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John Lithgow

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📈 Top Grossing Movie Interstellar $746,386,917

📉 Lowest Grossing Movie Shakespeare Live: From the RSC $1,071,535

🎬 First Film Debut Dealing: Or the Berkeley to Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues 1972

🌟 Latest Film Release The Rule of Jenny Pen 2025

Filmography

Released in 2025

Jimpa

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2025

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The Rule of Jenny Pen

John Lithgow plays Dave Crealy | Released: 2025

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £2,266

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Released in 2024

Spellbound

John Lithgow plays Bolinar | Released: 2024

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Conclave

John Lithgow plays Tremblay | Released: 2024

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £9,901,959

🌐 Global Gross $61,775,281

Cabrini

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2024

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £56,145

🌐 Global Gross $16,619,521

Released in 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon

John Lithgow plays Prosecutor Peter Leaward | Released: 2023

🇺🇸 US Box Office $68,021,026

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £10,000,000

🌐 Global Gross $157,026,901

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Sharper

John Lithgow plays Richard Hobbes | Released: 2023

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Released in 2022

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The Bubble

John Lithgow plays Tom the Studio Chairman | Released: 2022

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Released in 2020

Bombshell

John Lithgow plays Roger Ailes | Released: 2020

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £2,070,000

🌐 Global Gross $59,857,546

Released in 2019

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The Tomorrow Man

John Lithgow plays Ed | Released: 2019

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The Investigation: A Search For the Truth In Ten Acts

John Lithgow plays President Donald Trump | Released: 2019

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Pet Sematary

John Lithgow plays Jud | Released: 2019

🇺🇸 US Box Office $54,678,525

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £4,201,256

🌐 Global Gross $109,110,700

Late Night

John Lithgow plays Walter Lovell | Released: 2019

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,319,616

🌐 Global Gross $13,069,037

Released in 2017

Pitch Perfect 3

John Lithgow plays Fergus | Released: 2017

🇺🇸 US Box Office $104,897,530

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £14,883,218

🌐 Global Gross $185,400,345

Daddy's Home 2

John Lithgow plays Don | Released: 2017

🇺🇸 US Box Office $104,029,443

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £14,296,957

🌐 Global Gross $180,613,824

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Beatriz At Dinner

John Lithgow plays Doug | Released: 2017

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Released in 2016

Shakespeare Live: From the RSC

John Lithgow plays Self - Performer | Released: 2016

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £250,893

🌐 Global Gross $1,071,535

The Accountant

John Lithgow plays Lamar Blackburn | Released: 2016

🇺🇸 US Box Office $86,260,045

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £5,067,474

🌐 Global Gross $155,560,045

Miss Sloane

John Lithgow plays Senator Ronald Sperling | Released: 2016

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £411,517

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Released in 2015

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Best of Enemies

John Lithgow plays Gore Vidal | Released: 2015

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £7,295

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Released in 2014

Interstellar

John Lithgow plays Donald | Released: 2014

🇺🇸 US Box Office $188,020,017

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £21,173,601

🌐 Global Gross $746,386,917

The Homesman

John Lithgow plays Reverend Alfred Dowd | Released: 2014

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £62,384

🌐 Global Gross $3,819,421

Love Is Strange

John Lithgow plays Ben Hull | Released: 2014

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £99,755

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Released in 2013

The Magistrate: NT Live

John Lithgow plays Posket | Released: 2013

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Released in 2012

This Is 40

John Lithgow plays Oliver | Released: 2012

🇺🇸 US Box Office $67,544,505

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £2,712,099

🌐 Global Gross $88,215,156

The Campaign

John Lithgow plays Glenn Motch | Released: 2012

🇺🇸 US Box Office $86,907,746

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £2,108,212

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Released in 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

John Lithgow plays Charles Rodman | Released: 2011

🇺🇸 US Box Office $176,760,185

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £20,549,440

🌐 Global Gross $482,640,650

New Years Eve

John Lithgow plays Jonathan Cox | Released: 2011

🇺🇸 US Box Office $54,544,638

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £7,315,690

🌐 Global Gross $142,044,638

Released in 2010

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Our Footloose Remake

John Lithgow plays Reverend Shaw Moore | Released: 2010

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Leap Year

John Lithgow plays Jack | Released: 2010

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,802,008

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Released in 2009

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The Real Revolutionaries

John Lithgow plays William Shockley | Released: 2009

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Confessions of a Shopaholic

John Lithgow plays Edgar West | Released: 2009

🇺🇸 US Box Office $44,277,350

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £8,051,255

🌐 Global Gross $108,394,089

Released in 2007

Dreamgirls

John Lithgow plays Jerry Harris | Released: 2007

🇺🇸 US Box Office $103,365,956

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £3,475,271

🌐 Global Gross $155,430,335

Released in 2005

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Einsteins Big Idea

John Lithgow plays Narrator | Released: 2005

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Released in 2004

Kinsey

John Lithgow plays Alfred Seguine Kinsey | Released: 2004

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

John Lithgow plays Blake Edwards | Released: 2004

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £259,663

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Released in 2002

Orange County

John Lithgow plays Bud Brumder | Released: 2002

🇺🇸 US Box Office $41,076,018

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £325,507

🌐 Global Gross $43,325,009

Released in 2001

Shrek

John Lithgow plays Lord Farquaad | Released: 2001

🇺🇸 US Box Office $270,447,886

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £29,004,582

🌐 Global Gross $491,041,921

Released in 2000

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C-Scam

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2000

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Don Quixote

John Lithgow plays Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano | Released: 2000

