004

SERIES · 50

Harry Potter2026 · Albus Dumbledore
Dexter: Resurrection2025 · Arthur Mitchell
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled2023 · Self
The Old Man2022 · Harold Harper
Dexter: New Blood2021 · Arthur Mitchell
Perry Mason2020 · Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Stars in the House2020 · Self - Special Guest
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction2018 · Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer2018 · Self (guest)
Trial & Error2017 · Larry Henderson
The Crown2016 · Winston Churchill
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · Self (guest), Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · Self
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History2014 · James Roosevelt (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · Self (guest)
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland2013 · The White Rabbit (voice)
Finding Your Roots2012 · Self
Prohibition2011 · Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Conan2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · Self (guest)
The Graham Norton Show2007 · Self
30 Rock2006 · John Lithgow
Dexter2006 · Arthur Mitchell
Twenty Good Years2006 · John Mason
How I Met Your Mother2005 · Jerry Whittaker
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart2005
The Colbert Report2005
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection2003 · Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · Self (guest)
3rd Rock from the Sun1996 · Dick Solomon
Cosby1996 · John Lithgow
The Daily Show1996 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · Self (guest)
The West1996 · Self, Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
American Cinema1994 · Self (host)
World War II: When Lions Roared1994 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Frasier1993 · Madman Martinez (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · Self (guest)
The Simpsons1989 · Gus (voice), John Lithgow (voice)
Tales from the Crypt1989 · Dr. Oscar Charles
Amazing Stories1985 · John Walters
Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · Goldilocks' Father
Saturday Night Live1975 · Self (host)
NOVA1974 · Narrator
Film '721971 · Self
Great Performances1971 · Capt. Thorne
The Oscars1953 · Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · Paul Unger, Major Kendall Laird
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