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John Lithgow is a Actor and Executive Producer American born on 19 october 1945 at Rochester (USA)

John Lithgow

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Birth name John Arthur Lithgow
Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1945 (79 years) at Rochester (USA)

John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, singer, and author. Lithgow has received acclaim and many accolades in his career including two Tony Awards, five Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards and was also nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards. Lithgow received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into American Theater Hall of Fame.

Lithgow is well known for his television roles as Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun and Arthur Mitchell in Dexter as well as for his roles in films Obsession, Blow Out, The World According to Garp, Terms of Endearment, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Footloose, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Harry and the Hendersons, Raising Cain, Cliffhanger, The Pelican Brief, Shrek, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Kinsey, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Homesman, Love Is Strange and Interstellar.

On the stage, he appeared in many Broadway productions including the musical adaptation 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. He has also recorded music, such as the 1999 album of children's music, Singin' in the Bathtub, and has written poetry and short stories, such as Marsupial Sue, for children. His work for children earned him Grammy Award nominations and two Parents' Choice Silver Honor Awards.

Biography

On le remarque d'abord dans des thrillers de Brian De Palma, Obsession, puis Blow Out. Dans les années 1980, il s'impose dans une série de seconds rôles de composition, comme Roberta Muldoon dans Le Monde selon Garp. Il apparaît également dans des films de pur divertissement comme Footloose, Les Aventures de Buckaroo Banzaï à travers la 8e dimension ou Bigfoot et les Henderson, où il alterne personnages sympathiques et rôles de méchants. C'est dans ce dernier emploi qu'il interprète, au début des années 1990, une série de rôles de tueurs en série ou de criminels dans Ricochet, L'Esprit de Caïn ou Cliffhanger : Traque au sommet. À partir de 1996, il tient le rôle du Docteur Dick Solomon dans la série télévisée Troisième planète après le Soleil. Il est également l'interprète du personnage d'Arthur Mitchell, le redoutable « Trinité » (« Trinity Killer ») de la quatrième saison de Dexter. Il apparaît aussi dans How I Met Your Mother dans le rôle du père de Barney Stinson. En 2016, il est récompensé par un Emmy Award pour son interprétation de Winston Churchill dans la série The Crown de Netflix.

Il était le premier choix pour interpréter Emmett Brown dans le film de 1985 Retour vers le futur, mais fut indisponible, et le rôle échut finalement à Christopher Lloyd.