Interstellar2014
As Donald
TMDb 8.5 / 10
John Lithgow
Born
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), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor. He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022). On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024).
Filmography (147)
Shrek2001
As Lord Farquaad (voice)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Killers of the Flower Moon2023
As Prosecutor Peter Leaward
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011
As Charles Rodman
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Accountant2016
As Lamar Blackburn
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Conclave2024
As Tremblay
TMDb 7.2 / 10
20101984
As Dr. Walter Curnow
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pet Sematary2019
As Jud Crandall
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Cliffhanger1993
As Qualen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Pelican Brief1993
As Smith Keen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Confessions of a Shopaholic2009
As Edgar West
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Spellbound2024
As Bolinar (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Daddy's Home 22017
As Don
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Miss Sloane2016
As Senator Ronald Sperling
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Footloose1984
As Rev. Shaw Moore
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pitch Perfect 32017
As Fergus
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic2026
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Blow Out1981
As Burke
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Homesman2014
As Reverend Alfred Dowd
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bombshell2019
As Roger Ailes
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984
As Lord John Whorfin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dreamgirls2006
As Jerry Harris
TMDb 6.7 / 10
New Year's Eve2011
As Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Leap Year2010
As Jack Brady
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983
As Valentine
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Civil Action1998
As Judge Walter J. Skinner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Bubble2022
As Tom the Studio Chairman
TMDb 4.6 / 10
This Is 402012
As Oliver
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sharper2023
As Richard Hobbes
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Campaign2012
As Glen Motch
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Ricochet1991
As Earl Talbott Blake
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Harry and the Hendersons1987
As George Henderson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Late Night2019
As Walter Lovell
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Day After1983
As Joe Huxley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Terms of Endearment1983
As Sam Burns
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie2000
As Jean-Claude (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
All That Jazz1979
As Lucas Sergeant
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Orange County2002
As Bud Brumder
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Rule of Jenny Pen2025
As Dave Crealy
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Shrek 3-D2004
As Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Memphis Belle1990
As Bruce Derringer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Raising Cain1992
As Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Kinsey2004
As Alfred Seguine Kinsey
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Manhattan Project1986
As John Mathewson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Obsession1976
As Robert Lasalle
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Resting Place1986
As Maj. Kendall Laird
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The World According to Garp1982
As Roberta Muldoon
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Princess Caraboo1994
As Professor Wilkinson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Cabrini2024
As Mayor Gould
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Jimpa2026
As Jimpa
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Einstein's Big Idea2005
As Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Santa Claus: The Movie1985
As B.Z.
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Love Is Strange2014
As Ben
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Redwood Curtain1995
As Laird Riordan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Big Fix1978
As Sam Sebastian
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Tuskegee Airmen1995
As Senator Conyers
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Inside 'Interstellar'2015
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Beatriz at Dinner2017
As Doug Strutt
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Homegrown1998
As Malcolm / Robert Stockman
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Tomorrow Man2019
As Ed Hemsler
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Don Quixote2000
As Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004
As Blake Edwards
TMDb 6.6 / 10
9 Kisses2014
As Man in Club
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Distant Thunder1988
As Mark Lambert
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes2021
As Philip Drummond
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Silent Fall1994
As Dr. Rene Harlinger
TMDb 5.3 / 10
On Broadway2019
As Self
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Best of Enemies2015
As Voice of Gore Vidal
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Out Cold1989
As Dave
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Shrek Stories2013
As Lord Farquaad (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic2023
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999
As (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Chez Bob2022
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified2002
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Casting By2012
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sangre
Sangre2006
As Cafe chef and owner
Love, Cheat & Steal1993
As Paul Harrington
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Amazing Stories: The Movie II1990
As John Walters
The Oldest Living Graduate1980
As Clarence
TMDb 4.0 / 10
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
At Play in the Fields of the Lord1991
As Leslie Huben
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Giant2026
As Roald Dahl
Rich Kids1979
As Paul Philips
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Smurfs MovieRelease date TBA
As Gargamel (Voice)
Hollow Point1996
As Thomas Livingston
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016
As Self - Performer
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Johnny Skidmarks1998
As Sergeant Larry Skovik
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006
As René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love2013
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Broadway: The Next GenerationRelease date TBA
As Self
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest2014
As Maurice (voice)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection1999
As Dr. Oscar Charles
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Glitter Dome1984
As Sgt. Marty Wellborn
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Big Blonde1980
As Herbie Morse
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Shrek: Once Upon a Time2011
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Bark, George2003
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years1990
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Show of Titles2021
As "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Myths and Hymns2021
Night of 100 Stars III1990
As Self
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Wrong Man1993
As Phillip Mills
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Pulitzer At 1002017
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Officer Buckle and Gloria1997
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Amazing Bone1987
As Narrator
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger1993
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party2001
As Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Boys1991
As Artie Margulies
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Footloose: A Modern Musical2004
As Self
My Brother's Keeper
My Brother's Keeper1995
As Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues1972
As John
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Baby Girl Scott
Baby Girl Scott1987
As Neil Scott
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mesmerized1985
As Oliver Thompson
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like2018
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Ivory Hunters1990
As Robert Carter
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow2024
As Self
Goldilocks and the Three Bears1984
As Goldilocks' Father
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Not in Front of the Children
Not in Front of the Children1982
As Richard Carruthers
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mom, the Wolfman and Me1980
As Wally
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Country Girl1974
As Paul Unger
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts2019
As President Donald J. Trump
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Traveling Man1989
As Ben Cluett
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos2021
As Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
A Good Man in Africa1994
As Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
TMDb 4.9 / 10
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1982
As Mr. Brunner
TMDb 7.0 / 10
2010 : The Odyssey Continues1984
As Himself
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Timms Valley2013
As Ol' Gregory Timms
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams2009
As God
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Lord John
Lord John2015
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen1996
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Car of the Future2008
As Narrator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie1985
As Self
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn2009
As Narrator
Hickory Dickory Doc2017
As Himself
Secret Service1977
As Capt. Thorne
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman2018
As Jud Crandall
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dogs and More Dogs
Dogs and More Dogs2004
As Narrator
TMDb 5.2 / 10
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate2013
As Posket
TMDb 6.0 / 10
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert1990
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge2006
As Narrator
Give My Regards to Broadway2020
As Self
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble1993
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
95 Worlds and Counting2000
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale1993
As Alexander (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
They All Saw a Cat2017
Projections of America2015
As Self - Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 92016
As Narrator
Filmography and biography: TMDb