John Lithgow

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John Lithgow at the 1988 Emmy Awards

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945 in Rochester , New York ) is an American actor .

life and career

John Lithgows mother was an actress, his father a theater director and producer. In 1961 the family moved to Princeton , where the father became theater director. John Lithgow studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art .

He starred in numerous films such as Footloose (1984 with Kevin Bacon ), Cliffhanger - Only the Strong Survive (1993 with Sylvester Stallone ) and The Files (1993 with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington ).

In Shrek , Lithgow lent his voice to Lord Farquaard . He then took roles in Nix as Orange County , The Life and Death of Peter Sellers , in which he Blake Edwards represented and in Kinsey - The Truth About Sex . In the version of Don Quixote from 2000 he gave the title character. In the fourth season of the television series Dexter , Lithgow took on the role of a serial killer as "Trinity Killer". From 2011 he played in the US sitcom How I Met Your Mother the father of Barney Stinson, Jerry Whitaker .

Awards

John Lithgow, 2007

He was nominated for an Oscar for the supporting role in the film adaptation of the John Irving novel Garp and how he saw the world (1982) , as well as for his supporting role in Time of Tenderness .

For the role of Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo in Buckaroo Banzai - The 8th Dimension (1983) he was nominated for the Saturn Award for best supporting actor .

For the role of Dick Solomon in the television series Hinterm Mond immediately left from 1996 to 2001, Lithgow was nominated six times for the Emmy Award , which he also won in 1996, 1997 and 1999. In 1997 he was also awarded a Golden Globe for this role .

His portrayal of the "Trinity Killer" in Dexter earned him another Emmy and another Golden Globe in 2010. Also in 2010 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

For his role as Winston Churchill in the television series The Crown , he was named Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards and won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards .

Lithgow has been a member of the American Philosophical Society since 2019 .

Filmography (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Lithgow, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lithgow, John Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York, United States