John Lithgow

Q: Has John Lithgow won any major awards?

Yes, John Lithgow has won multiple Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, recognizing his outstanding performances in television and theater.

Q: What was John Lithgow's first film?

John Lithgow's film debut was in 'The Changing of the Guard' in 1972, which marked the beginning of his successful acting career.

Q: What are some of John Lithgow's most successful films?

Some of John Lithgow's most successful films include 'Terms of Endearment', 'The World According to Garp', and 'Shrek', where he voiced the character Lord Farquaad.

Q: Is John Lithgow involved in any charitable work?

Yes, John Lithgow is involved in various charitable initiatives, particularly those focused on education and the arts, reflecting his commitment to community service.

Q: What is John Lithgow's estimated net worth?

John Lithgow's estimated net worth is around $14 million, attributed to his successful career in acting, writing, and directing.

Q: Has John Lithgow worked in theater?

Yes, John Lithgow is an accomplished stage actor, having performed in numerous Broadway productions, including 'M. Butterfly', for which he received a Tony Award.

Q: What is a notable aspect of John Lithgow's acting style?

John Lithgow is known for his ability to switch between comedic and dramatic roles seamlessly, often bringing depth and charisma to his characters.

Known for

Shrek (2001)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2001 / Adventure, Animation / 90 min

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess...

Interstellar (2014)

IMDb 8.7 / 10

2014 / Adventure, Drama / 169 min

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

IMDb 7.6 / 10

2011 / Action, Drama / 105 min

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caeser has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to...

Name

John Lithgow

Height

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Born

19 September 1945, Rochester, New York, USA

Spouses

Mary Yeager (1981–present)

