John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Acting

Born October 19, 1945 · Rochester, New York, USA

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…

Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Dexter

Dexter

2006

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Acting(211)

2026Harry PotterAlbus Dumbledore

2026GiantRoald Dahl

2026Orange Country 2Bud Brumder

2026Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the MagicSelf

2025Dexter: ResurrectionArthur Mitchell

2025The Rule of Jenny PenDave Crealy

2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf

2024SpellboundBolinar (voice)

2024ConclaveTremblay

2024Art Happens Here with John LithgowSelf

2024CabriniMayor Gould

2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelf

2023Killers of the Flower MoonProsecutor Peter Leaward

2023Liv Ullmann: A Road Less TravelledSelf

2023SharperRichard Hobbes

2022SherriSelf - Guest

2022The Old ManHarold Harper

2022The BubbleTom the Studio Chairman

2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent StrokesPhilip Drummond

2021Dexter: New BloodArthur Mitchell

2021Show of Titles"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

2021Emily @ the Edge of ChaosSir Isaac Newton (voice)

2021Myths and Hymns

2020Give My Regards to BroadwaySelf

2020Perry MasonElias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan

2020Stars in the HouseSelf - Special Guest

2019BombshellRoger Ailes

2019On BroadwaySelf

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf

2019The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten ActsPresident Donald J. Trump

2019The Tomorrow ManEd Hemsler

2019Pet SemataryJud Crandall

2019Late NightWalter Lovell

2018Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy BatermanJud Crandall

2018Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

2018James Cameron's Story of Science FictionSelf

2018Mister Rogers: It's You I LikeSelf

2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest

2017Pitch Perfect 3Fergus

2017Daddy's Home 2Don

2017The Pulitzer At 100Self

2017Beatriz at DinnerDoug Strutt

2017Trial & ErrorLarry Henderson

2017Hickory Dickory DocHimself

2017They All Saw a Cat

2016Miss SloaneSenator Ronald Sperling

2016The CrownWinston Churchill

2016The AccountantLamar Blackburn

2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - Performer

2016Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9Narrator

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2015Best of EnemiesVoice of Gore Vidal

2015Inside 'Interstellar'Self

2015Projections of AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice)

2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

2014InterstellarDonald

2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryJames Roosevelt (voice)

2014The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure QuestMaurice (voice)

2014Love Is StrangeBen

2014The HomesmanReverend Alfred Dowd

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest

20149 KissesMan in Club

2013Timms ValleyOl' Gregory Timms

2013Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For LoveSelf

2013Once Upon a Time in WonderlandThe White Rabbit (voice)

2013Shrek StoriesLord Farquaad (voice)

2013National Theatre Live: The MagistratePosket

2012This Is 40Oliver

2012Casting BySelf

2012The CampaignGlen Motch

2012Finding Your RootsSelf

2011Shrek: Once Upon a TimeSelf

2011New Year's EveJonathan Cox (uncredited)

2011ProhibitionReader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesCharles Rodman

2010Leap YearJack Brady

2009Miracle in a Box: A Piano RebornNarrator

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2009The Macabre World of Lavender WilliamsGod

2009Confessions of a ShopaholicEdgar West

2008Car of the FutureNarrator

2007ShowBusiness: The Road to BroadwaySelf

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2006DreamgirlsJerry Harris

2006Twenty Good YearsJohn Mason

200630 RockJohn Lithgow

2006DexterArthur Mitchell

2006The One ShowSelf

2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysRené Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

2006The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand ChallengeNarrator

2006SangreCafe chef and owner

2005The Colbert Report

2005Einstein's Big IdeaNarrator (voice) U.S. edition

2005The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

2005How I Met Your MotherJerry Whittaker

2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersBlake Edwards

2004Footloose: A Modern MusicalSelf

2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf

2004KinseyAlfred Seguine Kinsey

2004Shrek 3-DGhost of Farquaad (voice)

