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John Arthur Lithgow (pron.: /?l???o?/ lith-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, and author. Lithgow has been 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 well 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.

This book is your ultimate resource for John Lithgow. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about John Lithgow's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: John Lithgow, 2010 (film), 30 Rock, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 67th Golden Globe Awards, 8 (play), A Civil Action (film), A Memory of Two Mondays, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Adams House (Harvard University), All My Sons, All That Jazz (film), American Foundation for Equal Rights, American Theatre Hall of Fame, Anna Christie, Ants in Your Pants, Arthur Lithgow, Arthur Mitchell (Dexter), At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Barney Stinson, Beyond Therapy, Blow Out, Brian De Palma, Brian d'Arcy James, Cliffhanger (film), Colin Hanks, Confessions of a Shopaholic (film), Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues, Dexter (TV series), Dexter Morgan, Dick Solomon, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical), Don Quixote (2000 TV film)…and more pages!

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Articles John Lithgow 2010 (film) 30 Rock 3rd Rock from the Sun 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 67th Golden Globe Awards 8 (play) A Civil Action (film) A Memory of Two Mondays Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Adams House (Harvard University) All My Sons All That Jazz (film) American Foundation for Equal Rights American Theatre Hall of Fame Anna Christie Ants in Your Pants

Arthur Lithgow Arthur Mitchell (Dexter) At Play in the Fields of the Lord Barney Stinson Beyond Therapy Blow Out Brian De Palma Brian d'Arcy James Cliffhanger (film) Colin Hanks Confessions of a Shopaholic (film) Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues Dexter (TV series) Dexter Morgan Dick Solomon Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) Don Quixote (2000 TV film)

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Doug Benson Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play Footloose (1984 film) Frasier Crane Goodbye, My Friend Harry and the Hendersons Harvard College Homegrown (film) Jeffrey Tambor John Lithgow (politician) L.A. Story Leap Year (2010 film) Lord Farquaad M. Butterfly Maude Maggart Memphis Belle (film) My Fat Friend New Year's Eve (film) Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Obsession (1976 film) Once in a Lifetime (play) Orange County (film) Out Cold (1989 film) Paloozaville Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Princeton, New Jersey Prohibition (miniseries) Raising Cain Rich Kids (film) Ricochet (film) Rise of the Planet of the Apes Royal National Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Santa Claus: The Movie Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Second Stage Theatre Shrek Shrek 4-D Shrek the Third Silent Fall Singin' in the Bathtub Special Effects: Anything Can Happen Star Wars(radio) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Sweet Smell of Success (musical) Ted Danson Terms of Endearment The Boys (1991 film) The Campaign (film) The Changing Room The Day After

The National Parks: America's Best Idea The Sunny Side of the Street The Tuskegee Airmen The World According to Garp (film) This Is 40 Turner Classic Movies Twenty Good Years Walter Curnow

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John Lithgow in 2007

John Arthur Lithgow October 19, 1945 Rochester, New York, U.S.

Harvard College

Actor, musician, poet, author

1972–present

Jean Taynton (1966–1980) Mary Yeager (1981–present)

Ian Lithgow Phoebe Lithgow Nathan Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow(pron.:/ˈlɪɡoʊ/LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, and author. Lithgow has been 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 filmsThe World According to Garp(1982) andTerms of Endearment(1983), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Lithgow is well known for his roles as the Reverend Shaw Moore inFootloose, Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, the voice of Lord Farquaad inShrek, and Arthur Mitchell on Showtime'sDexter, for which he won Golden Globe and Emmy awards. On the stage, he appeared in the musical adaptation ofSweet 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 asMarsupial Sue.

John Lithgow

Early life Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. His mother, Sarah Jane (nae Price), was a retired actress. His father, Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was born in Dominican Republic, was a theatrical producer and director who [1][2] ran the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. Because of his father's job, the family moved frequently [3] during Lithgow's childhood; he spent his teenage years in Akron and Lakewood, Ohio. Lithgow attended Harvard College, and graduated with an A.B.magna cum laudein 1967, in history and literature. He lived in Adams House as an undergraduate. Lithgow later served on Harvard's Board of Overseers. Lithgow credits a performance at Harvard of Gilbert and Sullivan'sUtopia Limitedwith helping him decide to become an [4] actor. After graduation, Lithgow won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Stage career In 1973, Lithgow debuted on Broadway in David Storey'sThe Changing Room, for which he received both the Tony and Drama Desk Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play. The following year he starred opposite Lynn Redgrave in My Fat Friend, and in 1976 he starred opposite Meryl Streep in Arthur Miller'sA Memory of Two Mondays. He was nominated for the Best Actor Tony Awards forRequiem for a Heavyweight(1985) andM. Butterfly(directed by John Dexter, 1988). In 2002, Lithgow won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of J.J. Hunsecker in the Broadway adaptation of the 1957 filmSweet Smell of Success. In 2005, Lithgow was elected into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for his work on Broadway. He was also nominated for a Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony forDirty Rotten Scoundrels. In 2007, Lithgow played Malvolio in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production ofTwelfth Night, at The [5] Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. [6] In 2008 through 2009, Lithgow played Joe Keller in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller'sAll My Sons. Lithgow starred alongside Jennifer Ehle in Douglas Carter Beane's comedyMr & Mrs Fitchpresented Off-Broadway [7] by Second Stage Theatre from February 22, 2010 to April 4, 2010. Lithgow returned to Broadway as Joseph Alsop in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of David Auburn's new [8] playThe Columnist, with previews starting on April 4, 2012.

