John Lithgow

American actor (born 1945)

For other people named John Lithgow, see John Lithgow (disambiguation).

John Lithgow

Lithgow in 2008

Born|

John Arthur Lithgow

(1945-10-19) October 19, 1945 (age 79)

Rochester, New York, U.S.

Education| Harvard University (BA)
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupations|

* Actor
* author
* musician
* poet

Years active| 1972–present
Works| Full list
Spouses|

* Jean Taynton

(m. 1966; div. 1980)​

* Mary Yeager

(m. 1981)​

Children| 3, including Ian Lithgow
Father| Arthur Lithgow
Awards| Full list
Website| www.johnlithgow.com

John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Lithgow has won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for Sweet Smell of Success (2002). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). He has appeared on Broadway in The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). In the West End, he portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant (2024), for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor.

Lithgow starred as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series playing Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in the HBO drama series Perry Mason (2020) and the FX thriller series The Old Man (2022).

In film, Lithgow has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and as a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024).

## Early life and education

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Lithgow was born on October 19, 1945,[1] in Rochester, New York. His mother, Sarah Jane (née Price), was a retired actress.[2] His father, Arthur Lithgow, was a theatrical producer and director who ran McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.[3][4] His father was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to a European-American family; his great-grandfather was a vice consul and vice commercial agent in the country.[5] He is the third of four children and his siblings are an older brother David Lithgow, an older sister Robin Lithgow, and a younger sister Sarah Jane Bokaer.[6]

On the show Finding Your Roots, Lithgow discovered that he is a descendant of eight Mayflower passengers, including colonial governor William Bradford.[5][7][8] He is also related to that show's host, the historian and literary critic, Henry Louis Gates Jr.,[9] in addition to being distant cousins with painter Frederic Edwin Church, chef Julia Child, author Thomas Pynchon, and actors Alec Baldwin, Clint Eastwood, and Sally Field.[10]

Because of his father's job, the family moved frequently during Lithgow's childhood. He spent his childhood years in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where activist Coretta Scott King was his babysitter.[11] He spent his teenage years in Akron (living at Stan Hywet Hall)[12] and Lakewood, Ohio,[13] followed by Princeton, New Jersey.

Lithgow is a 1963 graduate of Princeton High School.[14] He then studied history and English literature at Harvard College. Lithgow lived in Adams House as an undergraduate and later served on the Harvard Board of Overseers. He credits a performance at Harvard of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia Limited with helping him decide to become an actor.[15] He was a pupil of dramatist Robert Chapman who was the director of Harvard's Loeb Drama Center.[16] Lithgow was graduated from Harvard in 1967 with an A.B. magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Upon graduation from Harvard, Lithgow won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[17] After graduation from the LAMDA, he served as the director of the Arts and Literature Department at WBAI, the Pacifica radio station in New York City.

## Career

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Main article: John Lithgow on screen and stage

### 1972–1995: Rise to prominence

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Lithgow has starred in numerous productions at the Public Theatre

In 1972, Lithgow made his film debut in Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues.[18] In 1976, he starred in a pivotal role in Brian De Palma's Obsession with Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold as Robertson's long time business partner, Robert Lasalle. In 1973, Lithgow debuted on Broadway in David Storey's The Changing Room at the Morosco Theatre, earning him his first Tony nomination for Featured Actor in a Play and his first win. He also won a Drama Desk Award. The following year, he starred again on Broadway in the comedy play My Fat Friend, opposite Lynn Redgrave at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.[19] He starred in several plays, such as 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, A Memory of Two Mondays, and Secret Service, with Meryl Streep at The Public Theatre and with Tom Hulce at the Playhouse Theatre.[20] Lithgow acted in Bob Fosse's semiautobiographical movie All That Jazz (1979), playing a character loosely based on real-life Broadway director and choreographer Michael Bennett. Between 1978 and 1980, Lithgow appeared in ten episodes of the radio drama revival series CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Lithgow voiced the character of Yoda in the National Public Radio adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.[21]

In 1982 and 1983, Lithgow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp and as Sam Burns in Terms of Endearment. Both films were screen adaptations of popular novels. In 1983, Lithgow appeared in a remake of the classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" in Twilight Zone: The Movie as the paranoid passenger made famous on the television show by William Shatner. In an interview with Bill Moyers, Lithgow revealed this role as his favorite of his film career.[22] Also in 1983, Lithgow appeared in a minor role in the nuclear apocalypse television film The Day After. In 1984, he starred in the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Dr. Emilio Lizardo / Lord John Whorfin. Also in 1984, he starred in 2010: The Year We Make Contact and played a pastor who condemns dancing in Footloose. In 1985, he starred opposite Jodie Foster in Mesmerized. Also in 1985, he starred in Santa Claus: The Movie alongside Dudley Moore. In 1986, he starred in The Manhattan Project, directed by Marshall Brickman. In 1987, Lithgow starred in the Bigfoot-themed family comedy Harry and the Hendersons. At the Martin Beck Theatre in 1985, he starred in Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling.[23] In 1988, he starred in David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly alongside BD Wong, at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.[24]

Lithgow at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1988

In 1986, Lithgow received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his appearance in the episode "The Doll" of the Amazing Stories anthology series.

Additionally, Lithgow has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for The Day After (1983) and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for Resting Place (1986) and again for My Brother's Keeper (1995). Lithgow was approached about playing Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers, but turned it down.

In 1991, he starred in the movie Ricochet opposite Denzel Washington as Earl Talbot Blake, a criminal seeking revenge against the policeman who sent him to prison. Also in 1991, he played missionary Leslie Huben in the film adaptation of Peter Matthiessen's novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord. In 1992, he starred as a man with multiple personality disorder in Brian De Palma's film Raising Cain. In 1992, he became the narrator in the Dr. Seuss video Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. In 1993, he starred in Renny Harlin's film Cliffhanger opposite Sylvester Stallone as terrorist leader Eric Qualen, and he reunited with Washington in Alan J. Pakula's film The Pelican Brief. In 1994, Lithgow played Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the NBC miniseries World War II: When Lions Roared (also known as Then There Were Giants) directed by Joseph Sargent, and starring alongside Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins. He provided narration for the IMAX film Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996).

### 1996–2015: Established actor

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In television, Lithgow is probably most widely known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the 1996–2001 NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He received six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and won the award three times (1996, 1997, 1999). His son, Ian, regularly appeared alongside him as Leon, one of his physics students. In 1998, he appeared in the film, A Civil Action, as Judge Walter J. Skinner. He lent his voice to the character Jean Claude in the 2000 Nickelodeon Movies animated film, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie.

