John Lithgow
Oct 19, 1945

IMDb Page
Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Conclave 11/01/24 Cardinal Tremblay 79
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow 04/26/24 Self 78
Cabrini 03/07/24 Mayor Gould 78
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic 12/21/23 Self 78
Killers of the Flower Moon 10/18/23 Prosecutor Peter Leaward 77
Sharper 02/10/23 Richard Hobbes 77
Chez Bob 12/15/22 77
The Bubble 03/25/22 Tom the Studio Chairman 76
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes 12/07/21 Philip Drummond 76
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos 05/07/21 Sir Isaac Newton (voice) 75
Myths and Hymns 01/13/21 75
Give My Regards to Broadway 07/16/20 Self 74
Disclosure 06/19/20 Self (archive footage) 74
Bombshell 12/13/19 Roger Ailes 74
On Broadway 10/12/19 Self 73
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman 07/09/19 Jud Crandall 73
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts 06/24/19 President Donald J. Trump 73
The Tomorrow Man 05/22/19 Ed Hemsler 73
Pet Sematary 04/04/19 Jud Crandall 73
Late Night 01/25/19 Walter Lovell 73
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like 03/06/18 Self 72
Pitch Perfect 3 12/20/17 Fergus 72
Broadway: The Next Generation 11/16/17 72
Daddy's Home 2 11/09/17 Don 72
The Pulitzer At 100 07/21/17 Self 71
Beatriz at Dinner 06/09/17 Doug Strutt 71
Hickory Dickory Doc 01/30/17 Himself 71
They All Saw a Cat 01/01/17 71
Miss Sloane 11/25/16 Senator Ronald Sperling 71
The Accountant 10/13/16 Lamar Black 70
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 04/23/16 Self - Performer 70
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 04/05/16 Narrator 70
Best of Enemies 07/31/15 Self 69
Lord John 07/20/15 69
Inside 'Interstellar' 03/31/15 Self 69
Projections of America 02/10/15 Self - Narrator (voice) 69
9 Kisses 12/11/14 Man in Club 69
Interstellar 11/05/14 Donald 69
Les As de la Jungle 2 : Le Trésor du Vieux Jim 08/27/14 Maurice (voice) 68
The Homesman 05/18/14 Reverend Alfred Dowd 68
Love Is Strange 02/07/14 Ben 68
Timms Valley 12/31/13 Ol' Gregory Timms 68
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love 10/12/13 Himself 67
Shrek Stories 10/01/13 Lord Farquaad (voice) 67
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate 01/17/13 Posket 67
This Is 40 12/20/12 Oliver 67
Casting By 11/01/12 Self 67
The Campaign 08/09/12 Glen Motch 66
Shrek: Once Upon a Time 12/30/11 Self 66
New Year's Eve 12/08/11 Jonathan Cox (uncredited) 66
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 08/03/11 Charles Rodman 65
Leap Year 01/08/10 Jack Brady 64
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn 10/10/09 Narrator 63
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams 05/31/09 God 63
Confessions of a Shopaholic 02/05/09 Edgar West 63
Car of the Future 04/22/08 Narrator 62
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway 04/19/07 Self 61
Dreamgirls 12/25/06 Jerry Harris 61
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 05/02/06 René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly") 60
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge 03/28/06 Narrator 60
Sangre 01/01/06 Cafe chef and owner 60
Einstein's Big Idea 10/11/05 Narrator (voice) U.S. edition 59
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 10/01/04 Blake Edwards 58
Kinsey 09/04/04 Alfred Seguine Kinsey 58
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad 04/03/04 Ghost of Farquaad (voice) 58
Dogs and More Dogs 02/03/04 Narrator 58
Bark, George 01/01/03 57
Orange County 01/11/02 Bud Brumder 56
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified 01/04/02 Self 56
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party 11/02/01 Lord Farquaad (singing voice) 56
Shrek 05/18/01 Lord Farquaad (voice) 55
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 11/17/00 Jean-Claude (voice) 55
Don Quixote 04/09/00 Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano 54
95 Worlds and Counting 01/01/00 Narrator 54
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection 09/07/99 Dr. Oscar Charles 53
A Civil Action 12/25/98 Judge Walter J. Skinner 53
Homegrown 04/17/98 Malcolm / Robert Stockman 52
Johnny Skidmarks 01/18/98 Sergeant Larry Skovik 52
Officer Buckle and Gloria 01/01/97 Narrator (voice) 51
Hollow Point 10/21/96 Thomas Livingston 51
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen 07/04/96 Narrator 50
The Tuskegee Airmen 08/25/95 Senator Conyers 49
My Brother's Keeper 03/14/95 Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley 49
American Cinema 01/23/95 Narrator 49
Redwood Curtain 01/01/95 Laird Riordan 49
Silent Fall 10/28/94 Dr. Rene Harlinger 49
Princess Caraboo 09/16/94 Professor Wilkinson 48
A Good Man in Africa 07/14/94 Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner 48
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale 12/08/93 Alexander (voice) 48
Love, Cheat & Steal 12/05/93 Paul Harrington 48
The Pelican Brief 09/17/93 Smith Keen 47
The Wrong Man 09/05/93 Phillip Mills 47
Cliffhanger 05/28/93 Eric Qualen 47
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 01/01/93 Narrator 47
Raising Cain 08/07/92 Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo 46
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 12/06/91 Leslie Huben 46
Ricochet 10/04/91 Earl Talbott Blake 45
The Boys 04/15/91 45
Memphis Belle 09/07/90 Bruce Derringer 44
Ivory Hunters 08/20/90 Robert Carter 44
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert 06/01/90 44
Night of 100 Stars III 05/21/90 Self 44
Traveling Man 06/25/89 Ben Cluett 43
Out Cold 03/03/89 Dave 43
Distant Thunder 11/11/88 Mark Lambert 43
Harry and the Hendersons 06/05/87 George Henderson 41
The Amazing Bone 06/01/87 Narrator 41
Baby Girl Scott 01/01/87 Neil Scott 41
The Manhattan Project 06/13/86 John Mathewson 40
Resting Place 04/27/86 Maj. Kendall Laird 40
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie 12/01/85 Self 40
Mesmerized 11/18/85 Oliver Thompson 40
Santa Claus: The Movie 10/29/85 B.Z. 40
2010 12/06/84 Dr. Walter Curnow 39
The Glitter Dome 11/18/84 Sgt. Marty Wellborn 39
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 08/15/84 Lord John Whorfin 38
Footloose 02/17/84 Reverend Shaw Moore 38
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 01/09/84 Goldilocks' Father 38
Terms of Endearment 11/20/83 Sam Burns 38
The Day After 11/20/83 Joe Huxley 38
Twilight Zone: The Movie 06/24/83 Valentine 37
Not in Front of the Children 10/26/82 Richard Carruthers 37
The World According to Garp 08/13/82 Roberta Muldoon 36
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 03/05/82 Mr. Brunner 36
Blow Out 07/24/81 Burke 35
Big Blonde 12/01/80 Herbie Morse 35
Mom, the Wolfman and Me 10/20/80 Wally 35
The Oldest Living Graduate 04/07/80 Clarence 34
All That Jazz 12/16/79 Lucas Sergeant 34
Rich Kids 08/17/79 Paul Philips 33
The Big Fix 10/06/78 Sam Sebastian 32
Secret Service 01/12/77 Capt. Thorne 31
Obsession 08/01/76 Robert Lasalle 30
The Country Girl 02/05/74 Paul Unger 28
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues 02/25/72 John 26
Spellbound None Minister Bolinar (voice) 78
The Rule of Jenny Pen None 78