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John Lithgow

Biography

John Lithgow

Actor Producer

Born
October 19, 1945
Age
81 years old
Place of birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Years active
1951 – present
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77

Credits

50

Movies

26

TV series

75

Years active

6.9

Avg. rating

0

Awards won

The life and career of John Lithgow

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Career timeline

  1. 1945 · Born

    Born in Rochester, New York, USA

  2. 1951 · Screen debut

    Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

  3. 1989 · Breakthrough

    The Simpsons (TV)

  4. 2025 · Latest release

    Dexter: Resurrection (TV)

Career in numbers

Titles per decade
Most frequent genres
  • Drama39
  • Comedy33
  • Thriller13
  • Crime11
  • Family11
  • Adventure8
Highest-rated title Dexter: Resurrection 2025 8.5 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Known for

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Lithgow in our catalogue.

Filmography

  1. 2026 Harry Potter Upcoming as Albus Dumbledore TV
  2. 2025 Dexter: Resurrection as Arthur Mitchell TV
  3. 2025 The Rule of Jenny Pen as Dave Crealy Movie
  4. 2024 Spellbound as Bolinar (voice) Movie
  5. 2024 Conclave as Tremblay Movie
  6. 2024 Cabrini as Mayor Gould Movie
  7. 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon as Prosecutor Peter Leaward Movie
  8. 2023 Sharper as Richard Hobbes Movie
  9. 2022 The Old Man as Harold Harper TV
  10. 2022 The Bubble as Tom the Studio Chairman Movie
  11. 2021 Dexter: New Blood as Arthur Mitchell TV
  12. 2020 Perry Mason as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan TV
  13. 2019 Bombshell as Roger Ailes Movie
  14. 2019 Pet Sematary as Jud Crandall Movie
  15. 2019 Late Night as Walter Lovell Movie
  16. 2018 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover TV
  17. 2017 Pitch Perfect 3 as Fergus Movie
  18. 2017 Daddy's Home 2 as Don Movie
  19. 2017 Beatriz at Dinner as Doug Strutt Movie
  20. 2017 Trial & Error as Larry Henderson TV
  21. 2016 Miss Sloane as Senator Ronald Sperling Movie
  22. 2016 The Crown as Winston Churchill TV
  23. 2016 The Accountant as Lamar Blackburn Movie
  24. 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV
  25. 2014 Interstellar as Donald Movie
  26. 2014 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as James Roosevelt (voice) TV
  27. 2014 Love Is Strange as Ben Movie
  28. 2014 The Homesman as Reverend Alfred Dowd Movie
  29. 2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as The White Rabbit (voice) TV
  30. 2012 This Is 40 as Oliver Movie
  31. 2012 The Campaign as Glen Motch Movie
  32. 2011 New Year's Eve as Jonathan Cox (uncredited) Movie
  33. 2011 Prohibition as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) TV
  34. 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Charles Rodman Movie
  35. 2010 Leap Year as Jack Brady Movie
  36. 2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic as Edgar West Movie
  37. 2006 Dreamgirls as Jerry Harris Movie
  38. 2006 30 Rock as John Lithgow TV
  39. 2006 Dexter as Arthur Mitchell TV
  40. 2005 The Colbert Report TV
  41. 2005 How I Met Your Mother as Jerry Whittaker TV
  42. 2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Blake Edwards Movie
  43. 2004 Kinsey as Alfred Seguine Kinsey Movie
  44. 2004 Shrek 3-D as Ghost of Farquaad (voice) Movie
  45. 2002 Orange County as Bud Brumder Movie
  46. 2001 Shrek as Lord Farquaad (voice) Movie
  47. 2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie as Jean-Claude (voice) Movie
  48. 1998 A Civil Action as Judge Walter J. Skinner Movie
  49. 1996 Cosby as John Lithgow TV
  50. 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon TV
  51. 1995 The Tuskegee Airmen as Senator Conyers Movie
  52. 1993 The Pelican Brief as Smith Keen Movie
  53. 1993 Frasier as Madman Martinez (voice) TV
  54. 1993 Cliffhanger as Qualen Movie
  55. 1992 Raising Cain as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo Movie
  56. 1991 Ricochet as Earl Talbott Blake Movie
  57. 1990 Memphis Belle as Bruce Derringer Movie
  58. 1989 The Simpsons as Gus (voice) TV
  59. 1989 Tales from the Crypt as Dr. Oscar Charles TV
  60. 1987 Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson Movie
  61. 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie as B.Z. Movie
  62. 1985 Amazing Stories as John Walters TV
  63. 1984 2010 as Dr. Walter Curnow Movie
  64. 1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Lord John Whorfin Movie
  65. 1984 Footloose as Rev. Shaw Moore Movie
  66. 1983 The Day After as Joe Huxley Movie
  67. 1983 Terms of Endearment as Sam Burns Movie
  68. 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie as Valentine Movie
  69. 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre as Goldilocks' Father TV
  70. 1982 The World According to Garp as Roberta Muldoon Movie
  71. 1981 Blow Out as Burke Movie
  72. 1979 All That Jazz as Lucas Sergeant Movie
  73. 1976 Obsession as Robert Lasalle Movie
  74. 1974 NOVA as Narrator TV
  75. 1971 Great Performances as Capt. Thorne TV
  76. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Paul Unger TV
  1. 2025 The Rule of Jenny Pen Movie

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Quick facts

How old is John Lithgow?

John Lithgow is 81 years old, born on October 19, 1945.

Where was John Lithgow born?

John Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York, USA.

What was John Lithgow’s first screen role?

The earliest title in our catalogue featuring John Lithgow is Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951).

How many movies and series has John Lithgow made?

Our catalogue lists 76 titles for John Lithgow: 50 movies and 26 TV series.

What is John Lithgow’s highest-rated title?

Among titles with enough votes, Dexter: Resurrection has the highest audience rating, with 8.5/10 on TMDB.

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