John Lithgow

Full filmography

• Harry Potter (2026) as Albus Dumbledore
• Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic (2026) as Self
• Jimpa (2026) as Jimpa
• Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic (2026) as Himself
• Giant (2026) as Roald Dahl
• Dexter: Resurrection (2025) as Arthur Mitchell
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025) as Self
• The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) as Dave Crealy
• The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) Executive Producer
• Conclave (2024) as Tremblay
• Spellbound (2024) as Bolinar (voice)
• Cabrini (2024) as Mayor Gould
• Art Happens Here with John Lithgow (2024) as Self
• Art Happens Here with John Lithgow (2024) Executive Producer
• Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
• Sharper (2023) as Richard Hobbes
• Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023) as Self
• Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023) as Self
• Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
• The Old Man (2022) as Harold Harper
• Black Tar (2022) as Dale Kemp
• The Bubble (2022) as Tom the Studio Chairman
• Chez Bob (2022)
• Dexter: New Blood (2021) as Arthur Mitchell
• Show of Titles (2021) as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
• Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021) as Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
• Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021) as Philip Drummond
• Myths and Hymns (2021)
• Stars in the House (2020) as Self - Special Guest
• Perry Mason (2020) as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
• Give My Regards to Broadway (2020) as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
• Pet Sematary (2019) as Jud Crandall
• Bombshell (2019) as Roger Ailes
• Late Night (2019) as Walter Lovell
• The Tomorrow Man (2019) as Ed Hemsler
• On Broadway (2019) as Self
• The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019) as President Donald J. Trump
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018) as Self - Guest
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018) as Self
• Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018) as Self
• Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman (2018) as Jud Crandall
• Trial & Error (2017) as Larry Henderson
• Daddy's Home 2 (2017) as Don
• Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) as Fergus
• Beatriz at Dinner (2017) as Doug Strutt
• The Pulitzer At 100 (2017) as Self
• Hickory Dickory Doc (2017) as Himself
• They All Saw a Cat (2017)
• The Crown (2016) as Winston Churchill
• The Accountant (2016) as Lamar Blackburn
• Miss Sloane (2016) as Senator Ronald Sperling
• Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) as Self - Performer
• Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (2016) as Narrator
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
• Inside 'Interstellar' (2015) as Self
• Best of Enemies (2015) as Voice of Gore Vidal
• Lord John (2015)
• Projections of America (2015) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
• Interstellar (2014) as Donald
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
• The Homesman (2014) as Reverend Alfred Dowd
• The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) as James Roosevelt (voice)
• 9 Kisses (2014) as Man in Club
• Love Is Strange (2014) as Ben
• The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest (2014) as Maurice (voice)
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013) as The White Rabbit (voice)
• Timms Valley (2013) as Ol' Gregory Timms
• Shrek Stories (2013) as Lord Farquaad (voice)
• Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (2013) as Self
• National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2013) as Posket
• Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
• The Campaign (2012) as Glen Motch
• This Is 40 (2012) as Oliver
• Casting By (2012) as Self
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) as Charles Rodman
• New Year's Eve (2011) as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
• Prohibition (2011) as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
• Shrek: Once Upon a Time (2011) as Self
• Conan (2010) as Self
• Leap Year (2010) as Jack Brady
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
• Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) as Edgar West
• The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (2009) as God
• Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn (2009) as Narrator
• Car of the Future (2008) as Narrator
• The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
• ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) as Self
• Dexter (2006) as Arthur Mitchell
• The One Show (2006) as Self
• 30 Rock (2006) as John Lithgow
• Dreamgirls (2006) as Jerry Harris
• Twenty Good Years (2006) as John Mason
• Sangre (2006) as Cafe chef and owner
• The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
• The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge (2006) as Narrator
• The Colbert Report (2005)
• How I Met Your Mother (2005) as Jerry Whittaker
• Einstein's Big Idea (2005) as Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
• The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (2005)
• The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
• Shrek 3-D (2004) as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
• Kinsey (2004) as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
• Footloose: A Modern Musical (2004) as Self
• Footloose: A Modern Musical (2004) Thanks
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as Blake Edwards
