John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

19/10/1945

Age

80 years old

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Biography

John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; 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 Awa... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Jimpa

as Jimpa

2025

The Rule of Jenny Pen

as Dave Crealy

2024

Spellbound

as Bolinar (voice)

2017

Pitch Perfect 3

as Fergus

2017

Daddy's Home 2

as Don

2017

Beatriz at Dinner

as Doug Strutt

2016

Miss Sloane

as Senator Ronald Sperling

2016

The Accountant

as Lamar Blackburn

2016

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

as Self - Performer

2015

Best of Enemies

as Self

2014

9 Kisses

as Man in Club

2014

The Homesman

as Reverend Alfred Dowd

2013

Timms Valley

as Ol' Gregory Timms

2013

Shrek Stories

as Lord Farquaad (voice)

2006

Dreamgirls

as Jerry Harris

2006

Sangre

as Cafe chef and owner

2005

Einstein's Big Idea

as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition

2001

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)

1998

Johnny Skidmarks

as Sergeant Larry Skovik

1990

Ivory Hunters

as Robert Carter

1984

The Glitter Dome

as Sgt. Marty Wellborn

1984

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

as Goldilocks' Father

2024

Conclave

as Tremblay

2024

Cabrini

as Mayor Gould

2023

Killers of the Flower Moon

as Prosecutor Peter Leaward

2023

Sharper

as Richard Hobbes

2022

The Bubble

as Tom the Studio Chairman

2021

Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business"...

2021

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)

2019

Bombshell

as Roger Ailes

2019

On Broadway

as Self

2019

The Investigation: A Search for the Trut...

as President Donald J. Trump

2019

The Tomorrow Man

as Ed Hemsler

2019

Pet Sematary

as Jud Crandall

2019

Late Night

as Walter Lovell

2017

Hickory Dickory Doc

as Himself

2015

Projections of America

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2014

Interstellar

as Donald

2014

Love Is Strange

as Ben

2012

This Is 40

as Oliver

2012

Casting By

as Self

2012

The Campaign

as Glen Motch

2011

New Year's Eve

as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)

2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

as Charles Rodman

2010

Leap Year

as Jack Brady

2008

Car of the Future

as Narrator

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

2004

Kinsey

as Alfred Seguine Kinsey

2004

Dogs and More Dogs

as Narrator

2003

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

2002

Orange County

as Bud Brumder

2001

Shrek

as Lord Farquaad (voice)

2000

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

as Jean-Claude (voice)

2000

Don Quixote

as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixan...

2000

95 Worlds and Counting

as Narrator

1998

A Civil Action

as Judge Walter J. Skinner

1998

Homegrown

as Malcolm / Robert Stockman

1997

Officer Buckle and Gloria

as Narrator (voice)

1996

Hollow Point

as Thomas Livingston

1995

The Tuskegee Airmen

as Senator Conyers

1995

My Brother's Keeper

as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley

1995

Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer

as Dr. Oscar Charles

1995

American Cinema

as Narrator

1995

Redwood Curtain

as Laird Riordan

1994

Silent Fall

as Dr. Rene Harlinger

1994

Princess Caraboo

as Professor Wilkinson

1994

A Good Man in Africa

as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commission...

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Paul Harrington

1993

The Pelican Brief

as Smith Keen

1993

The Wrong Man

as Phillip Mills

1993

Cliffhanger

as Eric Qualen

1992

Raising Cain

as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Mar...

1991

Ricochet

as Earl Talbott Blake

1991

The Boys

as Artie Margulies

1990

Memphis Belle

as Bruce Derringer

1989

Traveling Man

as Ben Cluett

1989

Out Cold

as Dave

1988

Distant Thunder

as Mark Lambert

1987

Harry and the Hendersons

as George Henderson

1987

The Amazing Bone

as Narrator

1987

Baby Girl Scott

as Neil Scott

1986

The Manhattan Project

as John Mathewson

1986

Resting Place

as Maj. Kendall Laird

1985

Mesmerized

as Oliver Thompson

1984

2010

as Dr. Walter Curnow

1984

Footloose

as Rev. Shaw Moore

1983

Terms of Endearment

as Sam Burns

1983

The Day After

as Joe Huxley

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Valentine

1982

Not in Front of the Children

as Richard Carruthers

1982

The World According to Garp

as Roberta Muldoon

1981

Blow Out

as Burke

1980

Big Blonde

as Herbie Morse

1979

All That Jazz

as Lucas Sergeant

1979

Rich Kids

as Paul Philips

1978

The Big Fix

as Sam Sebastian

1977

Secret Service

as Capt. Thorne

1976

Obsession

as Robert Lasalle

1974

The Country Girl

as Paul Unger

Crew

2025

The Rule of Jenny Pen

as Executive Producer

2024

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

as Executive Producer

2000

Don Quixote

as Executive Producer