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John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, poet, author, and singer. Lithgow is best known for his work in theater, television, and film. Lithgow studied at Harvard, then on a Fulbright scholarship got a chance to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

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The Crown

2016
as Winston Churchill

Dexter

2006
as Arthur Mitchell

The Old Man

2022
as Harold Harper

Perry Mason (2020)

2020
as Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996
as Dick Solomon

Trial & Error

2017
as Larry Henderson

World War II: When Lions Roared

1994
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

NOVA

1974
as Narrator

Creator

Episode The Trumpty Dumpty Cycle
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
2020

Producer

Episode The Trumpty Dumpty Cycle
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
2020

Guest Star

Episode How I Met Your Mother
Mom and Dad
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Shaquille O'Neal, John Lithgow, Ozuna
2020
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
John Lithgow, Jay Baruchel, Diana Krall
2017
Episode Dexter: New Blood
Skin of Her Teeth
2021
Episode Cosby
Superstar, Part 2
1999
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
John Lithgow, Louis Tomlinson, Rebecca Ferguson
2019
Episode The Colbert Report
John Lithgow
2014
Episode NOVA
Life's Greatest Miracle
2001
Episode Disneyland
Walt Disney World: Past, Present, and Future
1991
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
John Lithgow, Freddie Highmore, Giveon
2020
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Anna Kendrick, John Lithgow, Iliza Shlesinger, Chick Corea
2016
Episode Moyers & Company
John Lithgow, 'King Lear' and Our Uncertain World
2014
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Unknown
2017
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
John Lithgow, Liam Payne
2019
Episode Saturday Night Live
John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
1988
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Actors
2017
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
John Lithgow, Thomas Gibson, Charlotte Church
1999
Episode Today
October 24, 2014
2014
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
John Lithgow, Jonathan Alter
2020
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
John Lithgow, Riley Keough, Giles Martin, Thundercat ft. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins
2017
Episode Amazing Stories (1985)
The Doll
1986
Episode NOVA
The Great Robot Race
2006
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Rob Corddry, John Lithgow, Chef José Andrés
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
John Lithgow, Ryan Phillippe, Kyra Sedgwick
2016
Episode NOVA
Car Of The Future
2008
Episode NOVA
Einstein's Big Idea
2005
Episode Prohibition
A Nation of Drunkards
2011
Episode Louie (2010)
Sleepover
2015
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Legendaddy
2011
Episode Tales from the Crypt
You, Murderer
1995
Episode Drunk History
Hollywood
2014
Episode Prohibition
A Nation of Scofflaws
2011
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
John Lithgow, Ryan Reynolds, Lewis Black
2002
Episode Prohibition
A Nation of Hypocrites
2011
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
John Lithgow, Kelly Clarkson, Kacey Musgraves
2018
Episode NOVA
Trapped in an Elevator
2010
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
John Lithgow, Gary Barlow
2020
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
John Lithgow, Theo Croker, Wyclef Jean
2021
Episode Cosby
Superstar, Part 1
1999
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Hopeless
2011
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Octavia Spencer, John Lithgow, Luke Bryan
2017
Episode Frasier
Someone to Watch Over Me
1995
Episode The Trumpty Dumpty Cycle
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
2020
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
John Lithgow, Miranda Kerr, Jason Mraz
2014
Episode NOVA
Dogs And More Dogs
2004
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
John Lithgow, J Balvin, Sean Paul
2019
Episode National Geographic Documentaries
Beyond 2000 - The New Explorers
1999
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
John Lithgow
1997
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
John Lithgow, Jack Whitehall, King Calaway
2021
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Nell Carter, John Lithgow, Rita Rudner, Tracy Wells
1989
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
John Lithgow, Noah Schnapp, 070 Shake
2022
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
John Lithgow, Heather Matarazzo, Kylie Morton, Julia Child
1999
Episode 30 Rock
Goodbye, My Friend
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Buddy Hackett, John Lithgow
1984
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Episode 1
2017
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Resting Place
1986
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 124
2018
Episode The Colbert Report
John Lithgow
2011