John LithgowAKA:
John Arthur Lithgow
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10/19/1945 Birthplace:
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A versatile character player who has been a familiar face in theater, film and TV since the early 1970s, John Lithgow has proven adept with a wide range of material spanning drama, comedy, sci-fi, family fare and thrillers. He won a Tony for his Broadway debut as a rugby player in 1973's "The Changing Room" and appeared in several films before gaining acclaim and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his sympathetic and dignified performance as Roberta Muldoon, a transsexual ex-pro football player in 1982's "The World According to Garp".Lithgow's strapping physique lends authenticity to
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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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