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Starring:

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Acting credits By Year of release

Cabrini

Starring:
Cristiana Dell'Anna • John Lithgow • David Morse • Giancarlo Giannini • Federico Castelluccio

2024

Killers of the Flower Moon

(John Lithgow plays Prosecutor Peter Leaward)

Director(s):
Starring:
2023

Sharper

(John Lithgow plays Richard Hobbes)

Director(s):
Benjamin Caron

Starring:
Julianne Moore • Sebastian Stan • Justice Smith • Briana Middleton • John Lithgow

2023

The Bubble

(John Lithgow plays Tom the Studio Chairman)

Director(s):
Starring:
Harry Trevaldwyn • Samson Kayo • Peter Serafinowicz • Danielle Vitalis • Karen Gillan

2022

Bombshell

(John Lithgow plays Roger Ailes)

Director(s):
Starring:

2020

Late Night

(John Lithgow plays Walter Lovell)

Director(s):
Nisha Ganatra

Starring:
Emma ThompsonMindy KalingJohn Lithgow • Hugh Dancy • Reid Scott

2019

Pet Sematary

(John Lithgow plays Jud)

Director(s):
Kevin KölschDennis Widmyer

Starring:
Jason Clarke • Amy Seimetz • John Lithgow • Jete Laurence • Hugo Lavoie
2019

The Investigation: A Search For the Truth In Ten Acts

(John Lithgow plays President Donald Trump)

Director(s):
Scott Ellis

Starring:
Annette BeningJohn LithgowKevin Kline • Jason Alexander • Wilson Cruz

2019

Pitch Perfect 3

(John Lithgow plays Fergus)

Director(s):
Trish Sie

Starring:
Anna KendrickRebel Wilson • Brittany Snow • Anna Camp • Hailee Steinfeld
2017

Daddy's Home 2

(John Lithgow plays Don)

Director(s):
2017

Beatriz At Dinner

(John Lithgow plays Doug)

Director(s):
Miguel Arteta

Starring:
Salma HayekJohn Lithgow • Connie Britton • Jay Duplass • Amy Landecker

2017

Miss Sloane

(John Lithgow plays Senator Ronald Sperling)

Director(s):
Starring:
Jessica Chastain • Gugu Mbatha-Raw • Michael StuhlbargMark Strong • Christine Baranski

2016

The Accountant

(John Lithgow plays Lamar Blackburn)

Director(s):
Starring:
Ben AffleckAnna Kendrick • J.K. Simmons • Jon Bernthal • Jeffrey Tambor

2016

Shakespeare Live: From the RSC

(John Lithgow plays Self - Performer)

Director(s):
Bridget CaldwellGregory DoranRobin MasonTim Taggart

Starring:
Catherine TateDavid Tennant • Akala • Roger Allam • Richard Atwill

2016

Best of Enemies

(John Lithgow plays Gore Vidal)

Director(s):
Robert GordonMorgan Neville

Starring:
Kelsey Grammer • John Lithgow • Gore Vidal • Dick Cavett • Noam Chomsky

2015

Love Is Strange

(John Lithgow plays Ben Hull)

Director(s):
Starring:
Alfred MolinaJohn Lithgow • Tatyana Zbirovskaya • Olya Zueva • Jason Stuart

2014

The Homesman

(John Lithgow plays Reverend Alfred Dowd)

Director(s):
Tommy Lee Jones

Starring:
Tommy Lee JonesHilary Swank • Grace Gummer • Miranda Otto • Sonja Richter

2014

Interstellar

(John Lithgow plays Donald)

Director(s):
Starring:
2014

The Magistrate: NT Live

(John Lithgow plays Posket)

Director(s):
Timothy SheaderTim Van Someren

Starring:
John LithgowNancy Carroll • Christina Cole • Nicholas Blane • Nicholas Burns

2013

This Is 40

(John Lithgow plays Oliver)

Director(s):
Starring:
Paul RuddLeslie Mann • Maude Apatow • Iris Apatow • Jason Segel

2012

The Campaign

(John Lithgow plays Glenn Motch)

Director(s):
Starring:
Will FerrellZach GalifianakisJason Sudeikis • Dylan McDermott • Katherine LaNasa

2012

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

(John Lithgow plays Charles Rodman)

Director(s):
Starring:
2011

Our Footloose Remake

(John Lithgow plays Reverend Shaw Moore)

Director(s):
Kelsy AbbottErika AdickmanErik BeckChristopher CantwellBrad ConlinCasey DonahueKate FreundMatthew FreundScott GairdnerM.C. GriffinJordan HarrisJon HillShane HoughtonEllen HoulihanRyan Wade HowardPaul IsaksonDanny JelinekMike KarnellTom KauffmanJim KlimekPhilip LairdSean LynchJason MakiarisMike ManasewitschTimothy MarklevitzKrocky MeshkinAaron MolesNick MundyDanny O'MalleyRandall ParkCraig PentakBen PluimerAdam QuirkWade RandolphKyle ReiterRyan RidleyDan RiesserWilly RobertsDeanna RooneyMike RoseMatthew SalibaDavid SegerEmmett ShortMatt SloanTyler SpiersSpencer StraussJake StrunkErni WalkerMatt WyattBrian WysolAaron Yonda

Starring:
Jim Klimek • Erika Adickman • Nikki Marrone • Mike Karnell • Michelle Basterrechea

2011

Leap Year

(John Lithgow plays Jack)

Director(s):
Anand Tucker

Starring:
Amy Adams • Matthew Goode • Adam Scott • John Lithgow • Noel O'Donovan

2010

Confessions of a Shopaholic

(John Lithgow plays Edgar West)

Director(s):
Starring:
Isla Fisher • Hugh Dancy • Krysten Ritter • Joan CusackJohn Goodman
2009

Dreamgirls

(John Lithgow plays Jerry Harris)

Director(s):
Starring:
2007

Einsteins Big Idea

(John Lithgow plays Narrator)

Director(s):
Gary Johnstone

Starring:
Andrew Callaway • Andy Crabbe • Daniel DAlessandro • Brendan Fleming • Gregory Fox-Murphy

2005

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

(John Lithgow plays Blake Edwards)

Director(s):
Stephen Hopkins

2004

Kinsey

(John Lithgow plays Alfred Seguine Kinsey)

Director(s):
Starring:
Liam Neeson • Laura Linney • Chris O'DonnellPeter Sarsgaard • Timothy Hutton
2004

Orange County

(John Lithgow plays Bud Brumder)

Director(s):
Starring:
Colin HanksJack Black • Schuyler Fisk • Bret Harrison • Kyle Howard

2002

Shrek

(John Lithgow plays Lord Farquaad)

2001

Rugrats In Paris: The Movie

(John Lithgow plays Jean-Claude)

Director(s):
Stig BergqvistPaul Demeyer

Starring:
E.G. Daily • Tara Strong • Cheryl Chase • Christine Cavanaugh • Cree Summer Franck
2000

Don Quixote

(John Lithgow plays Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano)

Director(s):
Peter Yates

Starring:
John Lithgow • Bob Hoskins • Isabella Rossellini • Vanessa Williams • Lambert Wilson

2000

C-Scam

Director(s):
Larry Gelbart

Starring:
Hank Azaria • John Lithgow • Peter Riegert • Tracey Ullman

2000

A Civil Action

(John Lithgow plays Judge Walter J. Skinner)

Director(s):
Steven Zaillian

Starring:
John TravoltaRobert Duvall • Tony Shalhoub • William H. Macy • Zeljko Ivanek

1998

Homegrown

(John Lithgow plays Malcolm / Robert Stockman)

Director(s):
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton • Hank Azaria • Kelly Lynch • Jon Bon Jovi • Ryan Phillippe

1998

Johnny Skidmarks

(John Lithgow plays Larry Skovik)

Director(s):
John Raffo

Starring:
Peter Gallagher • Frances McDormand • John Lithgow • John Kapelos • Jack Black

1998

Hollow Point

(John Lithgow plays Thomas Livingston)

Director(s):
Sidney J. Furie

Starring:
Thomas Ian Griffith • Tia Carrere • John LithgowDonald Sutherland • David Hemblen

1996

The Tuskegee Airmen

(John Lithgow plays Senator Conyers)

Director(s):
Robert Markowitz

Starring:
Laurence Fishburne • Allen Payne • Malcolm-Jamal Warner • Courtney B. Vance • Andre Braugher

1995

Redwood Curtain

(John Lithgow plays Laird Riordan)

Director(s):
John Korty

Starring:
Jeff DanielsLea Salonga • Debra Monk • Catherine Hicks • John Lithgow

1995

Silent Fall

(John Lithgow plays Dr. Rene Harlinger)

Director(s):
Bruce Beresford

Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss • Linda HamiltonJohn Lithgow • J.T. Walsh • Ben Faulkner

1994

Princess Caraboo

(John Lithgow plays Professor Wilkinson)

Director(s):
Michael Austin

Starring:
Jim BroadbentPhoebe Cates • Wendy Hughes • Kevin KlineJohn Lithgow
1994

A Good Man In Africa

(John Lithgow plays Fanshawe)

Director(s):
Bruce Beresford

Starring:
Colin Friels • Sean ConneryJohn LithgowDiana Rigg • Louis Gossett Jr.

1994

The Pelican Brief

(John Lithgow plays Smith Keen)

Director(s):
Starring:
Julia RobertsDenzel Washington • Sam Shepard • John Heard • Tony Goldwyn

1994

Love Cheat and Steal

(John Lithgow plays Paul Harrington)

Director(s):
William Curran

Starring:
John Lithgow • Eric Roberts • Mdchen Amick • Richard Edson • Donald Moffat

1993

Cliffhanger

(John Lithgow plays Eric Qualen)

Director(s):
Starring:
Sylvester StalloneJohn Lithgow • Michael Rooker • Janine Turner • Rex Linn
1993

Raising Cain

(John Lithgow plays Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo)

Director(s):
Brian De Palma

Starring:
John Lithgow • Lolita Davidovich • Steven Bauer • Frances Sternhagen • Gregg Henry

1992

Ricochet

(John Lithgow plays Earl Talbot Blake)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonJohn Lithgow • Ice-T • Kevin Pollak • Lindsay Wagner

1991

At Play In the Fields of the Lord

(John Lithgow plays Leslie Huben)

Director(s):
Hector Babenco

Starring:
Tom Berenger • John Lithgow • Daryl Hannah • Aidan Quinn • Tom Waits

1991

Memphis Belle

(John Lithgow plays Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer)

Starring:
Matthew Modine • Eric Stoltz • Tate Donovan • D.B. Sweeney • Billy Zane
1990

Traveling Man

(John Lithgow plays Ben Cluett)

Director(s):
Starring:
John Lithgow • Jonathan Silverman • Margaret Colin • John Glover • John M. Jackson

1989

Out Cold

(John Lithgow plays Dave)

Director(s):
Malcolm Mowbray

Starring:
Laura Alcalde • Madison Arnold • Carmen Alvarez Block • Lisa Blount • Alan Blumenfeld

1989

Distant Thunder

(John Lithgow plays Mark Lambert)

Director(s):
Rick Rosenthal

Starring:
Ralph Macchio • John Lithgow • Kerrie Keane • Reb Brown • Janet Margolin

1988

Bigfoot and the Hendersons

(John Lithgow plays George Henderson)

Director(s):
William Dear

Starring:
John Lithgow • Melinda Dillon • Margaret Langrick • Joshua Rudoy • Kevin Peter Hall
1987

Resting Place

(John Lithgow plays Maj. Kendall Laird)

Director(s):
John Korty

Starring:
Richard Bradford • Richard Brooks • Morgan FreemanJohn Lithgow • John Philbin

1986

The Manhattan Project

(John Lithgow plays John Mathewson)

Director(s):
Marshall Brickman

Starring:
John Lithgow • Richard Council • Robert Schenkkan • Paul Austin • Adrian Sparks

1986

My Letter to George

(John Lithgow plays Oliver Thompson)

Director(s):
Michael Laughlin

Starring:
Jodie FosterJohn Lithgow • Michael Murphy • Dan Shor • Harry Andrews

1986

Santa Claus: The Movie

(John Lithgow plays B.Z.)

Director(s):
Starring:
Dudley MooreJohn Lithgow • David Huddleston • Burgess Meredith • Judy Cornwell
1985

Mesmerized

(John Lithgow plays Oliver Thompson)

Director(s):
Michael Laughlin

Starring:
Jodie FosterJohn Lithgow • Michael Murphy • Dan Shor • Harry Andrews

1985

2010: The Year We Make Contact

(John Lithgow plays Dr. Walter Curnow)

Director(s):
Peter Hyams

Starring:
Roy Scheider • John LithgowHelen Mirren • Bob Balaban • Keir Dullea

1985

Footloose

(John Lithgow plays Rev. Shaw Moore)

Director(s):
Starring:
Kevin Bacon • Lori Singer • John Lithgow • Dianne Wiest • Chris Penn
1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

(John Lithgow plays Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo)

Director(s):
W.D. Richter

Starring:
Peter Weller • John LithgowEllen BarkinJeff Goldblum • Christopher Lloyd

1984

Terms of Endearment

(John Lithgow plays Sam Burns)

Director(s):
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine • Debra WingerJack NicholsonDanny DeVitoJeff Daniels
1983

The Day After

(John Lithgow plays Joe Huxley)

Director(s):
Nicholas Meyer

Starring:
Jason Robards • JoBeth Williams • Steve Guttenberg • John Cullum • John Lithgow

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

(John Lithgow plays John Valentine (segment „Nightmare at 20,000 Feet„))

Director(s):
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd • Albert Brooks • Scatman Crothers • Bill Quinn • Kathleen Quinlan
1983

The World According to Garp

(John Lithgow plays Roberta Muldoon)

Director(s):
George Roy Hill

Starring:
Robin Williams • Mary Beth Hurt • Glenn Close • John Lithgow • Hume Cronyn

1982

I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can

(John Lithgow plays Mr. Brunner)

Director(s):
Jack Hofsiss

Starring:
Jill Clayburgh • Nicol Williamson • Dianne Wiest • Joe Pesci • Geraldine Page

1982

Blow Out

(John Lithgow plays Burke)

Director(s):
Brian De Palma

Starring:
John Travolta • Nancy Allen • John Lithgow • Dennis Franz • Peter Boyden

1981

Rich Kids

(John Lithgow plays Paul Philips)

Director(s):
Robert M. Young

Starring:
Trini Alvarado • Jeremy Levy • Kathryn Walker • John Lithgow • Terry Kiser

1980

All That Jazz

(John Lithgow plays Lucas Sergeant)

Director(s):
Bob Fosse

Starring:
Roy Scheider • Jessica Lange • Ann Reinking • Leland Palmer • Cliff Gorman

1979

The Big Fix

(John Lithgow plays Sam Sebastian)

Director(s):
Jeremy Kagan

Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss • Susan AnspachBonnie BedeliaJohn Lithgow • Ofelia Medina

1978

Obsession

(John Lithgow plays Robert La Salle)

Director(s):
Brian De Palma

Starring:
Cliff Robertson • Genevive Bujold • John Lithgow • Sylvia Kuumba Williams • Wanda Blackman

1976

Dealing: Or the Berkeley to Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues

(John Lithgow plays John)

Director(s):
Paul Williams

Starring:
Howard Gardner • Robert F. Lyons • Ellen Barber • John Lithgow • Joy Bang

1973