In 2001, Lithgow gained recognition for voicing Lord Farquaad in the Academy Award-winning DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, alongside Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. In 2002, he narrated Life's Greatest Miracle, a documentary about human embryonic development. That same year, Lithgow returned to Broadway portraying J. J. Hunsecker in the adaptation of the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success, acting alongside Brian d'Arcy James. Lithgow won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance. In 2005, he starred on Broadway in the musical-comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels alongside Norbert Leo Butz at the Imperial Theatre. While both were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Butz won over Lithgow. That same year, Lithgow was elected into the American Theater Hall of Fame for his work on Broadway, as well as for his performances in operas by Verdi and Wagner.[25] In 2003, Lithgow wrote the narrations for Christopher Wheeldon ballet Carnival of the Animals and appeared as the elephant character—nurse Mabel Buntz—with the New York City Ballet.[26] He returned for a 2005 revival,[27] the Houston Ballet production of the same show in 2007,[28] and the Pennsylvania Ballet production of it in 2008.[29]

Lithgow in 2007

In 2004, he portrayed the moralistic, rigid father of Alfred Kinsey in that year's biopic Kinsey, in which Liam Neeson also starred. In 2006, Lithgow had a small role in the Academy Award-winning film, Dreamgirls, as Jerry Harris, a film producer offering Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles) a film role.[30]

In 2005, Lithgow became the first ever actor to deliver a commencement speech at Harvard University,[31] his alma mater, and they awarded him an honorary Doctor of Arts.[32][33][34]

Since 2006, he has starred in Progresso commercials, advertising their soup brand.[citation needed]

In 2007, Lithgow played Malvolio in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Twelfth Night, at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in the United Kingdom.[35] He was featured at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 4–6, 2009 for performances of Mozart's Requiem with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. In certain parts of the performance, he narrated some letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, some poems, and sections from the Book of Revelation.[36]

(L-R): John Lithgow, Jennifer Carpenter, Julie Benz, and Michael C. Hall at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2009

Lithgow starred with Jeffrey Tambor in the NBC sitcom Twenty Good Years. On March 5, 2009, Lithgow made a cameo on NBC's 30 Rock acting in the episode "Goodbye, My Friend" with several references to his role in Harry and the Hendersons. In September 2009, Lithgow joined the cast of Dexter as Arthur Mitchell, a serial killer and Dexter Morgan's nemesis.[37] He won a Golden Globe Award for this role [38] and won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series.[39] He guest starred on How I Met Your Mother in the role of Barney Stinson's father, Jerry.[40] In 2008 through 2009, Lithgow played Joe Keller in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons directed by Simon McBurney. Lithgow starred alongside Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson, and Katie Holmes in her Broadway debut at the Schoenfeld Theatre.[41] He hosted Paloozaville, a children's Video on demand program on Mag Rack based on his bestselling children's books. Lithgow also appears in Books By You, a children's computer game that guides them through the steps to personalize a predesigned book.[42]

In 2010, Lithgow starred in the off-Broadway production of Douglas Carter Beane's comedy, Mr. & Mrs. Fitch, alongside Jennifer Ehle at the Second Stage Theater that ran from February 22, 2010, to April 4, 2010.[43] The same year, he appeared briefly in the romantic comedy, Leap Year, playing Amy Adams' father. On October 1, 2010, Lithgow appeared on Doug Benson's podcast Doug Loves Movies, with fellow guests Paul F. Tompkins and Jimmy Pardo. He appeared on Chris Hardwick's show The Nerdist Podcast in 2012 and the WTF with Marc Maron podcast in 2019. In September 2011, Lithgow was featured in a one-night-only production of Dustin Lance Black's play 8, a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as Attorney Theodore Olson to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[44] In 2015, Lithgow did the voiceover work for Gore Vidal in the documentary film Best of Enemies, with Kelsey Grammer.

In 2012, Lithgow returned to Broadway in David Auburn's play The Columnist, which played at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The performance earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.[45] In the winter of 2012–13, he appeared in the London revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's The Magistrate as Police Magistrate Aeneas Posket at the National Theatre.

In 2014, he returned to Manhattan and Central Park at the Delacorte Theater and Shakespeare in the Park for the 2014 summer season in the title role of Shakespeare's King Lear, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. The production was the first play at the theater since 1973 and Lithgow's first time there since 1975, when he had played Laertes.[46] In fall 2014, Lithgow returned to Broadway as Tobias in a revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. He starred opposite Glenn Close, Martha Plimpton, Lindsay Duncan, Bob Balaban, and Clare Higgins. Pam MacKinnon directed the limited 18-week production at the John Golden Theatre.[47] Lithgow gained critical attention for starring in Ira Sachs' independent romance film Love Is Strange (2014). The film received a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus reading, "Held aloft by remarkable performances from John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, Love Is Strange serves as a graceful tribute to the beauty of commitment in the face of adversity."[48] The film also received four Independent Spirit Award nominations, including for both Lithgow and Molina.[49] Lithgow during the 2010s appeared in Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011),[50] Jay Roach's The Campaign (2012), Judd Apatow's This Is 40 (2012), Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014), and Tommy Lee Jones' The Homesman (2014). In 2015, Lithgow made a cameo on Louis C.K.'s Louie in the season-five episode "Sleepover" alongside Glenn Close, Michael Cera, and Matthew Broderick.[51]

### 2016–present: Career expansion

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Lithgow portrayed Winston Churchill, shown above, in the Netflix television series, The Crown

In 2016, Lithgow appeared in the first season of The Crown (2016) portraying Winston Churchill.[52] Lithgow won numerous awards for his performance, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. On October 18, 2017, Lithgow coauthored the New York Times daily crossword puzzle. Lithgow starred in the independent film Beatriz at Dinner (2017). Lithgow starred in the solo play John Lithgow: Stories by Heart, which opened on Broadway on January 11, 2018, at the American Airlines Theatre, written by Lithgow. Lithgow acted in the play around the U.S., starting at the Lincoln Center Theater with Willie Nelson in 2008,[53][54] with a return performance at Lincoln Center for April to May 2019.[55] During this time he also acted in Gavin O'Connor's The Accountant, John Madden's Miss Sloane (2016), Sean Anders's Daddy's Home 2 (2017), Trish Sie's Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), and Pet Sematary (2019).

In 2017, Lithgow starred in the first season of Trial & Error as a professor who becomes implicated in the murder of his wife.[56][57] In 2018, Lithgow was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.[58] In 2019, Lithgow performed in Emily Chadwick Weiss's audio play If You Win, released by Playing on Air in spring 2020. Lithgow starred as Bill Clinton opposite Laurie Metcalf as Hillary Clinton in the Lucas Hnath play Hillary and Clinton, on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. The play opened on April 18, 2019, and closed on June 23, 2019.[59][60] In 2019, Lithgow co-starred in Mindy Kaling's comedy Late Night. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released on June 7, 2019. The same year, he portrayed Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in the film Bombshell, which starred Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, and Nicole Kidman.

