John Lithgow
Gender: Male
Born: 19th October 1945 (currently 66 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Twenty Good Years, Dexter, The West, Amazing Stories
Movies: 2010: The Year We Make Contact, A Civil Action, Blow Out, Cliffhanger, Distant Thunder, Footloose, Harry and the Hendersons, Manhattan Project, Memphis Belle, Obsession, Princess Caraboo, Ricochet, Santa Claus: The Movie, Shrek, Terms of Endearment, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Day After, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Homegrown, Homegrown, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Kinsey, The World According to Garp, Raising Cain, Silent Fall, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, The Big Fix, Orange County, A Good Man in Africa, Mesmerized, Antarctic Antics... and More Hilarious Animal Stories, Traveling Man, My Brother's Keeper, Big Blonde, Pete's a Pizza, Shrek Film Series, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Pelican Brief, Don Quixote, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Out Cold, Leap Year, Hollow Point, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Johnny Skidmarks, All That Jazz, Secret Service, Resting Place, Classical Baby: I'm Grown Up Now: The Poetry Show, Shrek 4-D, The Emperor's New Clothes ... and More Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ... and More Magical Tales, Harry the Dirty Dog...and More Playful Puppy Stories, Bark, George ... and More Doggie Tails, Strega Nona ... and More Stories About Magic, Love, Cheat & Steal, Rich Kids, The Amazing Bone, The Glitter Dome, Redwood Curtain, World War II: When Lions Roared, Car of the Future: Engineering for the Environment, The Great Robot Race: Nova, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Raising Cain, Raising Cain, Lives of the Saints, The Macabre World of Lavender Williams, The Campaign
John Arthur Lithgow ( /ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, and author. Presently, he is involved with a wide range of media projects, including stage, television, film, and radio. He also has written and published several books of poetry and children's literature.
He appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Lithgow is known for his roles as the Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose, Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek, and Arthur Mitchell on Showtime's Dexter, for which he won Golden Globe and Emmy awards.
On the stage, he appeared in the musical adaptation of Sweet Smell of Success, winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He again appeared in a musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, again receiving a Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
He has also recorded music, such as the 1999 album of children's music, Singin' in the Bathtub, and has written poetry and short stories for children, such as Marsupial Sue.
Lithgow was born in
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