Film career In 1979, Lithgow portrayed Lucas Sergeant in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical movieAll That Jazz. The character was loosely based on the real-life director/choreographer Michael Bennett, best known for his work onDreamgirls andA Chorus Line. In 1983 and 1984, Lithgow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Roberta Muldoon inThe World According to Garpand as Sam Burns inTerms of Endearment. Both films were screen adaptations of popular novels. Lithgow originated the character of Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin, an Italian physicist inhabited by an evil alien, which he played in the 1984 cult filmThe Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. In 1984, Lithgow also played a pastor who condemns dancing inFootloose. He later played the role of American space engineer Walter Curnow in2010, the sequel to the science fiction classic2001: A Space Odyssey.

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In 1983, Lithgow appeared in a remake of the classicTwilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" inTwilight Zone: The Movieas the paranoid passenger made famous on the television show by William Shatner. In an interview will Bill Moyers Lithgow reveals this role as [9] his favorite of his film career. In 1991, he starred in the movie Ricochetopposite Denzel Washington as Earl Talbot Blake, a criminal seeking revenge against the policeman who sent him to prison. In 1992, he starred as a man with multiple personality disorder in Brian De Palma's filmRaising Cain, and in 1993, starred as the villainous Eric Qualen in the Sylvester Stallone movieCliffhanger.

In 1987, Lithgow starred in the Bigfoot-themed family comedyHarry and the Hendersons. In 2002, he narratedLife's Greatest Miracle, a documentary about human embryonic development, while in 2004, he portrayed the moralistic, rigid father of Alfred Kinsey in that year's biopicKinsey. In 2006, Lithgow had a small role in the Academy Award-winning filmDreamgirls, as Jerry Harris, a film producer [10] offering Deena Jones (Beyonca Knowles) a film role. He starred in [11] a lead role in the science fiction filmRise of the Planet of the Apes.

John Lithgow on the red carpet at the 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on August 28, 1988.

As a voice actor, Lithgow is well known for his role as the evil Lord Farquaad in theShrekmovie franchise. His appearances as Farquaad includeShrek,Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party,Shrek 4-Dwhich was originally Shrek 3-D and used as an amusement park attraction, andShrek the Third. He also was inConfessions of a Shopaholicas Edgar West.

Television career

In terms of his television career, Lithgow is probably most widely known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the 1996–2001 NBC sitcom3rd Rock from the Sun.He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in each of the program's six seasons and won three times, in 1996, 1997, and 1999. His son Ian regularly appeared alongside him as Leon, one of his physics students. In 1986, Lithgow received a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for his appearance in the episodeThe Dollof theAmazing Storiesanthology series. Additionally, Lithgow has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special forThe Day After(1983), and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special forResting Place(1986) andMy Brother's Keeper(1995). Lithgow was approached about playing Dr. Frasier Crane onCheers, but turned it down. Lithgow starred with Jeffrey Tambor in the NBC sitcomTwenty Good Years. Since 2006 he has starred in Campbell Soup Company's commercials advertising their Campbell's Select premium soup brand. On March 5, 2009, Lithgow made a cameo on NBC's30 Rock,in the episode "Goodbye, My Friend," with several references to his role inHarry and the Hendersons. In September 2009, Lithgow joined the cast ofDexteras Arthur Mitchell, a serial killer and Dexter Morgan's [12] [13] nemesis. He won a Golden Globe Award for this role, and won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A [14] Drama Series. [15] He guest starred onHow I Met Your Motherin the role of Barney Stinson's father, Jerry.

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Children's entertainment

Lithgow has done extensive work for children, including several books and albums. Some of his book titles areMarsupial Sue,Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake,"Lithgow Party Paloozas!: 52 Unexpected Ways to Make a Birthday, Holiday, or Any Day a Celebration for Kids,Carnival of the Animals,A Lithgow Palooza: 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your Kids,I'm a Manatee,Micawber, The Remarkable Farkle McBride,Mahalia Mouse Goes to Collegeand I Got Two Dogs.He also appeared as a guest on the Canadian children's program, Ants in Your Pants. Lithgow reading a book to children in 2007 Lithgow launched into a career as a recording artist with the 1999 album of children's music,Singin' in the Bathtub.In June 2002, Lithgow released his second children's albumFarkle and Friends.It was the musical companion to his bookThe Remarkable Farkle McBride,which tells the story of a young musical genius.Farkle and Friendsfeatures the vocal talents of Lithgow and Bebe Neuwirth backed by the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra. In August 2006, Lithgow releasedThe Sunny Side of the Street,his third children's album and first with Razor & Tie. This album features versions of classic songs from The Great American Songbook including“Getting to Know You”and“Ya Gotta Have Pep,”with decidedly animated performances geared towards children. Produced by JC Hopkins (Victoria Williams, JC Hopkins Biggish Band featuring Norah Jones), the album features guest appearances by Madeleine Peyroux, Wayne Knight (Seinfeld's Newman), Broadway's Sherie Rene Scott (Aida,Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and cabaret star Maude Maggart. Lithgow also makes occasional appearances on stage and television singing children's songs and accompanying himself on guitar.