In 2020, Lithgow portrayed the attorney Elias Birchard "E.B." Jonathan in season one of the HBO reboot of Perry Mason.[61] In the story, Mr. Birchard starts out as the employer of Mason, who is his investigator. On June 28, 2021, Showtime confirmed that Lithgow would reprise his role of Arthur Mitchell in the ten-episode Dexter limited series, with Clyde Phillips returning as the head writer. The series premiered on November 7, 2021.[62][63] In 2022, Lithgow portrayed Harold Harper in the Hulu series The Old Man, opposite Jeff Bridges. For his performance, he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

In 2022, Lithgow presented Liv Ullmann with the Academy Honorary Award at the Governors Awards.[64] In 2023, Lithgow played Peter Leaward in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.[65] The film co-starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro, and it received ten Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture.[66]

In May 2024, Lithgow was announced to be starring alongside Olivia Colman in the film Jimpa, directed by Australian director Sophie Hyde and filmed in South Australia, Amsterdam, and Helsinki.[67] That same year, he starred in the conspiracy thriller Conclave (2024), directed by Edward Berger. The film revolves around a fictional story about cardinals who are tasked in finding a successor to a deceased Pope. Lithgow starred opposite Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and Isabella Rossellini.[68][69] In an interview, Lithgow said the film "resonates so much with our historical moment, even though it's about this very esoteric, hidden and misunderstood cabal of secret people."[70] Kristy Puchko of Mashable called his performance "intriguingly slippery".[71] Lithgow next appeared in the psychological horror The Rule of Jenny Pen.[72] Peter Bradshaw observed that Lithgow played his character with "true hideousness".[73] While Alison Foreman of IndieWire praised Lithgow, she lamented that his character's "overwritten origin story means not even the legendary actor can make up the scads of solo brooding sessions this bloated effort would be better without."[74] Also in 2024, he participated in the Netflix-released animated movie Spellbound, with Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, and Nathan Lane.[75]

In September 2024, Lithgow portrayed Roald Dahl in the West End production of the Mark Rosenblatt play Giant at the Royal Court Theatre. Arifa Akbar of The Guardian described his performance as "fabulous", adding that he bore an "uncanny resemblance to the writer".[76] For his performance, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.[77]

On February 25, 2025, Lithgow confirmed previous reports that he would play Dumbledore in the HBO Harry Potter series.[78][79]

## Other work

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### Works for children

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Lithgow reading a book to children in 2007

Lithgow has done extensive work for children, including several books and albums. While he was the conductor of the orchestra of Brahms Hungarian Dance Ballet and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, he took children to some of the performances. The titles of his books for children include, Marsupial Sue, Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake", Lithgow Party Paloozas!: 52 Unexpected Ways to Make a Birthday, Holiday, or Any Day a Celebration for Kids, Carnival of the Animals, A Lithgow Palooza: 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your Kids, I'm a Manatee, Micawber, The Remarkable Farkle McBride, Mahalia Mouse Goes to College, and I Got Two Dogs. He also appeared as a guest on Ants in Your Pants, a Canadian program for children.

Lithgow launched into a career as a recording artist with Singin' in the Bathtub, a 1999 album of music for children. In June 2002, Lithgow released his second album for children Farkle and Friends; however, Waylon Jennings died four months before its release, and it was dedicated to his memory. It was the musical companion to his book, The Remarkable Farkle McBride, which tells the story of a young musical genius. Farkle and Friends features the vocal talents of Lithgow and Bebe Neuwirth, backed by the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra, as well.

In August 2006, Lithgow released a Franz Schubert tribute album, The Sunny Side of the Street, his third album for children and first with Razor & Tie. This album features versions of classic songs from the Great American Songbook, including "Getting to Know You" and "Ya Gotta Have Pep". Produced by J. C. Hopkins, the album features guest appearances by Madeleine Peyroux, Wayne Knight, Sherie Rene Scott, and Maude Maggart. Lithgow also makes occasional appearances on stage and television singing songs for children, accompanying himself on guitar.

### Satirical works and political portrayals

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Lithgow autographing copies of The Remarkable Farkle McBride

In June 2019, Lithgow portrayed Donald Trump in The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts, a live reading of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Staged on the altar of New York City's Riverside Church in Manhattan, the reading was created by playwright Robert Schenkkan and narrated by Annette Bening. The production featured Kevin Kline as Mueller, Joel Grey as Jeff Sessions, Jason Alexander as Chris Christie, and Alfre Woodard as Hope Hicks.[80] He also portrayed Rudy Giuliani in a series of skits on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[citation needed]

In October 2019, Lithgow published Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse, a book of poems and illustrations. The project originated when Lithgow was asked to perform a Gilbert and Sullivan–style song he wrote about Michael Flynn.[81] The book charted at number three on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestsellers in its first week.[82]

A follow-up book entitled Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown was released on September 29, 2020, by Chronicle Books.[83] Lithgow contributed voiceover work for the audio book version of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a 2018 children's book written by Jill Twiss, a comedy writer for HBO's television show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The book is a loose parody of Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President, a children's book written by Charlotte Pence, the daughter of then–Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, and illustrated by her mother, Karen Pence.

## Personal life

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Lithgow married Jean Taynton, a teacher, in 1966. They had one son together,[84] Ian Lithgow.[85] The couple separated following an affair he had with actress Liv Ullmann and they divorced in 1980.[84] Lithgow subsequently married UCLA history professor, Mary Yeager,[86] and they had a son and daughter together.[84]

## Acting credits and accolades

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Main articles: John Lithgow on screen and stage and List of awards and nominations received by John Lithgow

Lithgow has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, four Drama Desk Awards, and he has been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards.[87][88] Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Lithgow was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2019.[89]

## Discography

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* Singin' in the Bathtub (1999, Sony Wonder)
* Farkle & Friends (2002, Kid Rhino)
* The Sunny Side of the Street (2006, Razor & Tie)

## Bibliography

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* The Remarkable Farkle McBride (2000, Simon & Schuster)
* Marsupial Sue (2001, Simon & Schuster)
* Micawber (2002, Simon & Schuster)
* I'm a Manatee (2003, Simon & Schuster)
* A Lithgow Palooza (2004, Simon & Schuster)
* Carnival of the Animals (2004, Simon & Schuster)
* Lithgow Party Paloozas!: 52 Unexpected Ways to Make a Birthday, Holiday, or Any Day a Celebration for Kids (2005, Simon & Schuster)
* Lithgow Paloozas!: Boredom Blasters (2005, Running Press)
* Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" (2005, Simon & Schuster)
* Mahalia Mouse Goes to College (2007, Simon & Schuster)
* I Got Two Dogs (2008, Simon & Schuster)
* Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse (2019, Chronicle Prism)
* Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age (2020, Chronicle Books)
* A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portrait of American Scoundrels In Verse (2021, Chronicle Books)

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Awards for John Lithgow

* v
* t
* e

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Grownup Love Story

2000s|

* Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave – The Gathering Storm (2002)
* Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give (2003)
* James Garner and Gena Rowlands – The Notebook (2004)
* Craig T. Nelson and Diane Keaton – The Family Stone (2005)
* Tom Wilkinson and Blythe Danner – The Last Kiss (2006)
* John Travolta and Christopher Walken – Hairspray (2007)
* Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey (2008)
* Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia (2009)

2010s|

* Annette Bening and Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right (2010)
* Jim Broadbent and Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (2011)
* Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren – Hitchcock (2012)
* James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said (2013)
* John Lithgow and Alfred Molina – Love Is Strange (2014)
* Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton – 5 Flights Up (2015)
* Richard Jenkins and Margo Martindale – The Hollars (2016)
* Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams – The Greatest Showman (2017)
* Robert Forster and Blythe Danner – What They Had (2018)
* No Award (2019)

2020s|

* Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci – Supernova (2020)
* Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett – Cyrano (2021)
* Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

* v
* t
* e

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

* John Noble (2011)
* Giancarlo Esposito (2012)
* Michael Cudlitz (2013)
* Aaron Paul (2014)
* Jonathan Banks (2015)
* Christian Slater (2016)
* John Lithgow (2016)
* David Harbour (2017)
* Noah Emmerich (2018)
* Billy Crudup (2019)
* Michael K. Williams (2020)
* Kieran Culkin (2021)
* Giancarlo Esposito (2022)
* Billy Crudup (2023)
* Tadanobu Asano (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

1975–2000|

* John Cullum (1975)
* Ian Richardson (1976)
* Lenny Baker (1977)
* Ken Page (1978)
* Len Cariou (1979)
* Jim Dale (1980)
* Kevin Kline (1981)
* George Hearn (1984)
* Ron Richardson (1985)
* George Rose (1986)
* Robert Lindsay (1987)
* Michael Crawford (1988)
* Jason Alexander (1989)
* James Naughton (1990)
* Jonathan Pryce (1991)
* Gregory Hines / Nathan Lane (1992)
* Brent Carver (1993)
* Boyd Gaines (1994)
* Vernel Bagneris (1995)
* Nathan Lane (1996)
* Robert Cuccioli (1997)
* Alan Cumming (1998)
* Brent Carver (1999)
* Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)

2001–2022|

* Nathan Lane (2001)
* John Lithgow (2002)
* Antonio Banderas / Harvey Fierstein (2003)
* Hugh Jackman (2004)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
* John Lloyd Young (2006)
* Raúl Esparza (2007)
* Paulo Szot (2008)
* Brian d'Arcy James (2009)
* Douglas Hodge (2010)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2011)
* Danny Burstein (2012)
* Billy Porter (2013)
* Neil Patrick Harris / Jefferson Mays (2014)
* Robbie Fairchild (2015)
* Danny Burstein (2016)
* Andy Karl (2017)
* Ethan Slater (2018)
* Santino Fontana (2019)
* Larry Owens (2020)
* No Award (2021)
* Jaquel Spivey (2022)

* v
* t
* e

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

* Anthony Hopkins (1975)
* John Wood (1976)
* Al Pacino (1977)
* Barnard Hughes (1978)
* Philip Anglim (1979)
* John Rubinstein (1980)
* Ian McKellen (1981)
* Christopher Plummer (1982)
* Harvey Fierstein (1983)
* Dustin Hoffman (1984)
* John Lithgow (1985)
* Ed Harris (1986)
* James Earl Jones (1987)
* Ron Silver (1988)
* Philip Bosco (1989)
* Nathan Lane (1990)
* Ron Rifkin (1991)
* Brian Bedford (1992)
* Ron Leibman (1993)
* Brian Bedford (1994)
* Ralph Fiennes (1995)
* Frank Langella (1996)
* David Morse / Christopher Plummer (1997)
* Anthony LaPaglia (1998)
* Brian Dennehy (1999)
* Stephen Dillane (2000)
* Richard Easton (2001)
* Alan Bates (2002)
* Eddie Izzard (2003)
* Kevin Kline (2004)
* Brían F. O'Byrne (2005)
* Richard Griffiths (2006)
* Frank Langella (2007)
* Mark Rylance (2008)
* Geoffrey Rush (2009)
* Liev Schreiber (2010)
* Bobby Cannavale (2011)
* James Corden (2012)
* Tracy Letts (2013)
* Bryan Cranston (2014)
* Alex Sharp (2015)
* Frank Langella (2016)
* Kevin Kline (2017)
* Andrew Garfield (2018)
* Jay O. Sanders (2019)
* Edmund Donovan (2020)
* No Award (2021)
* Ruben Santiago-Hudson (2022)

* v
* t
* e

Drama League Distinguished Performance Award

* Katharine Cornell (1935)
* Helen Hayes (1936)
* Maurice Evans (1937)
* Cedric Hardwicke (1938)
* Raymond Massey (1939)
* Paul Muni (1940)
* Paul Lukas (1941)
* Judith Evelyn (1942)
* Alfred Lunt (1943)
* Lynn Fontanne (1944)
* Mady Christians (1945)
* Louis Calhern (1946)
* Ingrid Bergman (1947)
* Judith Anderson (1948)
* Robert Morley (1949)
* Grace George (1950)
* Claude Rains (1951)
* Julie Harris (1952)
* Shirley Booth (1953)
* Josephine Hull (1954)
* Viveca Lindfors (1955)
* David Wayne (1956)
* Eli Wallach (1957)
* Ralph Bellamy (1958)
* Cyril Ritchard (1959)
* Jessica Tandy (1960)
* Hume Cronyn (1961)
* Paul Scofield (1962)
* Charles Boyer (1963)
* Alec Guinness (1964)
* John Gielgud (1965)
* Richard Kiley (1966)
* Rosemary Harris (1967)
* Zoe Caldwell (1968)
* Alec McCowen (1969)
* James Stewart (1970)
* Anthony Quayle (1971)
* Eileen Atkins / Claire Bloom (1972)
* Alan Bates (1973)
* Christopher Plummer (1974)
* John Wood (1975)
* Eva Le Gallienne (1976)
* Tom Courtenay (1977)
* Frank Langella (1978)
* Frances Sternhagen (1979)
* Roy Scheider (1980)
* Ian McKellen (1981)
* Milo O'Shea (1982)
* Edward Herrmann / Kate Nelligan (1983)
* Jeremy Irons (1984)
* Derek Jacobi (1985)
* Bernadette Peters (1986)
* James Earl Jones (1987)
* John Lithgow (1988)
* Pauline Collins (1989)
* Robert Morse (1990)
* Stockard Channing (1991)
* Glenn Close (1992)
* Stephen Rea (1993)
* Sam Waterston (1994)
* Cherry Jones (1995)
* Uta Hagen (1996)
* Charles Durning / Bebe Neuwirth (1997)
* Brian Stokes Mitchell (1998)
* Kathleen Chalfant (1999)
* Eileen Heckart (2000)
* Mary-Louise Parker / Gary Sinise (2001)
* Liam Neeson (2002)
* Harvey Fierstein (2003)
* Hugh Jackman (2004)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
* Christine Ebersole (2006)
* Liev Schreiber (2007)
* Patti LuPone (2008)
* Geoffrey Rush (2009)
* Alfred Molina (2010)
* Mark Rylance (2011)
* Audra McDonald (2012)
* Nathan Lane (2013)
* Neil Patrick Harris (2014)
* Chita Rivera (2015)
* Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
* Ben Platt (2017)
* Glenda Jackson (2018)
* Bryan Cranston (2019)
* Danny Burstein (2020)
* Sutton Foster (2022)
* Annaleigh Ashford (2023)
* Sarah Paulson (2024)
* Nicole Scherzinger (2025)