Children

2; Ian Lithgow, Phoebe Lithgow

Parents

Arthur Lithgow, Sarah Jane Lithgow

Estimated Net Worth

$14 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV Harry Potter There is nothing special about Harry Potter - at least that's what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th...	Albus Dumbledore	Not rated
2026	Movie Giant A dramatisation of a period in Roald Dahl's life during the summer of 1983, as he makes final edits to...	Roald Dahl	Not rated
2026	Movie GIANT - The Play In the summer of 1983, just before the release of The Witches, Giant imagines a tense meeting between Roald Dahl...	Roald Dahl	Not rated
2026	Movie Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic Featuring interviews from members of the casting, production design, costume design, and creature effects teams, follow the behind-the-scenes journey of...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2026	TV Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic This exclusive special offers an inside look at the epic scale and meticulous care behind HBO's new Harry Potter series-told...	Himself	Not rated
2026	Movie Jimpa Hannah and her non-binary teenager Frances visit her gay grandfather Jimpa in Amsterdam. Frances expresses a desire to stay with...	Jimpa	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2025	TV Dexter: Resurrection Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put...	Arthur Mitchell	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2025	Movie The Rule of Jenny Pen Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath...	Dave Crealy	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2025	TV SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night This docuseries explores the iconic Saturday Night Live, showcasing the audition process, writing, infamous sketches, and the pivotal 11th season...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Spellbound When a powerful spell turns her parents into giant monsters, a teenage princess must journey into the wild to reverse...	Bolinar (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2024	Movie Conclave After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing...	Tremblay	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2024	Movie Art Happens Here with John Lithgow Actor, author, humorist and renowned performer John Lithgow goes back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education....	Self	Not rated
2024	Movie Cabrini Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini...	Mayor Gould	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	Movie Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary career of the iconic entertainer...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	Movie Killers of the Flower Moon When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the...	Prosecutor Peter Leaward	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2023	TV Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled The life of a Norwegian icon, a world-renowned artist and a dedicated humanitarian: actress Liv Ullmann.	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2023	Movie Sharper A small, wealthy family in New York City gets progressively torn apart by secrets, lies, and the theft that orchestrates...	Richard Hobbes	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie Chez Bob Bob the alligator has an ingenious idea to attract birds for his dinner. He creates a restaurant on his nose,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2022	TV The Old Man Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries...	Harold Harper	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	Movie The Bubble Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel...	Tom the Studio Chairman	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2021	Movie Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.	Philip Drummond	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	TV Dexter: New Blood 10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name...	Arthur Mitchell	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2021	Movie Show of Titles An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.	"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer	Not rated
2021	Movie Emily @ the Edge of Chaos Emily @ the Edge of Chaos interweaves Emily Levine’s live performance with animation, appearances by scientists, and animated characters. The...	Sir Isaac Newton (voice)	Not rated
2021	Movie Myths and Hymns A kaleidoscopic collection of musical genres, Myths and Hymns explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2020	Movie Give My Regards to Broadway John Lithgow, Christine Baranski, Brian Stokes Mitchell and other Broadway stars on how the Broadway community has responded to COVID-19,...	Self	Not rated
2020	TV Perry Mason Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check...	Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2020	TV Stars in the House In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky...	Self - Special Guest	Not rated
2019	Movie Bombshell Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story...	Roger Ailes	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie On Broadway An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks...	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	Movie The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,”...	President Donald J. Trump	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	Movie The Tomorrow Man Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for...	Ed Hemsler	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2019	Movie Pet Sematary Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children....	Jud Crandall	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2019	Movie Late Night A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally...	Walter Lovell	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	Movie Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman Jud Crandall recounts the chilling story of Tim Baterman, who was returned dead from Vietnam, and then returned from the...	Jud Crandall	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	TV Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	TV James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	TV The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	Movie Mister Rogers: It's You I Like Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. Celebrities,...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2017	Movie Pitch Perfect 3 After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects...	Fergus	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	Movie Daddy's Home 2 Father and stepfather Dusty and Brad join forces to make Christmastime perfect for the children. Their newfound partnership soon gets...	Don	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	Movie The Pulitzer At 100 The Pulitzer at 100, by Oscar and Emmy winning director Kirk Simon, is a ninety-minute independent documentary released in conjunction...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie Beatriz at Dinner Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as...	Doug Strutt	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	TV Trial & Error A bright-eyed New York lawyer takes his first big case defending an eccentric poetry professor accused of murdering his wife.	Larry Henderson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Hickory Dickory Doc An interview with actor John Lithgow talking about his experience with Brian De Palma's film Raising Cain	Himself	Not rated
2017	Movie They All Saw a Cat As the cat explores its surroundings, viewers gain insight into both the cat and each new animal it encounters. As...	Unknown character	Not rated
2016	Movie Miss Sloane An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.	Senator Ronald Sperling	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	TV The Crown The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny....	Winston Churchill	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2016	Movie The Accountant As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and...	Lamar Blackburn	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	Movie Shakespeare Live! From the RSC From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare...	Self - Performer	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2016	Movie Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 Showcasing a musical masterpiece in a rare full-length television recording by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra with the Westminster Symphonic Choir,...	Narrator	Not rated
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Best of Enemies A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore...	Voice of Gore Vidal	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2015	Movie Lord John An Interview with John Lithgow	Unknown character	Not rated
2015	Movie Inside 'Interstellar' Cast and crew of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" discuss project origins, the film's imagery, ambitions, incorporating IMAX footage, the human element...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Projections of America Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	TV The Late Late Show with James Corden Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie Interstellar The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on...	Donald	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	TV The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American...	James Roosevelt (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2014	Movie The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest Join Maurice, the beloved penguin-tiger, and the Jungle Bunch on their exciting quest for hidden pirate treasure! Hold on to...	Maurice (voice)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2014	Movie Love Is Strange After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and...	Ben	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	Movie The Homesman When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task...	Reverend Alfred Dowd	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie 9 Kisses "9 Kisses" is a 2014 New York Times Magazine project featuring nine artistic short films where top actors of the...	Man in Club	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2013	Movie Timms Valley A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and livelihoods of its citizens...	Ol' Gregory Timms	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	Movie Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talent the likes...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2013	TV Once Upon a Time in Wonderland In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the...	