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Rugrats In Paris: The Movie

John Lithgow plays Jean-Claude | Released: 2000

🇺🇸 US Box Office $76,507,756

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £8,116,893

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Released in 1998

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Johnny Skidmarks

John Lithgow plays Larry Skovik | Released: 1998

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A Civil Action

John Lithgow plays Judge Walter J. Skinner | Released: 1998

🇺🇸 US Box Office $56,709,981

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,012,571

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Homegrown

John Lithgow plays Malcolm / Robert Stockman | Released: 1998

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Released in 1996

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Hollow Point

John Lithgow plays Thomas Livingston | Released: 1996

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Released in 1995

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Redwood Curtain

John Lithgow plays Laird Riordan | Released: 1995

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The Tuskegee Airmen

John Lithgow plays Senator Conyers | Released: 1995

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Released in 1994

Princess Caraboo

John Lithgow plays Professor Wilkinson | Released: 1994

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £98,114

🌐 Global Gross $3,178,966

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Silent Fall

John Lithgow plays Dr. Rene Harlinger | Released: 1994

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A Good Man In Africa

John Lithgow plays Fanshawe | Released: 1994

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The Pelican Brief

John Lithgow plays Smith Keen | Released: 1994

🇺🇸 US Box Office $100,768,056

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £3,391,851

🌐 Global Gross $195,268,056

Released in 1993

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Love Cheat and Steal

John Lithgow plays Paul Harrington | Released: 1993

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Cliffhanger

John Lithgow plays Eric Qualen | Released: 1993

🇺🇸 US Box Office $84,049,211

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £7,403,154

🌐 Global Gross $255,000,211

Released in 1992

Raising Cain

John Lithgow plays Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo | Released: 1992

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £657,684

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Released in 1991

Ricochet

John Lithgow plays Earl Talbot Blake | Released: 1991

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £698,747

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At Play In the Fields of the Lord

John Lithgow plays Leslie Huben | Released: 1991

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Released in 1990

Memphis Belle

John Lithgow plays Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer | Released: 1990

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £3,721,850

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Released in 1989

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Out Cold

John Lithgow plays Dave | Released: 1989

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Traveling Man

John Lithgow plays Ben Cluett | Released: 1989

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Released in 1988

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Distant Thunder

John Lithgow plays Mark Lambert | Released: 1988

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Released in 1987

Bigfoot and the Hendersons

John Lithgow plays George Henderson | Released: 1987

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £845,581

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Released in 1986

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Resting Place

John Lithgow plays Maj. Kendall Laird | Released: 1986

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The Manhattan Project

John Lithgow plays John Mathewson | Released: 1986

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My Letter to George

John Lithgow plays Oliver Thompson | Released: 1986

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Released in 1985

2010: The Year We Make Contact

John Lithgow plays Dr. Walter Curnow | Released: 1985

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,322,937

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Mesmerized

John Lithgow plays Oliver Thompson | Released: 1985

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Santa Claus: The Movie

John Lithgow plays B.Z. | Released: 1985

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £4,640,170

🌐 Global Gross $30,450,074

Released in 1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

John Lithgow plays Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo | Released: 1984

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Footloose

John Lithgow plays Rev. Shaw Moore | Released: 1984

🇺🇸 US Box Office $80,035,402

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,211,757

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Released in 1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

John Lithgow plays John Valentine (segment „Nightmare at 20,000 Feet„) | Released: 1983

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Terms of Endearment

John Lithgow plays Sam Burns | Released: 1983

🇺🇸 US Box Office $108,423,489

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £2,331,717

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The Day After

John Lithgow plays Joe Huxley | Released: 1983

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Released in 1982

The World According to Garp

John Lithgow plays Roberta Muldoon | Released: 1982

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I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can

John Lithgow plays Mr. Brunner | Released: 1982

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Released in 1981

Blow Out

John Lithgow plays Burke | Released: 1981

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Released in 1979

All That Jazz

John Lithgow plays Lucas Sergeant | Released: 1979

🇺🇸 US Box Office $37,823,676

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,534,205

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Rich Kids

John Lithgow plays Paul Philips | Released: 1979

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Released in 1978

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The Big Fix

John Lithgow plays Sam Sebastian | Released: 1978

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Released in 1976

Obsession

John Lithgow plays Robert La Salle | Released: 1976

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Released in 1972

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Dealing: Or the Berkeley to Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues

John Lithgow plays John | Released: 1972

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