Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/19/1945
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As
John Lithgow
Biography
Known For
Interstellar
as Donald
Shrek
as Lord Farquaad (voice)
Leap Year
as Jack Brady
Princess Caraboo
as Professor Wilkinson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Charles Rodman
The Bubble
as Tom the Studio Chairman
Cabrini
as Mayor Gould
Orange County
as Bud Brumder
Conclave
as Tremblay
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Spellbound
as Bolinar (voice)
Daddy's Home 2
as Don
Kinsey
as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Silent Fall
as Dr. Rene Harlinger
Santa Claus: The Movie
as B.Z.
Memphis Belle
as Bruce Derringer
The Accountant
as Lamar Blackburn
This Is 40
as Oliver
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Edgar West
Raising Cain
as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Role unknown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Best of Enemies
as Voice of Gore Vidal
Lord John
Role unknown
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self
Projections of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Interstellar
as Donald
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as James Roosevelt (voice)
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
as Maurice (voice)
Love Is Strange
as Ben
The Homesman
as Reverend Alfred Dowd
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2013
2012
2011
2009
2006
Dreamgirls
as Jerry Harris
Twenty Good Years
Role unknown
30 Rock
as John Lithgow
Dexter
as Arthur Mitchell
The One Show
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
as Narrator
Sangre
as Cafe chef and owner
2005
2004
2003
2001
2000
1999
1998
1996
1995
1994
Silent Fall
as Dr. Rene Harlinger
Princess Caraboo
as Professor Wilkinson
A Good Man in Africa
as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
American Cinema
as Self - Host
1993
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
as Alexander (voice)
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Paul Harrington
The Pelican Brief
as Smith Keen
Frasier
as Madman Martinez (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Wrong Man
as Phillip Mills
Cliffhanger
as Eric Qualen
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
as Narrator