* v
* t
* e

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

1952–1975|

* Alan Young (1950)
* Sid Caesar (1951)
* Jimmy Durante (1952)
* Donald O'Connor (1953)
* Danny Thomas (1954)
* Phil Silvers (1955)
* Sid Caesar (1956)
* Jack Benny (1957)
* Jack Benny (1959)
* Dick Van Dyke (1964)
* Dick Van Dyke (1965)
* Dick Van Dyke (1966)
* Don Adams (1967)
* Don Adams (1968)
* Don Adams (1969)
* William Windom (1970)
* Jack Klugman (1971)
* Carroll O'Connor (1972)
* Jack Klugman (1973)
* Alan Alda (1974)
* Tony Randall (1975)

1976–2000|

* Jack Albertson (1976)
* Carroll O'Connor (1977)
* Carroll O'Connor (1978)
* Carroll O'Connor (1979)
* Richard Mulligan (1980)
* Judd Hirsch (1981)
* Alan Alda (1982)
* Judd Hirsch (1983)
* John Ritter (1984)
* Robert Guillaume (1985)
* Michael J. Fox (1986)
* Michael J. Fox (1987)
* Michael J. Fox (1988)
* Richard Mulligan (1989)
* Ted Danson (1990)
* Burt Reynolds (1991)
* Craig T. Nelson (1992)
* Ted Danson (1993)
* Kelsey Grammer (1994)
* Kelsey Grammer (1995)
* John Lithgow (1996)
* John Lithgow (1997)
* Kelsey Grammer (1998)
* John Lithgow (1999)
* Michael J. Fox (2000)

2001–present|

* Eric McCormack (2001)
* Ray Romano (2002)
* Tony Shalhoub (2003)
* Kelsey Grammer (2004)
* Tony Shalhoub (2005)
* Tony Shalhoub (2006)
* Ricky Gervais (2007)
* Alec Baldwin (2008)
* Alec Baldwin (2009)
* Jim Parsons (2010)
* Jim Parsons (2011)
* Jon Cryer (2012)
* Jim Parsons (2013)
* Jim Parsons (2014)
* Jeffrey Tambor (2015)
* Jeffrey Tambor (2016)
* Donald Glover (2017)
* Bill Hader (2018)
* Bill Hader (2019)
* Eugene Levy (2020)
* Jason Sudeikis (2021)
* Jason Sudeikis (2022)
* Jeremy Allen White (2023)
* Jeremy Allen White (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

1959–1975|

* Dennis Weaver (1959)
* Roddy McDowall (1961)
* Albert Paulsen (1964)
* James Daly (1966)
* Eli Wallach (1967)
* Milburn Stone (1968)
* James Brolin (1970)
* David Burns (1971)
* Jack Warden (1972)
* Scott Jacoby (1973)
* Michael Moriarty (1974)
* Will Geer (1975)

1976–2000|

* Anthony Zerbe (1976)
* Gary Frank (1977)
* Robert Vaughn (1978)
* Stuart Margolin (1979)
* Stuart Margolin (1980)
* Michael Conrad (1981)
* Michael Conrad (1982)
* James Coco (1983)
* Bruce Weitz (1984)
* Edward James Olmos (1985)
* John Karlen (1986)
* John Hillerman (1987)
* Larry Drake (1988)
* Larry Drake (1989)
* Jimmy Smits (1990)
* Timothy Busfield (1991)
* Richard Dysart (1992)
* Chad Lowe (1993)
* Fyvush Finkel (1994)
* Ray Walston (1995)
* Ray Walston (1996)
* Héctor Elizondo (1997)
* Gordon Clapp (1998)
* Michael Badalucco (1999)
* Richard Schiff (2000)

2001–present|

* Bradley Whitford (2001)
* John Spencer (2002)
* Joe Pantoliano (2003)
* Michael Imperioli (2004)
* William Shatner (2005)
* Alan Alda (2006)
* Terry O'Quinn (2007)
* Željko Ivanek (2008)
* Michael Emerson (2009)
* Aaron Paul (2010)
* Peter Dinklage (2011)
* Aaron Paul (2012)
* Bobby Cannavale (2013)
* Aaron Paul (2014)
* Peter Dinklage (2015)
* Ben Mendelsohn (2016)
* John Lithgow (2017)
* Peter Dinklage (2018)
* Peter Dinklage (2019)
* Billy Crudup (2020)
* Tobias Menzies (2021)
* Matthew Macfadyen (2022)
* Matthew Macfadyen (2023)
* Billy Crudup (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

1975–1986|

* Patrick McGoohan (1975)
* Ed Asner / Gordon Jackson (1976)
* Ed Asner / Louis Gossett Jr. (1977)
* Barnard Hughes / Ricardo Montalbán (1978)
* John Lithgow (1986)

1989–2019|

* Joe Spano (1989)
* Patrick McGoohan (1990)
* David Opatoshu (1991)
* No Award (1992)
* Laurence Fishburne (1993)
* Richard Kiley (1994)
* Paul Winfield (1995)
* Peter Boyle (1996)
* Pruitt Taylor Vince (1997)
* John Larroquette (1998)
* Edward Herrmann (1999)
* James Whitmore (2000)
* Michael Emerson (2001)
* Charles S. Dutton (2002)
* Charles S. Dutton (2003)
* William Shatner (2004)
* Ray Liotta (2005)
* Christian Clemenson (2006)
* John Goodman (2007)
* Glynn Turman (2008)
* Michael J. Fox (2009)
* John Lithgow (2010)
* Paul McCrane (2011)
* Jeremy Davies (2012)
* Dan Bucatinsky (2013)
* Joe Morton (2014)
* Reg E. Cathey (2015)
* Hank Azaria (2016)
* Gerald McRaney (2017)
* Ron Cephas Jones (2018)
* Bradley Whitford (2019)

