John Lithgow
Biography
Movies 146
Interstellar
as Donald
2014
Shrek
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
2001
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
2023
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Charles Rodman
2011
Conclave
as Tremblay
2024
The Accountant
as Lamar Blackburn
2016
Daddy's Home 2
as Don
2017
Cliffhanger
as Qualen
1993
The Pelican Brief
as Smith Keen
1993
2010
as Dr. Walter Curnow
1984
Footloose
as Rev. Shaw Moore
1984
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Edgar West
2009
Pet Sematary
as Jud Crandall
2019
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Valentine
1983
New Year's Eve
as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
2011
Pitch Perfect 3
as Fergus
2017
Terms of Endearment
as Sam Burns
1983
Bombshell
as Roger Ailes
2019
Blow Out
as Burke
1981
Leap Year
as Jack Brady
2010
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
as Self
2026
Spellbound
as Bolinar (voice)
2024
Miss Sloane
as Senator Ronald Sperling
2016
The Campaign
as Glen Motch
2012
Dreamgirls
as Jerry Harris
2006
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as Lord John Whorfin
1984
This Is 40
as Oliver
2012
The World According to Garp
as Roberta Muldoon
1982
Sharper
as Richard Hobbes
2023
The Homesman
as Reverend Alfred Dowd
2014
All That Jazz
as Lucas Sergeant
1979
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson
1987
Shrek 3-D
as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
2004
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
as Jean-Claude (voice)
2000
A Civil Action
as Judge Walter J. Skinner
1998
The Day After
as Joe Huxley
1983
Santa Claus: The Movie
as B.Z.
1985
Raising Cain
as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
1992
Ricochet
as Earl Talbott Blake
1991
The Rule of Jenny Pen
as Dave Crealy
2025
Kinsey
as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
2004
Orange County
as Bud Brumder
2002
Memphis Belle
as Bruce Derringer
1990
The Bubble
as Tom the Studio Chairman
2022
Obsession
as Robert Lasalle
1976
Jimpa
as Jimpa
2026
Late Night
as Walter Lovell
2019
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self
2015
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Leslie Huben
1991
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Senator Conyers
1995
Beatriz at Dinner
as Doug Strutt
2017
Cabrini
as Mayor Gould
2024
The Manhattan Project
as John Mathewson
1986
Don Quixote
as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
2000
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Blake Edwards
2004
Distant Thunder
as Mark Lambert
1988
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Princess Caraboo
as Professor Wilkinson
1994
Love Is Strange
as Ben
2014
Homegrown
as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
1998
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
1999
A Good Man in Africa
as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
1994
Casting By
as Self
2012
Best of Enemies
as Voice of Gore Vidal
2015
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self
2011
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Mr. Brunner
1982
The Tomorrow Man
as Ed Hemsler
2019
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
as Maurice (voice)
2014
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
2023
Einstein's Big Idea
as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
2005
Giant
as Roald Dahl
2026
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
as Philip Drummond
2021
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
2016
Mesmerized
as Oliver Thompson
1985
Silent Fall
as Dr. Rene Harlinger
1994
Resting Place
as Maj. Kendall Laird
1986
The Big Fix
as Sam Sebastian
1978
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Paul Harrington
1993
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
2006
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self
1990
The Oldest Living Graduate
as Clarence
1980
Hollow Point
as Thomas Livingston
1996
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
2001
The Wrong Man
as Phillip Mills
1993
The Glitter Dome
as Sgt. Marty Wellborn
1984
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
2007
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
as Wally
1980
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
as John
1972
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
as Self
2002
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
as Jud Crandall
2018
On Broadway
as Self
2019
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
as Self
2013
Johnny Skidmarks
as Sergeant Larry Skovik
1998
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
1994
Shrek Stories
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
2013
Out Cold
as Dave
1989
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Goldilocks' Father
1984
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as Self
2018
Footloose: A Modern Musical
as Self
2004
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
as Self
1993
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
as Posket
2013
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
as John Walters
1990
Timms Valley
as Ol' Gregory Timms
2013
Sangre
as Cafe chef and owner
2006
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as Dr. Oscar Charles
1999
My Brother's Keeper
as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
1995
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
9 Kisses
as Man in Club
2014
Not in Front of the Children
as Richard Carruthers
1982
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Self
1985
Traveling Man
as Ben Cluett
1989
The Pulitzer At 100
as Self
2017
Big Blonde
as Herbie Morse
1980
Redwood Curtain
as Laird Riordan
1995
Baby Girl Scott
as Neil Scott
1987
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
1984
Myths and Hymns
2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
2021
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
as God
2009
Projections of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Officer Buckle and Gloria
as Narrator (voice)
1997
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
as Narrator
2006
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Self
2020
Car of the Future
as Narrator
2008
Rich Kids
as Paul Philips
1979
Secret Service
as Capt. Thorne
1977
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
as Narrator
1993
They All Saw a Cat
2017
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
as Alexander (voice)
1993
The Boys
as Artie Margulies
1991
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
as Narrator
1996
The Country Girl
as Paul Unger
1974
Ivory Hunters
as Robert Carter
1990
Lord John
2015
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
as Narrator
2009
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
1990
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
as Self
2024
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
as Narrator
2016
Bark, George
2003
Hickory Dickory Doc
as Himself
2017
95 Worlds and Counting
as Narrator
2000
Dogs and More Dogs
as Narrator
2004
The Amazing Bone
as Narrator
1987
Chez Bob
2022
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as President Donald J. Trump
2019TV Shows 77
The Simpsons
as Gus (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
as John Lithgow (voice)
1989
How I Met Your Mother
as Jerry Whittaker
2005
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Conan
as Self
2010
Dexter
as Arthur Mitchell
2006
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The Colbert Report
2005
The View
as Self
1997
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
The Crown
as Winston Churchill
2016
Dexter: Resurrection
as Arthur Mitchell
2025
Frasier
as Madman Martinez (voice)
1993
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
The One Show
as Self
2006
Great Performances
as Capt. Thorne
1971
30 Rock
as John Lithgow
2006
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dick Solomon
1996
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Film '72
as Self
1971
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Today
as Self
1952
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Oscar Charles
1989
Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
2020
Dexter: New Blood
as Arthur Mitchell
2021
Amazing Stories
as John Walters
1985
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
Perry Mason
as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
2020
Live from E!
as Self
2002
Harry Potter
as Albus Dumbledore
2026
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Goldilocks' Father
1982
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
2018
The Old Man
as Harold Harper
2022
Cosby
as John Lithgow
1996
Trial & Error
as Larry Henderson
2017
The Early Show
as Self
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
as The White Rabbit (voice)
2013
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
2018
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul Unger
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Major Kendall Laird
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Laird Riordan
1951
The West
as Self
1996
The West
as Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
1996
Prohibition
as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
2011
Twenty Good Years
as John Mason
2006
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as James Roosevelt (voice)
2014
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
2003
VH1 Goes Inside
2003
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
2023
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
American Cinema
as Self - Host
1994
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1994