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 Film… Read more
Known for Interstellar 2014 Shrek 2001 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 The Simpsons 1989 ★ 7.7 Cabrini 2024
Mayor Gould Series ★ 7.2 The Old Man 2022
Harold Harper Series ★ 7.9 Prohibition 2011
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) ★ 8 Shrek Stories 2013
Lord Farquaad (voice) ★ 7.2 Best of Enemies 2015
Voice of Gore Vidal Series ★ 7 The Colbert Report 2005
★ 6.9 Leap Year 2010
Jack Brady Series ★ 7.8 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2014
James Roosevelt (voice) Series ★ 7.1 NOVA 1974
Narrator ★ 7.1 The Tuskegee Airmen 1995
Senator Conyers Series ★ 8.1 Faerie Tale Theatre 1982
Goldilocks' Father ★ 6.8 The Day After 1983
Joe Huxley ★ 6.8 Memphis Belle 1990
Bruce Derringer Series ★ 7 Trial & Error 2017
Larry Henderson ★ 6.7 Dreamgirls 2006
Jerry Harris ★ 6.7 The World According to Garp 1982
Roberta Muldoon ★ 6.7 Obsession 1976
Robert Lasalle ★ 6.6 At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991
Leslie Huben ★ 6.6 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004
Blake Edwards Series ★ 6.1 Great Performances 1971
Capt. Thorne ★ 6.3 Don Quixote 2000
Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano ★ 6.6 Kinsey 2004
Alfred Seguine Kinsey Series ★ 6.1 Cosby 1996
John Lithgow ★ 5.9 Out Cold 1989
Dave ★ 5.4 Johnny Skidmarks 1998
Sergeant Larry Skovik ★ 6.5 Spellbound 2024
Bolinar (voice) ★ 5.9 The Big Fix 1978
Sam Sebastian ★ 6.5 A Civil Action 1998
Judge Walter J. Skinner ★ 5.6 Princess Caraboo 1994
Professor Wilkinson ★ 5.1 The Wrong Man 1993
Phillip Mills ★ 6.3 Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party 2001
Lord Farquaad (singing voice) ★ 6.4 Santa Claus: The Movie 1985
B.Z. ★ 6.2 The Manhattan Project 1986
John Mathewson ★ 4.8 Mesmerized 1985
Oliver Thompson ★ 5.3 Hollow Point 1996
Thomas Livingston ★ 5.8 The Tomorrow Man 2019
Ed Hemsler ★ 6.4 Late Night 2019
Walter Lovell ★ 6.3 Love Is Strange 2014
Ben ★ 4.5 Love, Cheat & Steal 1993
Paul Harrington ★ 6.1 The Rule of Jenny Pen 2025
Dave Crealy ★ 5.5 Homegrown 1998
Malcolm / Robert Stockman ★ 4.9 A Good Man in Africa 1994
Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner ★ 6.1 Ricochet 1991
Earl Talbott Blake ★ 5.3 Silent Fall 1994
Dr. Rene Harlinger ★ 6 Shrek 3-D 2004
Ghost of Farquaad (voice) ★ 6 Raising Cain 1992
Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo ★ 5.7 Beatriz at Dinner 2017
Doug Strutt ★ 6 Orange County 2002
Bud Brumder ★ 6 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984
Lord John Whorfin ★ 5.8 The Campaign 2012
Glen Motch ★ 4.6 The Bubble 2022
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