John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Actor (b. 1945)
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The ThumbScore for John Lithgow (71.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 31 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of John's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

31
Movies
71.5%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Brian Cox (2)Stanley Tucci (2)Charlize Theron (2)Connie Britton (2)Jay Roach (2)

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 Tony-nominated 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 (1996โ€“2001), 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 (2016โ€“2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022). On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983).

Born 1945-10-19 in Rochester, New York, USA.

On ThumbScore, John Lithgow appears in 31 films with an average audience score of 71.5%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Interstellar
Interstellar
2014
๐Ÿ‘ 92%
Leap Year
Leap Year
2010
๐Ÿ‘ 87%
Shrek
Shrek
2001
๐Ÿ‘ 85%
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
1993
๐Ÿ‘ 85%
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
๐Ÿ‘ 84%
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
๐Ÿ‘ 84%
The Accountant
The Accountant
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 82%
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
๐Ÿ‘ 81%
Blow Out
Blow Out
1981
๐Ÿ‘ 81%
Conclave
Conclave
2024
๐Ÿ‘ 77%
Kinsey
Kinsey
2004
๐Ÿ‘ 77%
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment
1983
๐Ÿ‘ 74%
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
๐Ÿ‘ 74%
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
๐Ÿ‘ 73%
Footloose
Footloose
1984
๐Ÿ‘ 72%
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000
๐Ÿ‘ 71%
Bombshell
Bombshell
2019
๐Ÿ‘ 70%
The Campaign
The Campaign
2012
๐Ÿ‘ 70%
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
๐Ÿ‘ 70%
A Civil Action
A Civil Action
1998
๐Ÿ‘ 70%
Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2
2017
๐Ÿ‘ 69%
This Is 40
This Is 40
2012
๐Ÿ‘ 68%
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
2019
๐Ÿ‘ 67%
2010
2010
1984
๐Ÿ‘ 67%
The Homesman
The Homesman
2014
๐Ÿ‘ 67%
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
๐Ÿ‘ 66%
Late Night
Late Night
2019
๐Ÿ‘ 65%
The Rule of Jenny Pen
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025
๐Ÿ‘ 62%
Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz at Dinner
2017
๐Ÿ‘ 57%
Orange County
Orange County
2002
๐Ÿ‘ 54%
Sharper
Sharper
2023
๐Ÿ‘ 48%
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