Podcasts On October 1, 2010, Lithgow appeared on Doug Benson's podcastDoug Loves Movies, along with fellow guests Paul F. Tompkins and Jimmy Pardo. He has also appeared on Chris Hardwick's show The Nerdist Podcast.

Other appearances Lithgow voiced the character of Yoda in the National Public Radio adaptations ofThe Empire Strikes Backand Return of the Jedi. He provided narration for the IMAX filmSpecial Effects: Anything Can Happen. He hosts Paloozaville, a children's Video on Demand program on Mag Rack based on his best-selling children's books. He appeared in the most recent Campbell's SelectSoups commercials, portraying a restaurant waiter serving "customers" in their own household. He often delivers commencement addresses at American universities. Lithgow also appears [16] inBooks By You, a children's computer game, and guides them through the steps to finish a pre-designed book. [17] In 2005, he became the first actor ever to deliver a commencement speech at Harvard University. He was featured at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 4–6, 2009 for performances of Mozart's Requiem with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He narrated some letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, some poems, and [18] sections from the Book of Revelation in certain parts of the performance. [19] In 2011, he performed a dramatic reading of a Newt Gingrich press release onThe Colbert Reportand mistakenly [20] called in to apologize on Colbert's yearly Atone Phone. He also voiced a South Carolina TV ad for Colbert Super [21] PAC humorously attacking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. In September 2011, Lithgow was featured in a one-night only production of Dustin Lance Black's play,'8'—a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as Attorney [22] Theodore Olson to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

John Lithgow

Awards and nominations Lithgow has won five Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, an American Comedy Award [23] and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor [23][24] in a Supporting Role. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his appearance as Arthur Mitchell on [25] Dexter.

Work

Filmography 1972Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues 1976Obsession 1977Secret Service 1978The Big Fix 1979All That Jazz,Rich Kids 1980Big Blonde,Mom, the Wolfman and Me,The Oldest Living Graduate 1981Blow Out 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 1982Not in Front of the Children,The World According to Garp 1983Terms of Endearment,The Day After|Twilight Zone: The Movie 1984Faerie Tale Theatre,Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1984Footloose 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 19842010,The Glitter Dome 1985Santa Claus: The Movie 1986Mesmerized,The Manhattan Project,Resting Place 1987Harry and the Hendersons,Baby Girl Scott 1988Distant Thunder 1989Traveling Man,Out Cold 1990Memphis Belle, 1990Ivory Hunters 1991L.A. Story,The Boys 1991At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1991Ricochet 1992Raising Cain 1992Yertle the Turtle (film) 1993The Wrong Man 1993The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale 1993The Pelican Brief,Love, Cheat & Steal 1993Cliffhanger (film) 1994World War II: When Lions Roared 1994Silent Fall,Princess Caraboo,A Good Man in Africa 1995Redwood Curtain,My Brother's Keeper 1995Hollow Point,The Tuskegee Airmen 1996Special Effects: Anything Can Happen 1996-20013rd Rock from the Sun

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1998Homegrown,Johnny Skidmarks 1998Officer Buckle and Gloria,A Civil Action 2000Don Quixote 2000Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 2000C-Scam 2001Shrek 2001Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party 2002Orange County 2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004Kinsey 2005Einstein's Big Idea 2006Dreamgirls 2006. The Great Robot Race 2007Shrek the Third(Cameo ; Archive footage) 2009Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009Dexter 2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea 2010Leap Year 2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011How I Met Your Mother 2011Prohibition 2011New Year's Eve 2012The Campaign [26] 2012This Is 40

Stage b 1973The Changing Room(Tony Award–Best Featured Actor in a Play) 1974My Fat Friend 1975Trelawny of the \"Wells\"(revival) b 1976A Memory of Two Mondays b 1976Boy Meets Girl(revival)(Director) andSecret Service(revival) b 1976Comedians b 1977Anna Christie(revival) b 1978Once in a Lifetime(revival) b 1979Spokesong b 1980Division Street b 1982Beyond Therapy b 1985Requiem for a Heavyweight(Tony Nomination–Best Actor in a Play) b 1986The Front Page (revival) b 1988M. Butterfly(Tony Nomination–Best Actor in a Play) b 2002Sweet Smell of Success(Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical) b 2003The Retreat From Moscow b 2005Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(Tony Nomination–Best Actor in a Musical) b 2007Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company b 2008All My Sons b 2010Mr. &Mrs. Fitch,Second Stage Theatre b 2012The Columnist, Manhattan Theatre Club