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John Lithgow

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Also known as John Arthur Lithgow

American actor (born 1945)

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John Lithgow is an American television and film actor, musician, and poet born on October 19, 1945, in Rochester, New York. He began his professional work period in 1972 and received his education at Harvard College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Lithgow has been recognized with several awards, including the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and a Fulbright Scholarship. He has also received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

As a writer, Lithgow has published works such as *Dancers on the ropes*, *The Poets' Corner*, *Life's greatest miracle*, *Je suis un lamantin*, and *A Confederacy of Dumptys*. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. Lithgow plays the banjo and speaks English.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1945
Works
42

Top works

  • Dancers on the ropes
  • The Poets' Corner
  • Life's greatest miracle
  • Je suis un lamantin
  • A Confederacy of Dumptys

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Film & TV

Acting · Rochester, New York, USA

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…

Known for

  • Jimpa — Jimpa2026
  • Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic — Self2026
  • GIANT - The Play — Roald Dahl2026
  • Giant — Roald Dahl2026
  • Shrek 25 Aniversario — Lord Farquaad (voice)2026
  • Harry Potter — Albus Dumbledore2026
  • Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic — Himself2026
  • The Rule of Jenny Pen — Dave Crealy2025
  • Dexter: Resurrection — Arthur Mitchell2025
  • SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1945

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
13,079
Total plays
66,584

Tags

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John Lithgow is an acclaimed American actor, musician, and author, known for his versatility across film, television, and theater. Born on October 19, 1945, he has earned multiple awards, including Emmy and Tony wins, for roles in projects like 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Crown, and Terms of Endearment. In addition to acting, Lithgow has a passion for music. He has released albums of children's music, such as Singin' in the Bathtub and The Sunny Side of the Street, which showcase his playful, th

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,463x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,565x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,889x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,553x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,125x

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Encyclopedic overview

John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; 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 seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Lithgow has won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for Sweet Smell of Success (2002). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). He has appeared on Broadway in The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). In the West End, he portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant (2024), for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.

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