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John Lithgow

John LithgowAKA John Arthur Lithgow

Born: 19-Oct-1945
Birthplace: Rochester, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: TV sitcom star in Third Rock From The Sun

Movie actor, also Third Rock From the Sun TV sitcom.

Father: Arthur Lithgow (theater producer and director, b. 1915, d. 2004)
Mother: Sarah Jane Price (actress, b. 1917)
Wife: Jean Thaynton (m. 10-Sep-1966, div. 1980, one son)
Son: Ian Lithgow (actor, b. 1972)
Wife: Mary Yeager (m. 1981, one son, one daughter)
Son: Nathan George
Daughter: Phoebe (b. 1982)

    High School: Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ
    University: BA History and Literature, Harvard University (1967, magna cum laude)

    Obama for America
    Fulbright
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6666 Hollywood Blvd. (television)

    TELEVISION
    Dexter Walter Simmons (2009-)
    Twenty Good Years John Mason (2006-08)
    Third Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon (1996-2001)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Confessions of a Shopaholic (12-Feb-2009)
    Dreamgirls (15-Dec-2006)
    Kinsey (12-Nov-2004)
    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (21-May-2004)
    Orange County (7-Jan-2002)
    Shrek (22-Apr-2001) [VOICE]
    Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (5-Nov-2000) [VOICE]
    Don Quixote (9-Apr-2000)
    A Civil Action (25-Dec-1998)
    Homegrown (17-Apr-1998)
    Johnny Skidmarks (18-Jan-1998)
    Hollow Point (14-Aug-1996)
    The Tuskegee Airmen (26-Aug-1995)
    Redwood Curtain (23-Apr-1995)
    Silent Fall (28-Oct-1994)
    Princess Caraboo (16-Sep-1994)
    A Good Man in Africa (14-Jul-1994)
    World War II: When Lions Roared (19-Apr-1994)
    The Pelican Brief (17-Dec-1993)
    Love, Cheat & Steal (5-Dec-1993)
    The Wrong Man (5-Sep-1993)
    Cliffhanger (28-May-1993)
    Raising Cain (7-Aug-1992)
    At Play in the Fields of the Lord (6-Dec-1991)
    Ricochet (04-Oct-1991)
    Memphis Belle (7-Sep-1990)
    Out Cold (3-Mar-1989)
    Distant Thunder (11-Nov-1988)
    Harry and the Hendersons (5-Jun-1987)
    The Manhattan Project (13-Jun-1986)
    Mesmerized (1986)
    Santa Claus (29-Nov-1985)
    2010 (7-Dec-1984)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (15-Aug-1984)
    Footloose (17-Feb-1984)
    Terms of Endearment (23-Nov-1983)
    The Day After (20-Nov-1983)
    Twilight Zone: The Movie (24-Jun-1983)
    The World According to Garp (23-Jul-1982)
    I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (5-Mar-1982)
    Blow Out (24-Jul-1981)
    The Oldest Living Graduate (7-Apr-1980)
    All That Jazz (20-Dec-1979)
    The Big Fix (6-Oct-1978)
    Obsession (1-Aug-1976)

Author of books:
A Lithgow Palooza, 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your Kids (6-Apr-2004)


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