• Dogs and More Dogs (2004) as Narrator
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
• DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection (2003) as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
• VH1 Goes Inside (2003)
• Bark, George (2003)
• Live from E! (2002) as Self
• Orange County (2002) as Bud Brumder
• Buckaroo Banzai Declassified (2002) as Self
• Shrek (2001) as Lord Farquaad (voice)
• Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) as Jean-Claude (voice)
• Don Quixote (2000) as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
• Don Quixote (2000) Executive Producer
• 95 Worlds and Counting (2000) as Narrator
• The Early Show (1999) as Self
• Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999) as Dr. Oscar Charles
• A Civil Action (1998) as Judge Walter J. Skinner
• Homegrown (1998) as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
• Johnny Skidmarks (1998) as Sergeant Larry Skovik
• The View (1997) as Self
• The View (1997) as Self - Guest
• Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997) as Narrator (voice)
• The Daily Show (1996) as Self
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Dick Solomon
• Cosby (1996) as John Lithgow
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self - Guest
• The West (1996) as Self
• The West (1996) as Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
• Hollow Point (1996) as Thomas Livingston
• Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996) as Narrator
• Redwood Curtain (1995) as Laird Riordan
• The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) as Senator Conyers
• My Brother's Keeper (1995) as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
• American Cinema (1994) as Self - Host
• Princess Caraboo (1994) as Professor Wilkinson
• A Good Man in Africa (1994) as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
• World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Silent Fall (1994) as Dr. Rene Harlinger
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994) as Self
• Frasier (1993) as Madman Martinez (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
• Cliffhanger (1993) as Qualen
• The Pelican Brief (1993) as Smith Keen
• Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) as Paul Harrington
• The Wrong Man (1993) as Phillip Mills
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1993) as Narrator
• The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993) as Alexander (voice)
• Raising Cain (1992) as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
• Ricochet (1991) as Earl Talbott Blake
• The Boys (1991) as Artie Margulies
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) as Leslie Huben
• Memphis Belle (1990) as Bruce Derringer
• Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self
• Amazing Stories: The Movie II (1990) as John Walters (archive footage)
• Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990) as Self
• Ivory Hunters (1990) as Robert Carter
• John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert (1990)
• The Simpsons (1989) as Gus (voice)
• The Simpsons (1989) as John Lithgow (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Dr. Oscar Charles
• Traveling Man (1989) as Ben Cluett
• Out Cold (1989) as Dave
• Distant Thunder (1988) as Mark Lambert
• Harry and the Hendersons (1987) as George Henderson
• Baby Girl Scott (1987) as Neil Scott
• The Amazing Bone (1987) as Narrator
• Resting Place (1986) as Maj. Kendall Laird
• The Manhattan Project (1986) as John Mathewson
• Amazing Stories (1985) as John Walters
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) as B.Z.
• Mesmerized (1985) as Oliver Thompson
• Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie (1985) as Self
• 2010 (1984) as Dr. Walter Curnow
• Footloose (1984) as Rev. Shaw Moore
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as Lord John Whorfin
• The Glitter Dome (1984) as Sgt. Marty Wellborn
• 2010 : The Odyssey Continues (1984) as Himself
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1984) as Goldilocks' Father
• Terms of Endearment (1983) as Sam Burns
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) as Valentine
• The Day After (1983) as Joe Huxley
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Goldilocks' Father
• The World According to Garp (1982) as Roberta Muldoon
• I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) as Mr. Brunner
• Not in Front of the Children (1982) as Richard Carruthers
• Blow Out (1981) as Burke
• Big Blonde (1980) as Herbie Morse
• Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980) as Wally
• The Oldest Living Graduate (1980) as Clarence
• All That Jazz (1979) as Lucas Sergeant
• Rich Kids (1979) as Paul Philips
• The Big Fix (1978) as Sam Sebastian
• Secret Service (1977) as Capt. Thorne
• Obsession (1976) as Robert Lasalle
• Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
• NOVA (1974) as Narrator
• The Country Girl (1974) as Paul Unger
• Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) as John
• Great Performances (1971) as Capt. Thorne
• Film '72 (1971) as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee / Performer
• The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
• Today (1952) as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Paul Unger
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Major Kendall Laird
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Laird Riordan
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Winner
• Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
• Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger as Self