John Lithgow
John Lithgow
John Lithgow has appeared in 45 movies on CringeMDb. 20 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 25 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Spellbound (2024)
- Most recent with adult content: The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
Born October 19, 1945 · Known for acting
44.4% Featured Movie Cringe Score (45 movies)
John Lithgow Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Shrek
...as Lord Farquaad (voice)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
...as Edgar West
The Tuskegee Airmen
...as Senator Conyers
Leap Year
...as Jack Brady
A Civil Action
...as Judge Walter J. Skinner
Ricochet
...as Earl Talbott Blake
The Pelican Brief
...as Smith Keen
Cliffhanger
...as Qualen
Princess Caraboo
...as Professor Wilkinson
Silent Fall
...as Dr. Rene Harlinger
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
...as Leslie Huben
Hollow Point
...as Thomas Livingston
Redwood Curtain
...as Laird Riordan
Interstellar
...as Donald
Cabrini
...as Mayor Gould
Love Is Strange
...as Ben
Spellbound
...as Bolinar (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
...as Charles Rodman
The Accountant
...as Lamar Blackburn
Beatriz at Dinner
...as Doug Strutt
Daddy's Home 2
...as Don
Pet Sematary
...as Jud Crandall
The Tomorrow Man
...as Ed Hemsler
Killers of the Flower Moon
...as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Conclave
...as Tremblay
Certified Cringeworthy
Sharper
...as Richard Hobbes
Kinsey
...as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
A Good Man in Africa
...as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Raising Cain
...as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
Homegrown
...as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
The Campaign
...as Glen Motch
This Is 40
...as Oliver
The Bubble
...as Tom the Studio Chairman
Orange County
...as Bud Brumder
The Rule of Jenny Pen
...as Dave Crealy
The Homesman
...as Reverend Alfred Dowd
Johnny Skidmarks
...as Sergeant Larry Skovik
Dreamgirls
...as Jerry Harris
Best of Enemies
...as Voice of Gore Vidal
Miss Sloane
...as Senator Ronald Sperling
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
...as Self
Pitch Perfect 3
...as Fergus
Late Night
...as Walter Lovell
Bombshell
...as Roger Ailes
New Year's Eve
...as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
About John Lithgow
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 Film Award, four Grammy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Lithgow 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 the musical 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 acted in the plays The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor.
He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022).
On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024).
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