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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…
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InterstellarDonald
ShrekLord Farquaad (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the ApesCharles Rodman
The AccountantLamar Blackburn
How I Met Your MotherJerry Whittaker2026GiantRoald DahlMovie
2026JimpaJimpaMovie
2025The Rule of Jenny PenDave Crealy · Executive ProducerMovie
2024SpellboundBolinar (voice)Movie
2024ConclaveTremblayMovie
2024Art Happens Here with John LithgowExecutive ProducerMovie
2024CabriniMayor GouldMovie
2023Killers of the Flower MoonProsecutor Peter LeawardMovie
2023SharperRichard HobbesMovie
2022Chez BobMovie
2022The Old ManHarold Harper · 15 episodesShow
2022The BubbleTom the Studio ChairmanMovie
2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent StrokesPhilip DrummondMovie
2021Dexter: New BloodArthur Mitchell · 1 episodeShow
2021Show of Titles"There's No Business Like Show Business" PerformerMovie
2021Emily @ the Edge of ChaosSir Isaac Newton (voice)Movie
2021Myths and HymnsMovie
2020Perry MasonElias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan · 8 episodesShow
2019BombshellRoger AilesMovie
2019The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten ActsPresident Donald J. TrumpMovie
2019The Tomorrow ManEd HemslerMovie
2019Pet SemataryJud CrandallMovie
2019Late NightWalter LovellMovie
2018Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy BatermanJud CrandallMovie
2017Pitch Perfect 3FergusMovie
2017Daddy's Home 2DonMovie
2017Beatriz at DinnerDoug StruttMovie
2017Trial & ErrorLarry Henderson · 13 episodesShow
2017They All Saw a CatMovie
2016Miss SloaneSenator Ronald SperlingMovie
2016The AccountantLamar BlackburnMovie
2016Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9NarratorMovie
2015Best of EnemiesVoice of Gore VidalMovie
2015Lord JohnMovie
2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryJames Roosevelt (voice) · 7 episodesShow
2014The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure QuestMaurice (voice)Movie
2014Love Is StrangeBenMovie
2014The HomesmanReverend Alfred DowdMovie
20149 KissesMan in ClubMovie
2013Timms ValleyOl' Gregory TimmsMovie
2013Once Upon a Time in WonderlandThe White Rabbit (voice) · 13 episodesShow
2013Shrek StoriesLord Farquaad (voice)Movie
2013National Theatre Live: The MagistratePosketMovie
2012This Is 40OliverMovie
2012The CampaignGlen MotchMovie
2011New Year's EveJonathan Cox (uncredited)Movie
2011ProhibitionReader / H.L. Mencken (voice) · 3 episodesShow
2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesCharles RodmanMovie
2010Leap YearJack BradyMovie
2009Miracle in a Box: A Piano RebornNarratorMovie
2009The Macabre World of Lavender WilliamsGodMovie
2009Confessions of a ShopaholicEdgar WestMovie
2008Car of the FutureNarratorMovie
2006DreamgirlsJerry HarrisMovie
2006Twenty Good YearsJohn Mason · 13 episodesShow
200630 RockJohn Lithgow · 1 episodeShow
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysRené Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")Movie
2006The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand ChallengeNarratorMovie
2006SangreCafe chef and ownerMovie
2005Einstein's Big IdeaNarrator (voice) U.S. editionMovie
2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersBlake EdwardsMovie
2004Footloose: A Modern MusicalThanksMovie
2004KinseyAlfred Seguine KinseyMovie
2004Shrek 3-DGhost of Farquaad (voice)Movie
2004Dogs and More DogsNarratorMovie
2003DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories CollectionGhost of Farquaad (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2003Bark, GeorgeMovie
2002Orange CountyBud BrumderMovie
2001Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance PartyLord Farquaad (singing voice)Movie
2000Rugrats in Paris: The MovieJean-Claude (voice)Movie
2000Don QuixoteDon Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano · Executive ProducerMovie
200095 Worlds and CountingNarratorMovie
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special(archive footage)Movie
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