Filmography
John Lithgow
The Simpsons
1989 · Gus (voice), John Lithgow (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · Jerry Whittaker
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest, Self
Conan
2010 · Self
Dexter
2006 · Arthur Mitchell
The Colbert Report
2005 · Actor
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The View
1997 · Self, Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Dexter: Resurrection
2025 · Arthur Mitchell
Frasier
1993 · Madman Martinez (voice)
The Crown
2016 · Winston Churchill
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
NOVA
1974 · Narrator
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
The One Show
2006 · Self
Great Performances
1971 · Capt. Thorne
Interstellar
2014 · Donald
30 Rock
2006 · John Lithgow
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
Film '72
1971 · Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Dick Solomon
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner, Self - Nominee
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018 · Actor
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Dr. Oscar Charles
Shrek
2001 · Lord Farquaad (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Today
1952 · Self
Stars in the House
2020 · Self - Special Guest
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter
Dexter: New Blood
2021 · Arthur Mitchell
Amazing Stories
1985 · John Walters
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · Prosecutor Peter Leaward
Live from E!
2002 · Self
Perry Mason
2020 · Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Goldilocks' Father
Harry Potter
2026 · Albus Dumbledore
The Old Man
2022 · Harold Harper
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
Cosby
1996 · John Lithgow
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Charles Rodman
Conclave
2024 · Tremblay
The Accountant
2016 · Lamar Blackburn
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Trial & Error
2017 · Larry Henderson
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013 · The White Rabbit (voice)
Daddy's Home 2
2017 · Don
Cliffhanger
1993 · Qualen
Pet Sematary
2019 · Jud Crandall
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Smith Keen
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025 · Self
Footloose
1984 · Rev. Shaw Moore
2010
1984 · Dr. Walter Curnow
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · Edgar West
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
2026 · Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Self
Spellbound
2024 · Bolinar (voice)
Pitch Perfect 3
2017 · Fergus
Leap Year
2010 · Jack Brady
Miss Sloane
2016 · Senator Ronald Sperling
Bombshell
2019 · Roger Ailes
New Year's Eve
2011 · Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
Blow Out
1981 · Burke
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Valentine
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000 · Jean-Claude (voice)
The Campaign
2012 · Glen Motch
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Paul Unger, Major Kendall Laird
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · Lord John Whorfin
The West
1996 · Self, Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)
Terms of Endearment
1983 · Sam Burns
Dreamgirls
2006 · Jerry Harris
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985 · B.Z.
Prohibition
2011 · Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
This Is 40
2012 · Oliver
Shrek 3-D
2004 · Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
The Day After
1983 · Joe Huxley
The Homesman
2014 · Reverend Alfred Dowd
Twenty Good Years
2006 · John Mason
Sharper
2023 · Richard Hobbes
All That Jazz
1979 · Lucas Sergeant
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014 · James Roosevelt (voice)
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003 · Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
VH1 Goes Inside
2003 · Actor
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · George Henderson
A Civil Action
1998 · Judge Walter J. Skinner
The World According to Garp
1982 · Roberta Muldoon
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025 · Dave Crealy, Executive Producer
Ricochet
1991 · Earl Talbott Blake
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023 · Self
The Bubble
2022 · Tom the Studio Chairman
Memphis Belle
1990 · Bruce Derringer
Cabrini
2024 · Mayor Gould
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005 · Actor
American Cinema
1994 · Self - Host
Kinsey
2004 · Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Obsession
1976 · Robert Lasalle
Orange County
2002 · Bud Brumder
Raising Cain
1992 · Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
Jimpa
2026 · Jimpa
Late Night
2019 · Walter Lovell
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 · Leslie Huben
Beatriz at Dinner
2017 · Doug Strutt
Homegrown
1998 · Malcolm / Robert Stockman
The Manhattan Project
1986 · John Mathewson
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Blake Edwards
World War II: When Lions Roared
1994 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995 · Senator Conyers
Love Is Strange
2014 · Ben
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Professor Wilkinson
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015 · Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Casting By
2012 · Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · (archive footage)
Don Quixote
2000 · Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano, Executive Producer
The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
2014 · Maurice (voice)
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
Broadway: The Next Generation
TBA · Self
The Big Fix
1978 · Sam Sebastian
Einstein's Big Idea
2005 · Narrator (voice) U.S. edition
Giant
2026 · Roald Dahl
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001 · Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011 · Self
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993 · Paul Harrington
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Performer
Resting Place
1986 · Maj. Kendall Laird
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021 · Philip Drummond
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982 · Mr. Brunner
The Wrong Man
1993 · Phillip Mills
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990 · Self
Mesmerized
1985 · Oliver Thompson
Distant Thunder
1988 · Mark Lambert
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023 · Self
Silent Fall
1994 · Dr. Rene Harlinger
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007 · Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018 · Self
Out Cold
1989 · Dave
The Glitter Dome
1984 · Sgt. Marty Wellborn
The Tomorrow Man
2019 · Ed Hemsler
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
2013 · Posket
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 · John
Rich Kids
1979 · Paul Philips
On Broadway
2019 · Self
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980 · Wally
Show of Titles
2021 · "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Johnny Skidmarks
1998 · Sergeant Larry Skovik
Best of Enemies
2015 · Voice of Gore Vidal
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
1993 · Self
The Boys
1991 · Artie Margulies
Not in Front of the Children
1982 · Richard Carruthers
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Self
Timms Valley
2013 · Ol' Gregory Timms
Hollow Point
1996 · Thomas Livingston
The Pulitzer At 100
2017 · Self
Footloose: A Modern Musical
2004 · Self, Thanks
Traveling Man
1989 · Ben Cluett
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1984 · Goldilocks' Father
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013 · Self
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
1985 · Self
Redwood Curtain
1995 · Laird Riordan
Shrek Stories
2013 · Lord Farquaad (voice)
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002 · Self
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990 · John Walters
My Brother's Keeper
1995 · Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
Secret Service
1977 · Capt. Thorne
Lord John
2015 · Actor
Big Blonde
1980 · Herbie Morse
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · Dr. Oscar Charles
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980 · Clarence
9 Kisses
2014 · Man in Club
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
1996 · Narrator
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
2009 · God
Give My Regards to Broadway
2020 · Self
The Country Girl
1974 · Paul Unger
The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
2006 · Narrator
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
2018 · Jud Crandall
The Amazing Bone
1987 · Narrator
Officer Buckle and Gloria
1997 · Narrator (voice)
They All Saw a Cat
2017 · Actor
Hickory Dickory Doc
2017 · Himself
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984 · Himself
Ivory Hunters
1990 · Robert Carter
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
2009 · Narrator
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021 · Sir Isaac Newton (voice)
Sangre
2006 · Cafe chef and owner
Baby Girl Scott
1987 · Neil Scott
Projections of America
2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
2024 · Self, Executive Producer
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1993 · Narrator
Bark, George
2003 · Actor
Myths and Hymns
2021 · Actor
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
1993 · Alexander (voice)
95 Worlds and Counting
2000 · Narrator
Chez Bob
2022 · Actor
Dogs and More Dogs
2004 · Narrator
Car of the Future
2008 · Narrator
John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
1990 · Actor
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019 · President Donald J. Trump
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
2016 · Narrator