John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow (born 19 October 1945) is an American actor, musician, poet, author, and singer.

In 2009, he played Arthur Mitchell, aka The Trinity Killer, in the Showtime series DEXTER.

He also appears in the Showtime special event series Dexter: New Blood.

Appearances[]

Season Four:

Dexter: New Blood

"H is for Hero" (photo, uncredited) (2021)
"Skin of Her Teeth" (2021)
"The Family Business" (2022)

Career[]

Film

His film credits include roles in The Untitled Cabrini Film (post-production)l Killers of the Flower Moon (2022); Sharper (2022) The Bubble (2022); Emperor Joshua Norton (2021 voice) Bombshell (2019); The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019 Video); Pet Sematary (2019); The Tomorrow Man (2019); Late Night (2019); Pitch Perfect 3 (2017); Daddy's Home 2 (2017); The Homesman (2014); Beatriz at Dinner (2017); Miss Sloane (2016); The Accountant (2016); The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest (2014, voice); Interstellar (2014); Love Is Strange (2014); National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2013); This Is 40 (2012); The Campaign (2012) New Year's Eve (2011 uncredited) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011); Leap Year (2010); Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009); Dreamgirls (2006); Kinsey (2004);The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); Orange County (2002); Shrek (2001 voice); C-Scam (2000); Rugrats in Paris (2000, voice); A Civil Action (1998); Homegrown (1998); Johnny Skidmarks (1998); Hollow Point (1996); Silent Fall (1994); Princess Caraboo (1994); A Good Man in Africa (1994); Love, Cheat & Steal (1993); The Pelican Brief (1993); Cliffhanger (1993); The Wrong Man (1993); Raising Cain (1992); At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991); Ricochet (1991); L.A. Story (1991, scenes deleted); Memphis Belle (1990); Out Cold (1989); Distant Thunder (1988); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); The Manhattan Project (1986); Mesmerized (1985); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); Footloose (1984); Terms of Endearment (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); The World According to Garp (1982); I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982); All That Jazz (1979); Rich Kids (1979); The Big Fix (1978); Obsession (1976); Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues 1972); and Blow Out (1981).

TV Movies

His TV movie credits include roles in The Jungle Bunch: The Movie (2011, voice); Einstein's Big Idea (2005 documentary, Narrator (English version, voice); Life, Inc. (2004, voice) Don Quixote (2000); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993, voice); Redwood Curtain (1995); My Brother's Keeper (1995); The Boys (1991); Ivory Hunters (1990); Traveling Man (1989); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Resting Place (1986); Santa Claus: The Movie (1985); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Day After (1983); Not in Front of the Children (1982); Big Blonde (1980); Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); and The Country Girl ( 1974).

Shorts

His shorts include Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (Series); The Tale of Timmy Baterman (2019); 9 Kisses (2014); Shrek's Thrilling Tales (2012 Video, voice); Spells (2011); The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (2009); Bark, George (2003. voice); Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003, voice); Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001, singing voice); Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997, voice): Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1993. voice); Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1992, voice); Kid-Size Concert (1990. short); The Amazing Bone (1985, voice)

Television

His TV credits include roles in The Old Man; The Simpsons; Perry Mason; The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; The Crown; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (voice); Trial & Error; Trial & Error: Mystery Now; Louie; Live in Front of a Studio Audience; Drunk History; Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (voice); How I Met Your Mother; Timms Valley; 30 Rock; Twenty Good Years; Paloozaville; Nova (series documentary, voice); Freedom: A History of US (series documentary voice); 3rd Rock from the Sun; Cosby; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - The Original Radio Drama (voice); Frasier (voice); Tales from the Crypt; World War II: When Lions Roared (Mini Series); Amazing Stories; Faerie Tale Theatre; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The Original Radio Drama (voice); Great Performances.

Podcasts

He participated in the following podcast series:

The Guilty
The Sandman

Theatre

On the stage, he has appeared in Broadway productions including the musical adaptations of Sweet Smell of Success and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In 2007, he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett's production of Twelfth Night.

Other Work

He has also recorded music, such as the 1999 children's music album Singin' in the Bathtub, and has written poetry and short stories for children, such as Marsupial Sue. His work in children's entertainment has earned him Grammy Award nominations and two Parents' Choice Silver Honor Awards.

Awards[]

He has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Personal Life[]

Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. He attended Harvard College, and graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in 1967, in history and literature. He married Jean Taynton, a teacher, in 1966. The couple had one son together. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Lithgow married UCLA history professor Mary Yeager in 1981, and they had a son and daughter together.