The White Rabbit (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie Shrek Stories Join Shrek and his friends from Far Far Away as they share tales of holiday cheer, spooky stories, a singing...	Lord Farquaad (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2013	Movie National Theatre Live: The Magistrate Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title...	Posket	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	Movie This Is 40 Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing,...	Oliver	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2012	Movie Casting By This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2012	Movie The Campaign Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States...	Glen Motch	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2012	TV Finding Your Roots Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2011	Movie Shrek: Once Upon a Time A making-of for the Shrek series.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	Movie New Year's Eve The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.	Jonathan Cox (uncredited)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2011	TV Prohibition The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire...	Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2011	Movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when...	Charles Rodman	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	TV Conan A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie Leap Year When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a...	Jack Brady	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn The restoration of a Steinway becomes a lyrical meditation on following the heart's true passion in this beautifully crafted documentary....	Narrator	Not rated
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie The Macabre World of Lavender Williams Eight year-old Lavender Williams, who recently lost her mother to cancer, sets off on an epic journey to find her...	God	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Confessions of a Shopaholic In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping...	Edgar West	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	Movie Car of the Future Click and Clack from NPR's Car Talk look at the future of motor vehicle transportation. New designs, new construction materials...	Narrator	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2007	Movie ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker....	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	Movie Dreamgirls A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal...	Jerry Harris	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	TV 30 Rock Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos...	John Lithgow	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	TV Twenty Good Years Twenty Good Years is a short-lived American sitcom created by Michael J. Leeson and Marsh McCall, and starring John Lithgow...	John Mason	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2006	TV Dexter Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial...	Arthur Mitchell	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2006	TV The One Show A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	Movie The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest...	René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")	Not rated
2006	Movie The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the starting gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common:...	Narrator	Not rated
2006	Movie Sangre Short movie about a grandfather, with memory issues, and his grandson taking a road trip to San Diego for the...	Cafe chef and owner	Not rated
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Einstein's Big Idea Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to...	Narrator (voice) U.S. edition	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2005	TV The Apprentice: Martha Stewart The Apprentice: Martha Stewart is a reality game show and a spin-off from the series, The Apprentice, that ran in...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2005	TV How I Met Your Mother A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best...	Jerry Whittaker	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2004	Movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC...	Blake Edwards	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2004	Movie Footloose: A Modern Musical A behind-the-scenes documentary about the legacy of the 1984 dance drama Footloose.	Self	Not rated
2004	TV The Tony Danza Show The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	Movie Kinsey Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins...	Alfred Seguine Kinsey	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2004	Movie Shrek 3-D Lord Farquaad was eaten by the dragon, but his ghost has returned, and he's still evil. With the help of...	Ghost of Farquaad (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie Dogs and More Dogs Where do dogs in all their amazing diversity come from? Tradition says that thousands of years ago someone tamed a...	Narrator	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2003	TV VH1 Goes Inside	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2003	TV DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection Get into the spirit with DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection, a creepy assortment of animated tales starring some of your...	Ghost of Farquaad (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	Movie Bark, George George was a dog. His mother was a dog too. George made different sounds, which made his mother take him...	Unknown character	Not rated
2002	TV Live from E! The pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Live From the Red Carpet covers celebrity...	Self	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2002	Movie Orange County Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer...	Bud Brumder	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Buckaroo Banzai Declassified A documentary found on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Special Edition DVD.	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2001	Movie Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party Shrek and his friends enjoy themselves with some Karaoke partying.	Lord Farquaad (singing voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2001	Movie Shrek It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to...	Lord Farquaad (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2000	Movie Rugrats in Paris: The Movie A group of rambunctious toddlers travel a trip to Paris. As they journey from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame,...	Jean-Claude (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2000	Movie Don Quixote Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who...	Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie 95 Worlds and Counting Swimming in Neptune's moons, flying in Uranus' moons, jumping in Mars' moons, living in Jupiter's moons...welcome to the future of...	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	TV The Early Show The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	Movie Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer...	Dr. Oscar Charles	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1998	Movie A Civil Action Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it...	Judge Walter J. Skinner	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Homegrown Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered....	Malcolm / Robert Stockman	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1998	Movie Johnny Skidmarks Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and...	Sergeant Larry Skovik	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie Officer Buckle and Gloria This is a story about a Police Officer who tries to get children to stay safe. No-one listens to him,...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1996	Movie Hollow Point Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and...	Thomas Livingston	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1996	TV Cosby Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely...	John Lithgow	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	TV The West The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It...	Self	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1996	TV The West The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It...	Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Special Effects: Anything Can Happen An IMAX production that explores the ground-breaking special effects portrayed in Hollywood films from the very originals to the breathtaking...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	TV 3rd Rock from the Sun The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet --...	Dick Solomon	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1995	Movie The Tuskegee Airmen During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American...	Senator Conyers	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1995	Movie Redwood Curtain Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she...	Laird Riordan	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	Movie My Brother's Keeper A man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant.	Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1994	Movie Silent Fall Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with controversial therapist Dr....	Dr. Rene Harlinger	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1994	Movie Princess Caraboo Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of...	Professor Wilkinson	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1994	Movie A Good Man in Africa Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes...	Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1994	Movie Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1994	TV World War II: When Lions Roared A 1994 war television miniseries which portrays Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin as they maneuver their countries through several of the...	Franklin Delano Roosevelt	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	TV American Cinema 13 episode series created by PBS to commemorate 100 years of movie-going. The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive...	Self - Host	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale At the Johnson's house in the country, a female mouse named Emily, whose existence is known to two children named...	Alexander (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1993	Movie Love, Cheat & Steal Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked...	