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Background[]
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
- The Country Girl (1974)
- Obsession (19760
- Great Performances (1977) 1 episode
- The Big Fix (1978)
- Rich Kids (1979)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
- Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980)
- Big Blonde (1980)
- Blow Out (1981)
- I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
- The World According to Garp (1982)
- Not in Front of the Children (1982)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- The Day After (1983)
- Terms of Endearment (1983)
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1984) 1 episode
- Footloose (1984)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
- The Glitter Dome (1984)
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
- The Amazing Bone (1985)
- Mesmerized (1985)
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
- Resting Place (1986)
- Amazing Stories (1986) 1 episode
- The Manhattan Project (1986)
- Baby Girl Scott (1987)
- Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
- Distant Thunder (1988)
- Out Cold (1989)
- Traveling Man (1989)
- Kid-Size Concert (1990)
- Ivory Hunters (1990)
- Memphis Belle (1990)
- L.A. Story (1991)
- The Boys (1991)
- Ricochet (1991)
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1992)
- Raising Cain (1992)
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1993)
- Cliffhanger (1993)
- The Wrong Man (1993)
- Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
- The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993)
- The Pelican Brief (1993)
- World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)
- A Good Man in Africa (1994)
- Princess Caraboo (1994)
- Silent Fall (1994)
- Tales from the Crypt (1995) 1 episode
- My Brother's Keeper (1995)
- Frasier (1995) 1 episode
- Redwood Curtain (1995)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
- Hollow Point (1996)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996-01) series regular
- Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997)
- Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
- Homegrown (1998)
- A Civil Action (1998)
- Cosby (1999) 1 episode
- Don Quixote (2000)
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
- C-Scam (2000)
- Shrek (2001)
- Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)
- Orange County (2002)
- Freedom: A History of Us (2003) 4 episodes
- Bark, George (2003)
- Shrek 4-D (2003)
- My Life, Inc. (2004)
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
- Kinsey (2004)
- Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
- Nova (2005) 1 episode
- Paloozaville (2006) ? episodes
- Dreamgirls (2006)
- Twenty Good Years (2006-08) 13 episodes
- Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
- 30 Rock (2009) 1 episode
- The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (2009)
- Dexter (2009) 12 episodes
- Leap Year (2010)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
- New Year's Eve (2011)
- How I Met Your Mother (2011-14) 4 episodes
- National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2012)
- The Colbert Report (2012) 1 episode
- The Campaign (2012)
- Shrek's Thrilling Tales (2012)
- This Is 40 (2012)
- Timms Valley (2013)
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013-14) 13 episodes
- Love Is Strange (2014)
- The Homesman (2014)
- The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest (2014)
- Drunk History (2014) 2 episodes
- Interstellar (2014)
- Louie (2015) 1 episode
- The Accountant (2016)
- The Crown (2016) 2 episodes
- Miss Sloane (2016)
- Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
- Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
- Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
- Trial & Error (2017) ? episodes
- The Tomorrow Man (2019)
- Late Night (2019)
- Pet Sematary (2019)
- Bombshell (2019)
- The Bubble (2022)
- Sharper (2023)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
- Spellbound (2024)
Trivia[]
- Is an accomplished guitar player.
- The role of Dr. Frasier Crane of Cheers was originally written for him in mind. Lithgow turned down the role, admitting that he felt it was "beneath his dignity" at the time as Frasier was only intended to be in a supporting role for only few episodes for the series. Unexpectedly, the producers were so taken with his replacement, Kesley Grammer that they made him a regular cast member who was so popular that he eventually received his own spin-off TV series. Lithgow has reported that he has never "regretted" the decision and that it was Grammer's own performance that truly won him the role of a regular cast member and eventual success that came with it. He has also stated that he thought that Grammer did a "fine job" in the role.
Quotes[]
- "Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug."
- "Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving."
- "I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable."