John Lithgow

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AKA: John Arthur Lithgow
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/19/1945
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, USA

biography

A versatile character player who was a familiar face in theater, film and on television, actor John Lithgow proved adept with a wide range of material spanning drama, comedy, science-fiction, family fare and thrillers. With a vast array of talents from which to draw, Lithgow ironically had difficulty translating his acting versatility into stardom. He had his start in the theater, performing in numerous Shakespeare productions before making the jump to features in the early 1970s; most notably as a relentless assassin in the Brian De Palma thriller “Blow Out” (1981). But it was his Continued

Credits

Edgar West
2009
(TV Show)
2006-2006
John Mason
2006
John Mason
2006
John Mason
2006
John Mason
2006
Alfred Seguine Kinsey
2004
Bud Brumder
2002
of Lord Farquaad
2001
of Jean-Claude
2000
Walter Curnow
2000
Judge Skinner
1998
Malcolm
1998
(TV Show)
1995-1995
Guest Caller Madman Martinez
1995
Professor Wilkinson
1994
Carter/ Cain/ Josh/ Margo
1992
George Henderson
1987
Reverend Shaw Moore
1984
Burke
1981
Arthur Fanshawe
Sam Sebastian
Paul Philips
Roberta Muldoon
Sergeant Larry Skovik
Robert LaSalle
Dr Harlinger
Earl Talbot Blake
Oliver Thompson
Qualen
Dave
Paul Harrington
John Mathewson
Mark Lambert

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio
1951 
Made stage debut at age six, in his father's production of "Henry VI, Part III"
1967 
Won a Fulbright Scholarship to study drama in England
1969 
Began stage career as a director with the McCarter Theatre (operated by his father)
1972 
Feature acting debut, "Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues"
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