2020–present|

* Ron Cephas Jones (2020)
* Courtney B. Vance (2021)
* Colman Domingo (2022)
* Nick Offerman (2023)
* Néstor Carbonell (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

* Bob Newhart (1961)
* Mickey Rooney (1963)
* Dean Martin (1966)
* Dan Dailey (1969)
* Flip Wilson (1970)
* Carroll O'Connor (1971)
* Redd Foxx (1972)
* Jack Klugman (1973)
* Alan Alda (1974)
* Alan Alda (1975)
* Henry Winkler (1976)
* Ron Howard / Henry Winkler (1977)
* Robin Williams (1978)
* Alan Alda (1979)
* Alan Alda (1980)
* Alan Alda (1981)
* Alan Alda (1982)
* John Ritter (1983)
* Bill Cosby (1984)
* Bill Cosby (1985)
* Bruce Willis (1986)
* Dabney Coleman (1987)
* Michael J. Fox / Judd Hirsch / Richard Mulligan (1988)
* Ted Danson (1989)
* Ted Danson (1990)
* Burt Reynolds (1991)
* John Goodman (1992)
* Jerry Seinfeld (1993)
* Tim Allen (1994)
* Kelsey Grammer (1995)
* John Lithgow (1996)
* Michael J. Fox (1997)
* Michael J. Fox (1998)
* Michael J. Fox (1999)
* Kelsey Grammer (2000)
* Charlie Sheen (2001)
* Tony Shalhoub (2002)
* Ricky Gervais (2003)
* Jason Bateman (2004)
* Steve Carell (2005)
* Alec Baldwin (2006)
* David Duchovny (2007)
* Alec Baldwin (2008)
* Alec Baldwin (2009)
* Jim Parsons (2010)
* Matt LeBlanc (2011)
* Don Cheadle (2012)
* Andy Samberg (2013)
* Jeffrey Tambor (2014)
* Gael García Bernal (2015)
* Donald Glover (2016)
* Aziz Ansari (2017)
* Michael Douglas (2018)
* Ramy Youssef (2019)
* Jason Sudeikis (2020)
* Jason Sudeikis (2021)
* Jeremy Allen White (2022)
* Jeremy Allen White (2023)
* Jeremy Allen White (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television

* James Brolin (1970)
* Ed Asner (1971)
* James Brolin (1972)
* McLean Stevenson (1973)
* Harvey Korman (1974)
* Ed Asner / Tim Conway (1975)
* Ed Asner (1976)
* No Award (1977)
* Norman Fell (1978)
* Danny DeVito / Vic Tayback (1979)
* Pat Harrington Jr. / Vic Tayback (1980)
* John Hillerman (1981)
* Lionel Stander (1982)
* Richard Kiley (1983)
* Paul Le Mat (1984)
* Edward James Olmos (1985)
* Jan Niklas (1986)
* Rutger Hauer (1987)
* Barry Bostwick / John Gielgud (1988)
* Dean Stockwell (1989)
* Charles Durning (1990)
* Louis Gossett Jr. (1991)
* Maximilian Schell (1992)
* Beau Bridges (1993)
* Edward James Olmos (1994)
* Donald Sutherland (1995)
* Ian McKellen (1996)
* George C. Scott (1997)
* Don Cheadle / Gregory Peck (1998)
* Peter Fonda (1999)
* Robert Downey Jr. (2000)
* Stanley Tucci (2001)
* Donald Sutherland (2002)
* Jeffrey Wright (2003)
* William Shatner (2004)
* Paul Newman (2005)
* Jeremy Irons (2006)
* Jeremy Piven (2007)
* Tom Wilkinson (2008)
* John Lithgow (2009)
* Chris Colfer (2010)
* Peter Dinklage (2011)
* Ed Harris (2012)
* Jon Voight (2013)
* Matt Bomer (2014)
* Christian Slater (2015)
* Hugh Laurie (2016)
* Alexander Skarsgård (2017)
* Ben Whishaw (2018)
* Stellan Skarsgård (2019)
* John Boyega (2020)
* O Yeong-su (2021)
* Paul Walter Hauser / Tyler James Williams (2022)
* Matthew Macfadyen (2023)
* Tadanobu Asano (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor

1976–1984
and 1988|

| Revival|

* Alan Howard (1976)
* Ian McKellen (1977)
* Alan Howard (1978)
* Warren Mitchell (1979)
* Jonathan Pryce (1980)
* Daniel Massey (1981)
* Stephen Moore (1982)
* Derek Jacobi (1983)
* Ian McKellen (1984)
* Brian Cox (1988)

|

New Play|

* Paul Copley (1976)
* Michael Bryant (1977)
* Tom Conti (1978)
* Ian McKellen (1979)
* Roger Rees (1980)
* Trevor Eve (1981)
* Ian McDiarmid (1982)
* Jack Shepherd (1983)
* Brian Cox (1984)
* David Haig (1988)

1985 onwards
(except 1988)|

* Antony Sher (1985)
* Albert Finney (1986)
* Michael Gambon (1987)
* Oliver Ford Davies (1989/1990)
* Ian McKellen (1991)
* Nigel Hawthorne (1992)
* Robert Stephens (1993)
* Mark Rylance (1994)
* David Bamber (1995)
* Alex Jennings (1996)
* Antony Sher (1997)
* Ian Holm (1998)
* Kevin Spacey (1999)
* Henry Goodman (2000)
* Conleth Hill (2001)
* Roger Allam (2002)
* Simon Russell Beale (2003)
* Matthew Kelly (2004)
* Richard Griffiths (2005)
* Brian Dennehy (2006)
* Rufus Sewell (2007)
* Chiwetel Ejiofor (2008)
* Derek Jacobi (2009)
* Mark Rylance (2010)
* Roger Allam (2011)
* Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller (2012)
* Luke Treadaway (2013)
* Rory Kinnear (2014)
* Mark Strong (2015)
* Kenneth Cranham (2016)
* Jamie Parker (2017)
* Bryan Cranston (2018)
* Kyle Soller (2019)
* Andrew Scott (2020)
* No Ceremony (2021)
* Hiran Abeysekera (2022)
* Paul Mescal (2023)
* Mark Gatiss (2024)
* John Lithgow (2025)

