Biography
John Arthur Lithgow 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 seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and three Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2017
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 2010
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2005
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 2002
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1999
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- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 1997
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1997
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1996
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 1986
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1973
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actor in a Musical
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Laurence Olivier Award — Best Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2023 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2012 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 2005 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1988 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1985 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1983 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
On Broadway
Dexter: Resurrection
Interstellar
The West
Jimpa
The Crown
Dexter
How I Met Your Mother
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
The Simpsons
Tales from the Crypt
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Dexter: New Blood
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Prohibition
Cabrini
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Shrek
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Frasier
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'
30 Rock
3rd Rock from the Sun
Amazing Stories
All That Jazz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Killers of the Flower Moon
Miss Sloane
Blow Out
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Conclave
The Old Man
Perry Mason
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal
Conan
The Graham Norton Show
Trial & Error
The Accountant
The Tuskegee Airmen
Terms of Endearment
NOVA
Casting By
Leap Year
The Colbert Report
Saturday Night Live
Sharper