John Lithgow

Also Known As: 莊李富高, John Arthur Lithgow, 約翰.李斯高, جان لیتگو

Biography: John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lithgow studied at Harvard University winning a Fulbright scholarship and getting a chance to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. From there he focused his training on the New York stage beginning a distinguished career on Broadway. In 1973, Lithgow received his first Tony Award for his performance in The Changing Room. In 1976 Lithgow acted alongside Meryl Streep in three plays 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, A Memory of Two Mondays and Secret Service. In the 1980s he continued to receive Tony Awards nominations for his performances in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985) and M. Butterfly (1988). In 2002, Lithgow received his second Tony Award, this time for a musical, The Sweet Smell of Success and another nomination for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). In 2007, he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett's production of Twelfth Night. He has also appeared on Broadway in the acclaimed plays The Columnist (2012) and A Delicate Balance (2014). He portrayed Bill Clinton in Hillary and Clinton (2019) alongside Laurie Metcalf as Hillary Clinton. Lithgow is also known for his television roles such as Dick Solomon in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001) winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. He also played Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama. In 2004, Lithgow played Blake Edwards in the HBO television movie, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. He has also appeared on 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Louie and Drunk History. Lithgow won great acclaim for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Peter Morgan's historical drama The Crown (2016–2019) on Netflix. For acting in The Crown he won a Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2020, he had a recurring role on the HBO period series Perry Mason. He is also well known for his film roles. His early screen roles included Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979) and Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981). He received his first Academy Award nomination for his breakout performance in The World According to Garp (1982) and received a second Academy Award nomination for Terms of Endearment (1983). He then starred in the films Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Pelican Brief and Cliffhanger (1993), A Civil Action (1998), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Love Is Strange (2014), Miss Sloane (2016) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). In 2019 he appeared in Mindy Kaling's comedy Late Night and portrayed Roger Ailes in Bombshell.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, USA

Birthday: October 19, 1945

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Gender: Male

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Known For:

Shrek
Footloose
Sharper
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2010
Obsession
The Manhattan Project
Terms of Endearment
Kinsey
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The World According to Garp
Blow Out
The Day After
The Tuskegee Airmen
Give My Regards to Broadway
Leap Year
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
Harry and the Hendersons
A Civil Action
Ricochet
Bark, George
The Pelican Brief
Cliffhanger
Santa Claus: The Movie
A Good Man in Africa
Inside 'Interstellar'
Raising Cain
The Big Fix
The Wrong Man
Dogs and More Dogs
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Princess Caraboo
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
All That Jazz
Homegrown
Silent Fall
They All Saw a Cat
Casting By
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Resting Place
Mesmerized
Love, Cheat & Steal
Hollow Point
Rich Kids
Projections of America
The Campaign
This Is 40
Out Cold
Chez Bob
Car of the Future
The Bubble
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Redwood Curtain
Interstellar
95 Worlds and Counting
Don Quixote
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Distant Thunder
Cabrini
Baby Girl Scott
Love Is Strange
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
Orange County
Spellbound
My Brother's Keeper
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Memphis Belle
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Ivory Hunters
The Homesman
Sangre
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Night of 100 Stars III
Johnny Skidmarks
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
The Accountant
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
Lord John
9 Kisses
Dreamgirls
Broadway: The Next Generation
Best of Enemies
Shrek Stories
Timms Valley
The Oldest Living Graduate
The Glitter Dome
Jimpa
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Miss Sloane
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Beatriz at Dinner
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Daddy's Home 2
Einstein's Big Idea
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
The Pulitzer At 100
Pitch Perfect 3
Secret Service
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Late Night
Pet Sematary
Traveling Man
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
Bombshell
The Amazing Bone
Hickory Dickory Doc
Not in Front of the Children
The Tomorrow Man
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Big Blonde
The Boys
New Year's Eve
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
American Cinema
Myths and Hymns
The Country Girl
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Killers of the Flower Moon
On Broadway
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Conclave
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