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

* Jason Robards (1977)
* Robert Morley (1978)
* Melvyn Douglas (1979)
* Timothy Hutton (1980)
* John Gielgud (1981)
* John Lithgow (1982)
* Jack Nicholson (1983)
* Adolph Caesar (1984)
* John Gielgud (1985)
* Dennis Hopper (1986)
* Morgan Freeman (1987)
* Alec Guinness (1988)
* Danny Aiello (1989)
* Joe Pesci (1990)
* Michael Lerner (1991)
* Gene Hackman (1992)
* Tommy Lee Jones (1993)
* Martin Landau (1994)
* Don Cheadle (1995)
* Edward Norton (1996)
* Burt Reynolds (1997)
* Bill Murray (1998)
* Christopher Plummer (1999)
* Willem Dafoe (2000)
* Jim Broadbent (2001)
* Chris Cooper (2002)
* Bill Nighy (2003)
* Thomas Haden Church (2004)
* William Hurt (2005)
* Michael Sheen (2006)
* Vlad Ivanov (2007)
* Heath Ledger (2008)
* Christoph Waltz (2009)
* Niels Arestrup (2010)
* Christopher Plummer (2011)
* Dwight Henry (2012)
* James Franco / Jared Leto (2013)
* J. K. Simmons (2014)
* Michael Shannon (2015)
* Mahershala Ali (2016)
* Willem Dafoe (2017)
* Steven Yeun (2018)
* Song Kang-ho (2019)
* Glynn Turman (2020)
* Vincent Lindon / Kodi Smit-McPhee (2021)

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor

* Jack Nicholson (1969)
* Chief Dan George (1970)
* Ben Johnson (1971)
* Robert Duvall (1972)
* Robert De Niro (1973)
* Charles Boyer (1974)
* Alan Arkin (1975)
* Jason Robards (1976)
* Maximilian Schell (1977)
* Christopher Walken (1978)
* Melvyn Douglas (1979)
* Joe Pesci (1980)
* John Gielgud (1981)
* John Lithgow (1982)
* Jack Nicholson (1983)
* Ralph Richardson (1984)
* Klaus Maria Brandauer (1985)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (1986)
* Morgan Freeman (1987)
* Dean Stockwell (1988)
* Alan Alda (1989)
* Bruce Davison (1990)
* Samuel L. Jackson (1991)
* Gene Hackman (1992)
* Ralph Fiennes (1993)
* Martin Landau (1994)
* Kevin Spacey (1995)
* Harry Belafonte (1996)
* Burt Reynolds (1997)
* Bill Murray (1998)
* John Malkovich (1999)
* Benicio del Toro (2000)
* Steve Buscemi (2001)
* Dennis Quaid (2002)
* Eugene Levy (2003)
* Clive Owen (2004)
* William Hurt (2005)
* Jackie Earle Haley (2006)
* Javier Bardem (2007)
* Josh Brolin (2008)
* Christoph Waltz (2009)
* Mark Ruffalo (2010)
* Albert Brooks (2011)
* Matthew McConaughey (2012)
* Jared Leto (2013)
* J. K. Simmons (2014)
* Mark Rylance (2015)
* Mahershala Ali (2016)
* Willem Dafoe (2017)
* Richard E. Grant (2018)
* Joe Pesci (2019)
* Chadwick Boseman (2020)
* Kodi Smit-McPhee (2021)
* Ke Huy Quan (2022)
* Charles Melton (2023)
* Kieran Culkin (2024)

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Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

* John Lithgow (1996)
* Kelsey Grammer (1997)
* Drew Carey (1998)
* Jay Mohr (1999)
* Frankie Muniz (2000)
* Kelsey Grammer (2001)
* Bernie Mac (2002)
* Bernie Mac (2003)
* Jason Bateman (2004)
* Jason Bateman (2005)
* James Spader (2006)
* Stephen Colbert (2007)
* Justin Kirk (2008)
* Matthew Morrison (2009)
* Alec Baldwin (2010)
* Louis C.K. (2011)
* Johnny Galecki (2012)
* John Goodman (2013)
* Jeffrey Tambor (2014)
* Jeffrey Tambor (2015)
* William H. Macy (2016)
* William H. Macy (2017)
* Bill Hader (2018)
* Thomas Middleditch (2019)
* Eugene Levy (2020)
* Jason Sudeikis (2021)
* Bill Hader (2022)
* Jeremy Allen White (2023)
* Patrick Brammall (2024)

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Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series or Television Film

* Stanley Tucci (1996)
* Vondie Curtis-Hall (1997)
* David Clennon (1998)
* David Schwimmer (2001)
* Victor Garber / Linus Roache / Eric Roberts (2002)
* Justin Kirk / Neal McDonough / Jeffrey Tambor (2003)
* Bill Nighy (2004)
* Randy Quaid (2005)
* Tony Plana (2006)
* David Zayas (2007)
* Nelsan Ellis (2008)
* John Lithgow (2009)
* David Strathairn (2010)
* Peter Dinklage / Ryan Hurst (2011)
* Neal McDonough (2012)
* Aaron Paul (2013)
* Rory Kinnear (2014)
* Christian Slater (2015)
* Ben Mendelsohn (2016)
* Michael McKean (2017)
* Hugo Weaving (2018)
* Jeremy Strong (2019)
* Jeff Wilbusch (2020)
* Evan Peters (2021)
* John Lithgow (2022)
* Jonathan Bailey (2023)
* Robert Downey Jr. (2024)

Also see Best Supporting Actor – Television Series.

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Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

* Marty Feldman (1974/75)
* Jay Robinson (1976)
* Alec Guinness (1977)
* Burgess Meredith (1978)
* Arte Johnson (1979)
* Scatman Crothers (1980)
* Burgess Meredith (1981)
* Richard Lynch (1982)
* John Lithgow (1983)
* Tracey Walter (1984)
* Roddy McDowall (1985)
* Bill Paxton (1986)
* Richard Dawson (1987)
* Robert Loggia (1988)
* Thomas F. Wilson (1989/90)
* William Sadler (1991)
* Robin Williams (1992)
* Lance Henriksen (1993)
* Gary Sinise (1994)
* Brad Pitt (1995)
* Brent Spiner (1996)
* Vincent D'Onofrio (1997)
* Ian McKellen (1998)
* Michael Clarke Duncan (1999)
* Willem Dafoe (2000)
* Ian McKellen (2001)
* Andy Serkis (2002)
* Sean Astin (2003)
* David Carradine (2004)
* Mickey Rourke (2005)
* Ben Affleck (2006)
* Javier Bardem (2007)
* Heath Ledger (2008)
* Stephen Lang (2009)
* Andrew Garfield (2010)
* Andy Serkis (2011)
* Clark Gregg (2012)
* Ben Kingsley (2013)
* Richard Armitage (2014)
* Adam Driver (2015)
* John Goodman (2016)
* Patrick Stewart (2017)
* Josh Brolin (2018/19)
* Bill Hader (2019/20)
* Ke Huy Quan (2021/22)
* Nicolas Cage (2022/23)
* Hugh Jackman (2023/24)

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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

