John Lithgow
Born 1945
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 Fil…
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Giant(2026)
as Roald Dahl
- Film
GIANT - The Play(2026)
as Roald Dahl
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic(2026)
as Self
Jimpa(2026)
as Jimpa
The Rule of Jenny Pen(2025)
as Dave Crealy
Spellbound(2024)
as Bolinar (voice)
Conclave(2024)
as Tremblay
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow(2024)
as Self
Cabrini(2024)
as Mayor Gould
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic(2023)
as Self
Killers of the Flower Moon(2023)
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Sharper(2023)
as Richard Hobbes
Chez Bob(2022)
The Bubble(2022)
as Tom the Studio Chairman
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes(2021)
as Philip Drummond
Show of Titles(2021)
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos(2021)
as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
Myths and Hymns(2021)
Give My Regards to Broadway(2020)
as Self
Bombshell(2019)
as Roger Ailes
On Broadway(2019)
as Self
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts(2019)
as President Donald J. Trump
The Tomorrow Man(2019)
as Ed Hemsler
Pet Sematary(2019)
as Jud Crandall
Late Night(2019)
as Walter Lovell
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman(2018)
as Jud Crandall
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like(2018)
as Self
Pitch Perfect 3(2017)
as Fergus
Daddy's Home 2(2017)
as Don
The Pulitzer At 100(2017)
as Self
Beatriz at Dinner(2017)
as Doug Strutt
Hickory Dickory Doc(2017)
as Himself
They All Saw a Cat(2017)
Miss Sloane(2016)
as Senator Ronald Sperling
The Accountant(2016)
as Lamar Blackburn
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC(2016)
as Self - Performer
- Film
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9(2016)
as Narrator
Best of Enemies(2015)
as Voice of Gore Vidal
- Film
Lord John(2015)
Inside 'Interstellar'(2015)
as Self
Projections of America(2015)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Interstellar(2014)
as Donald
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest(2014)
as Maurice (voice)
Love Is Strange(2014)
as Ben
The Homesman(2014)
as Reverend Alfred Dowd
9 Kisses(2014)
as Man in Club
Timms Valley(2013)
as Ol' Gregory Timms
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love(2013)
as Self
Shrek Stories(2013)
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate(2013)
as Posket
This Is 40(2012)
as Oliver
Casting By(2012)
as Self
The Campaign(2012)
as Glen Motch
Shrek: Once Upon a Time(2011)
as Self
New Year's Eve(2011)
as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011)
as Charles Rodman
Leap Year(2010)
as Jack Brady
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn(2009)
as Narrator
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams(2009)
as God
Confessions of a Shopaholic(2009)
as Edgar West
Car of the Future(2008)
as Narrator
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway(2007)
as Self
Dreamgirls(2006)
as Jerry Harris
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays(2006)
as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge(2006)
as Narrator
- Film
Sangre(2006)
as Cafe chef and owner
Einstein's Big Idea(2005)
as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers(2004)
as Blake Edwards
Kinsey(2004)
as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Shrek 3-D(2004)
as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
- Film
Dogs and More Dogs(2004)
as Narrator
Bark, George(2003)
Orange County(2002)
as Bud Brumder
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified(2002)
as Self
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party(2001)
as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
Shrek(2001)
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie(2000)
as Jean-Claude (voice)
Don Quixote(2000)
as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
95 Worlds and Counting(2000)
as Narrator
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection(1999)
as Dr. Oscar Charles
A Civil Action(1998)
as Judge Walter J. Skinner
Homegrown(1998)
as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
Johnny Skidmarks(1998)
as Sergeant Larry Skovik
Officer Buckle and Gloria(1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Hollow Point(1996)
as Thomas Livingston
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen(1996)
as Narrator
The Tuskegee Airmen(1995)
as Senator Conyers
Redwood Curtain(1995)
as Laird Riordan
- Film
My Brother's Keeper(1995)
as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
Silent Fall(1994)
as Dr. Rene Harlinger
Princess Caraboo(1994)
as Professor Wilkinson
A Good Man in Africa(1994)
as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects(1994)
as Self
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale(1993)
as Alexander (voice)
Love, Cheat & Steal(1993)
as Paul Harrington
The Pelican Brief(1993)
as Smith Keen
The Wrong Man(1993)
as Phillip Mills
Cliffhanger(1993)
as Qualen
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble(1993)
as Narrator
Raising Cain(1992)
as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
At Play in the Fields of the Lord(1991)
as Leslie Huben
Ricochet(1991)
as Earl Talbott Blake
The Boys(1991)
as Artie Margulies
Amazing Stories: The Movie II(1990)
as John Walters (archive footage)
Memphis Belle(1990)
as Bruce Derringer
Ivory Hunters(1990)
as Robert Carter
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III(1990)
as Self
Traveling Man(1989)
as Ben Cluett
Out Cold(1989)
as Dave
Distant Thunder(1988)
as Mark Lambert
Harry and the Hendersons(1987)
as George Henderson
The Amazing Bone(1987)
as Narrator
- Film
Baby Girl Scott(1987)
as Neil Scott
The Manhattan Project(1986)
as John Mathewson
Resting Place(1986)
as Maj. Kendall Laird
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie(1985)
as Self
Mesmerized(1985)
as Oliver Thompson
Santa Claus: The Movie(1985)
as B.Z.
2010(1984)
as Dr. Walter Curnow
The Glitter Dome(1984)
as Sgt. Marty Wellborn
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension(1984)
as Lord John Whorfin
Footloose(1984)
as Rev. Shaw Moore
Goldilocks and the Three Bears(1984)
as Goldilocks' Father
2010 : The Odyssey Continues(1984)
as Himself
The Day After(1983)
as Joe Huxley
Terms of Endearment(1983)
as Sam Burns
Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)
as Valentine
- Film
Not in Front of the Children(1982)
as Richard Carruthers
The World According to Garp(1982)
as Roberta Muldoon
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can(1982)
as Mr. Brunner
Blow Out(1981)
as Burke
Big Blonde(1980)
as Herbie Morse
Mom, the Wolfman and Me(1980)
as Wally
The Oldest Living Graduate(1980)
as Clarence
All That Jazz(1979)
as Lucas Sergeant
Rich Kids(1979)
as Paul Philips
The Big Fix(1978)
as Sam Sebastian
Secret Service(1977)
as Capt. Thorne
Obsession(1976)
as Robert Lasalle
The Country Girl(1974)
as Paul Unger
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues(1972)
as John
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
as Self
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
as Self
