John Lithgow
American actor
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Who is John Lithgow?
John Arthur Lithgow ( 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 was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005), and The Columnist (2012). He has also acted in A Delicate Balance (2014) and Hillary and Clinton (2019).
Historical significance
He has received numerous accolades including four Actor Awards, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Laurence Olivier Award, and three Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award and four Grammy Awards. A three-time Tony Award winner, Lithgow has won in the categories Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut portraying a rugby player in The Changing Room (1972), Best Actor in a Musical for playing a fearful columnist in Sweet Smell of Success (2002), and Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Roald Dahl in Giant (2026).
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“John Lithgow.” thisDay, thisday.info/people/john-lithgow/. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.
John Lithgow. (n.d.). thisDay. Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://thisday.info/people/john-lithgow/
“John Lithgow.” thisDay. Accessed October 19, 2026. https://thisday.info/people/john-lithgow/.