* Jason Alexander (1994)
* David Hyde Pierce (1995)
* John Lithgow (1996)
* John Lithgow (1997)
* Michael J. Fox (1998)
* Michael J. Fox (1999)
* Robert Downey Jr. (2000)
* Sean Hayes (2001)
* Sean Hayes (2002)
* Tony Shalhoub (2003)
* Tony Shalhoub (2004)
* Sean Hayes (2005)
* Alec Baldwin (2006)
* Alec Baldwin (2007)
* Alec Baldwin (2008)
* Alec Baldwin (2009)
* Alec Baldwin (2010)
* Alec Baldwin (2011)
* Alec Baldwin (2012)
* Ty Burrell (2013)
* William H. Macy (2014)
* Jeffrey Tambor (2015)
* William H. Macy (2016)
* William H. Macy (2017)
* Tony Shalhoub (2018)
* Tony Shalhoub (2019)
* Jason Sudeikis (2020)
* Jason Sudeikis (2021)
* Jeremy Allen White (2022)
* Jeremy Allen White (2023)
* Martin Short (2024)

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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

* Dennis Franz (1994)
* Anthony Edwards (1995)
* Dennis Franz (1996)
* Anthony Edwards (1997)
* Sam Waterston (1998)
* James Gandolfini (1999)
* Martin Sheen (2000)
* Martin Sheen (2001)
* James Gandolfini (2002)
* Kiefer Sutherland (2003)
* Jerry Orbach (2004)
* Kiefer Sutherland (2005)
* Hugh Laurie (2006)
* James Gandolfini (2007)
* Hugh Laurie (2008)
* Michael C. Hall (2009)
* Steve Buscemi (2010)
* Steve Buscemi (2011)
* Bryan Cranston (2012)
* Bryan Cranston (2013)
* Kevin Spacey (2014)
* Kevin Spacey (2015)
* John Lithgow (2016)
* Sterling K. Brown (2017)
* Jason Bateman (2018)
* Peter Dinklage (2019)
* Jason Bateman (2020)
* Lee Jung-jae (2021)
* Jason Bateman (2022)
* Pedro Pascal (2023)
* Hiroyuki Sanada (2024)

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Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical

1948–1975|

* Paul Hartman (1948)
* Ray Bolger (1949)
* Ezio Pinza (1950)
* Robert Alda (1951)
* Phil Silvers (1952)
* Thomas Mitchell (1953)
* Alfred Drake (1954)
* Walter Slezak (1955)
* Ray Walston (1956)
* Rex Harrison (1957)
* Robert Preston (1958)
* Richard Kiley (1959)
* Jackie Gleason (1960)
* Richard Burton (1961)
* Robert Morse (1962)
* Zero Mostel (1963)
* Bert Lahr (1964)
* Zero Mostel (1965)
* Richard Kiley (1966)
* Robert Preston (1967)
* Robert Goulet (1968)
* Jerry Orbach (1969)
* Cleavon Little (1970)
* Hal Linden (1971)
* Phil Silvers (1972)
* Ben Vereen (1973)
* Christopher Plummer (1974)
* John Cullum (1975)

1976–2000|

* George Rose (1976)
* Barry Bostwick (1977)
* John Cullum (1978)
* Len Cariou (1979)
* Jim Dale (1980)
* Kevin Kline (1981)
* Ben Harney (1982)
* Tommy Tune (1983)
* George Hearn (1984)
* No Award (1985)
* George Rose (1986)
* Robert Lindsay (1987)
* Michael Crawford (1988)
* Jason Alexander (1989)
* James Naughton (1990)
* Jonathan Pryce (1991)
* Gregory Hines (1992)
* Brent Carver (1993)
* Boyd Gaines (1994)
* Matthew Broderick (1995)
* Nathan Lane (1996)
* James Naughton (1997)
* Alan Cumming (1998)
* Martin Short (1999)
* Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)

2001–present|

* Nathan Lane (2001)
* John Lithgow (2002)
* Harvey Fierstein (2003)
* Hugh Jackman (2004)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
* John Lloyd Young (2006)
* David Hyde Pierce (2007)
* Paulo Szot (2008)
* David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish (2009)
* Douglas Hodge (2010)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2011)
* Steve Kazee (2012)
* Billy Porter (2013)
* Neil Patrick Harris (2014)
* Michael Cerveris (2015)
* Leslie Odom Jr. (2016)
* Ben Platt (2017)
* Tony Shalhoub (2018)
* Santino Fontana (2019)
* Aaron Tveit (2020/21)
* Myles Frost (2022)
* J. Harrison Ghee (2023)
* Jonathan Groff (2024)
* Darren Criss (2025)

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

1949–1975|

* Arthur Kennedy (1949)
* Eli Wallach (1951)
* John Cromwell (1952)
* John Williams (1953)
* John Kerr (1954)
* Francis L. Sullivan (1955)
* Ed Begley (1956)
* Frank Conroy (1957)
* Henry Jones (1958)
* Charlie Ruggles (1959)
* Roddy McDowall (1960)
* Martin Gabel (1961)
* Walter Matthau (1962)
* Alan Arkin (1963)
* Hume Cronyn (1964)
* Jack Albertson (1965)
* Patrick Magee (1966)
* Ian Holm (1967)
* James Patterson (1968)
* Al Pacino (1969)
* Ken Howard (1970)
* Paul Sand (1971)
* Vincent Gardenia (1972)
* John Lithgow (1973)
* Ed Flanders (1974)
* Frank Langella (1975)

1976–2000|

* Edward Herrmann (1976)
* Jonathan Pryce (1977)
* Lester Rawlins (1978)
* Michael Gough (1979)
* David Rounds (1980)
* Brian Backer (1981)
* Zakes Mokae (1982)
* Matthew Broderick (1983)
* Joe Mantegna (1984)
* Barry Miller (1985)
* John Mahoney (1986)
* John Randolph (1987)
* BD Wong (1988)
* Boyd Gaines (1989)
* Charles Durning (1990)
* Kevin Spacey (1991)
* Laurence Fishburne (1992)
* Stephen Spinella (1993)
* Jeffrey Wright (1994)
* John Glover (1995)
* Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1996)
* Owen Teale (1997)
* Tom Murphy (1998)
* Frank Wood (1999)
* Roy Dotrice (2000)

2001–present|

* Robert Sean Leonard (2001)
* Frank Langella (2002)
* Denis O'Hare (2003)
* Brían F. O'Byrne (2004)
* Liev Schreiber (2005)
* Ian McDiarmid (2006)
* Billy Crudup (2007)
* Jim Norton (2008)
* Roger Robinson (2009)
* Eddie Redmayne (2010)
* John Benjamin Hickey (2011)
* Christian Borle (2012)
* Courtney B. Vance (2013)
* Mark Rylance (2014)
* Richard McCabe (2015)
* Reed Birney (2016)
* Michael Aronov (2017)
* Nathan Lane (2018)
* Bertie Carvel (2019)
* David Alan Grier (2020/21)
* Jesse Tyler Ferguson (2022)
* Brandon Uranowitz (2023)
* Will Brill (2024)
* Francis Jue (2025)

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