2004Dogs and More DogsNarrator

2003VH1 Goes Inside

2003DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories CollectionGhost of Farquaad (voice)

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2003Bark, George

2002Live from E!Self

2002Orange CountyBud Brumder

2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedSelf

2001Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance PartyLord Farquaad (singing voice)

2001ShrekLord Farquaad (voice)

2000Rugrats in Paris: The MovieJean-Claude (voice)

2000Don QuixoteDon Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

200095 Worlds and CountingNarrator

1999The Early ShowSelf

1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis CollectionDr. Oscar Charles

1998A Civil ActionJudge Walter J. Skinner

1998HomegrownMalcolm / Robert Stockman

1998Johnny SkidmarksSergeant Larry Skovik

1997The ViewSelf

1997Officer Buckle and GloriaNarrator (voice)

1996Hollow PointThomas Livingston

1996CosbyJohn Lithgow

1996The WestSelf

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1996Special Effects: Anything Can HappenNarrator

1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest

19963rd Rock from the SunDick Solomon

1995The Tuskegee AirmenSenator Conyers

1995Redwood CurtainLaird Riordan

1995My Brother's KeeperTom Bradley / Bob Bradley

1994Silent FallDr. Rene Harlinger

1994Princess CarabooProfessor Wilkinson

1994A Good Man in AfricaArthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf

1994World War II: When Lions RoaredFranklin Delano Roosevelt

1994American CinemaSelf - Host

1993The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas TaleAlexander (voice)

1993Love, Cheat & StealPaul Harrington

1993The Pelican BriefSmith Keen

1993FrasierMadman Martinez (voice)

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993The Wrong ManPhillip Mills

1993CliffhangerQualen

1993Sylvester and the Magic PebbleNarrator

1993Stallone on the Edge: The Making of CliffhangerSelf

1992Raising CainCarter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

1991At Play in the Fields of the LordLeslie Huben

1991RicochetEarl Talbott Blake

1991The BoysArtie Margulies

1990Amazing Stories: The Movie IIJohn Walters

1990Memphis BelleBruce Derringer

1990Ivory HuntersRobert Carter

1990John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert

1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf

1990Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney YearsSelf

1989The SimpsonsGus (voice)

1989Traveling ManBen Cluett

1989Tales from the CryptDr. Oscar Charles

1989Out ColdDave

1988Distant ThunderMark Lambert

1987Harry and the HendersonsGeorge Henderson

1987The Amazing BoneNarrator

1987Baby Girl ScottNeil Scott

1986The Manhattan ProjectJohn Mathewson

1986Resting PlaceMaj. Kendall Laird

1985Santa Claus: The Making of the MovieSelf

1985MesmerizedOliver Thompson

1985Santa Claus: The MovieB.Z.

1985Amazing StoriesJohn Walters

19842010Dr. Walter Curnow

1984The Glitter DomeSgt. Marty Wellborn

1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionLord John Whorfin

1984FootlooseRev. Shaw Moore

1984Goldilocks and the Three BearsGoldilocks' Father

19842010 : The Odyssey ContinuesHimself

1983The Day AfterJoe Huxley

1983Terms of EndearmentSam Burns

1983Twilight Zone: The MovieValentine

1982Not in Front of the ChildrenRichard Carruthers

1982Faerie Tale TheatreGoldilocks' Father

1982The World According to GarpRoberta Muldoon

1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I CanMr. Brunner

1981Blow OutBurke

1980Big BlondeHerbie Morse

1980Mom, the Wolfman and MeWally

1980The Oldest Living GraduateClarence

1979All That JazzLucas Sergeant

1979Rich KidsPaul Philips

1978The Big FixSam Sebastian

1977Secret ServiceCapt. Thorne

1976ObsessionRobert Lasalle

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1974NOVANarrator

1974The Country GirlPaul Unger

1972Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesJohn

1971Film '72Self

1971Great PerformancesCapt. Thorne

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner

1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter

1951Hallmark Hall of FamePaul Unger

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf