John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow born October 19 1945 is an American actor He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen He has received numerous accolades including six Primetime Emmy Awards two Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards a British Academy Film Award four Grammy Awards four Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award Lithgow won two Tony Awards his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room 1972 and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for the musical Sweet Smell of Success 2002 He was Tonynominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight 1985 M Butterfly 1988 and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2005 He has acted in the plays The Columnist 2012 A Delicate Balance 2014 and Hillary and Clinton 2019 He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun 19962001 winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter 2009 and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown 20162019 He also starred in HBOs Perry Mason 2020 and FXs The Old Man 2022 On film he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transgender exfootball player in The World According to Garp 1982 and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment 1983 He also acted in All That Jazz 1979 Blow Out 1981 Footloose 1984 Harry and the Hendersons 1987 A Civil Action 1998 Shrek 2001 Kinsey 2004 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 Love Is Strange 2014 Interstellar 2014 Late Night 2019 Bombshell 2019 Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 and Conclave 2024
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