Paul Harrington	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1993	Movie The Pelican Brief A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of...	Smith Keen	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1993	TV Frasier After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist...	Madman Martinez (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Wrong Man US merchant sailor Alex Walker is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up...	Phillip Mills	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1993	Movie Cliffhanger A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are...	Qualen	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie Sylvester and the Magic Pebble The Duncan family is beside itself when son Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1992	Movie Raising Cain Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled...	Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1991	Movie At Play in the Fields of the Lord Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their...	Leslie Huben	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1991	Movie Ricochet An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.	Earl Talbott Blake	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1991	Movie The Boys When Walter is diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, a...	Artie Margulies	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie Amazing Stories: The Movie II This anthology gathers four episodes of the 1985-87 television series "Amazing Stories." Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) gets arrested when a...	John Walters (archive footage)	Not rated
1990	Movie Memphis Belle The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe....	Bruce Derringer	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1990	Movie Ivory Hunters An author discovers that his missing research assistant's disappearance may be related to illegal trade in ivory tusks. He's then...	Robert Carter	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1990	Movie John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert The Tony and Emmy award winning actor and two time Academy Award nominee combines his original songs and traditional favorites,...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1990	Movie Night of 100 Stars III A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Gus (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	John Lithgow (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Traveling Man A poignant comedy about a middle-aged salesman trying to get his life and career back on track while being pushed...	Ben Cluett	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1989	TV Tales from the Crypt Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the...	Dr. Oscar Charles	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Out Cold Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs....	Dave	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1988	Movie Distant Thunder A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after...	Mark Lambert	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1987	Movie Harry and the Hendersons Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first...	George Henderson	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1987	Movie The Amazing Bone A lonely pig named Pearl dawdles long enough in a field of dandelions to meet a bone who speaks to...	Narrator	Not rated
1987	Movie Baby Girl Scott The story of the Scotts, a young couple whose first child is born dangerously early, weighing less than a pound...	Neil Scott	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1986	Movie The Manhattan Project A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to...	John Mathewson	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1986	Movie Resting Place A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy...	Maj. Kendall Laird	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	Movie Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Team Salkind as they set out to bring Santa's "true" story to the screen. Dudley Moore...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1985	Movie Mesmerized An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.	Oliver Thompson	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1985	Movie Santa Claus: The Movie In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa...	B.Z.	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	TV Amazing Stories A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven...	John Walters	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	Movie 2010 While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov...	Dr. Walter Curnow	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1984	Movie The Glitter Dome Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie...	Sgt. Marty Wellborn	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1984	Movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the...	Lord John Whorfin	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1984	Movie Footloose When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for...	Rev. Shaw Moore	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1984	Movie Goldilocks and the Three Bears A spirited young girl disobeys her parents and runs off to the wood for the afternoon where she rudely invades...	Goldilocks' Father	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1984	Movie 2010 : The Odyssey Continues This promotional short for 2010 (1984) shows moviegoers how some of the film's visual effects were created. This includes makeup...	Himself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1983	Movie The Day After In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of...	Joe Huxley	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1983	Movie Terms of Endearment Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each...	Sam Burns	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	Movie Twilight Zone: The Movie An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life"...	Valentine	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1982	Movie Not in Front of the Children Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has...	Richard Carruthers	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1982	TV Faerie Tale Theatre A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.	Goldilocks' Father	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1982	Movie The World According to Garp A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose...	Roberta Muldoon	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1982	Movie I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.	Mr. Brunner	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1981	Movie Blow Out While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a...	Burke	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1980	Movie Big Blonde High-spirited model Hazel decides that she should settle down in this stage play based on a Dorothy Parker short story....	Herbie Morse	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1980	Movie Mom, the Wolfman and Me Concerned that her feminist mom Deborah is going to stay single, Jenny Bergman plays matchmaker. She arranges a date between...	Wally	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1980	Movie The Oldest Living Graduate Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard)...	Clarence	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1979	Movie All That Jazz Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater....	Lucas Sergeant	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1979	Movie Rich Kids Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their...	Paul Philips	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1978	Movie The Big Fix Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets...	Sam Sebastian	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1977	Movie Secret Service Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the...	Capt. Thorne	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1976	Movie Obsession A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.	Robert Lasalle	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1974	TV NOVA PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies...	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	Movie The Country Girl Frank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make a...	Paul Unger	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1972	Movie Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues A cocky Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Berkeley to Boston. His girlfriend gets busted with the second...	John	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Capt. Thorne	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee / Performer	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Winner	Not rated
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	TV Today Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Paul Unger	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Major Kendall Laird	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Laird Riordan	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Winner	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Broadway: The Next Generation A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Sequestered - Inside Conclave The making of the 2025 thriller movie Conclave about the papal election, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini.	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger The making of action thriller "Cliffhanger" is hosted by leading star Sylvester Stallone. He presents some of the shoot's most...	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie The Rule of Jenny Pen Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2024	Movie Art Happens Here with John Lithgow Actor, author, humorist and renowned performer John Lithgow goes back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education....	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2004	Movie Footloose: A Modern Musical A behind-the-scenes documentary about the legacy of the 1984 dance drama Footloose.	Thanks Crew	Not rated
2000	Movie Don Quixote Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10

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Jimpa

2026 / TMDB 8.2

The Rule of Jenny Pen

2025 / TMDB 6.2

Spellbound

2024 / TMDB 6.6

Conclave

2024 / TMDB 7.2

Art Happens Here with John Lithgow

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Known for

Shrek (2001)

Interstellar (2014)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

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