John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor. He portrayed Dick Solomon during the shows 6 season run.
Biography[]
Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. Because of his father's job, the family moved frequently during Lithgow's childhood; he spent his teenage years in Akron. Lithgow attended Harvard College, and graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in 1967, in history and literature. Lithgow credits a performance at Harvard of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia Limited with helping him decide to become an actor. After graduation, Lithgow won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Also, after graduation, he served as the Director of the Arts and Literature Department at WBAI, the Pacifica radio station in New York City.
Career[]
Below is a selected filmography. For a full filmography here
Film[]
- 1981 - Blow out (Burke)
- 1983 - Terms of Endearment (Sam Burms)
- 1983 - Twilight Zone: The Movie (John Valentine/Segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet")
- 1984 - Footloose (Reverend Shaw Moore)
- 1985 - Santa Claus: The Movie - (B.Z)
- 1993 - The Pelican Brief - (Smith Keen)
- 2000 - Don Quixote - (Don Quixote de la Mancha/Alonso Quijano)
- 2001 - Shrek - (Lord Farquaad)
- 2006 - Dreamgirls - (Jerry Harris)
- 2007 - Shrek the Third - (Lord Farquaad)
- 2011 - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - (Charles Rodman)
- 2014 - The Homesman - (Reverend Dowd)
- 2016 - The Accountant - (Lamar Blackburn)
Television[]
- 1985 - 1987 - Saturday Night Live - (Host/Himself)
- 1995 - Tales From the Crypt - (Dr. Oscar Charles/Episode "You, Murderer")
- 1996 -2001 - 3rd Rock from the Sun - (Dr. Dick Solomon)
- 2011-2014 - How I Met Your Mother - (Jerry Whitaker)
- 2013 - 2014 - Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - (Percy the White Rabbit/Voice)