John Lithgow Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has John Lithgow been in? This complete John Lithgow filmography lists 93 credited roles (69 films, 24 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2026, with links to our full guides where available.

John Lithgow movies in order

• Obsession (1976) as Robert Lasalle
• The Big Fix (1978) as Sam Sebastian
• All That Jazz (1979) as Lucas Sergeant
• Blow Out (1981) as Burke
• The World According to Garp (1982) as Roberta Muldoon
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) as Valentine
• Terms of Endearment (1983) as Sam Burns
• The Day After (1983) as Joe Huxley
• Footloose (1984) as Rev. Shaw Moore
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as Lord John Whorfin
• 2010 (1984) as Dr. Walter Curnow
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) as B.Z.
• Mesmerized (1985) as Oliver Thompson
• The Manhattan Project (1986) as John Mathewson
• Harry and the Hendersons (1987) as George Henderson
• Out Cold (1989) as Dave
• Memphis Belle (1990) as Bruce Derringer
• Ricochet (1991) as Earl Talbott Blake
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) as Leslie Huben
• Raising Cain (1992) as Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo
• Cliffhanger (1993) as Qualen
• The Wrong Man (1993) as Phillip Mills
• The Pelican Brief (1993) as Smith Keen
• Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) as Paul Harrington
• A Good Man in Africa (1994) as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner
• Princess Caraboo (1994) as Professor Wilkinson
• Silent Fall (1994) as Dr. Rene Harlinger
• The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) as Senator Conyers
• Hollow Point (1996) as Thomas Livingston
• Homegrown (1998) as Malcolm / Robert Stockman
• A Civil Action (1998) as Judge Walter J. Skinner
• Don Quixote (2000) as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) as Jean-Claude (voice)
• Shrek (2001) as Lord Farquaad (voice)
• Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) as Lord Farquaad (singing voice)
• Orange County (2002) as Bud Brumder
• Shrek 3-D (2004) as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)
• Kinsey (2004) as Alfred Seguine Kinsey
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as Blake Edwards
• Dreamgirls (2006) as Jerry Harris
• Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) as Edgar West
• Leap Year (2010) as Jack Brady
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) as Charles Rodman
• New Year's Eve (2011) as Jonathan Cox (uncredited)
• The Campaign (2012) as Glen Motch
• Casting By (2012) as Self
• This Is 40 (2012) as Oliver
• Shrek Stories (2013) as Lord Farquaad (voice)
• The Homesman (2014) as Reverend Alfred Dowd
• Love Is Strange (2014) as Ben
• Interstellar (2014) as Donald
• Best of Enemies (2015) as Voice of Gore Vidal
• The Accountant (2016) as Lamar Blackburn
• Miss Sloane (2016) as Senator Ronald Sperling
• Beatriz at Dinner (2017) as Doug Strutt
• Daddy's Home 2 (2017) as Don
• Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) as Fergus
• Late Night (2019) as Walter Lovell
• Pet Sematary (2019) as Jud Crandall
• The Tomorrow Man (2019) as Ed Hemsler
• Bombshell (2019) as Roger Ailes
• The Bubble (2022) as Tom the Studio Chairman
• Sharper (2023) as Richard Hobbes
• Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) as Prosecutor Peter Leaward
• Cabrini (2024) as Mayor Gould
• Conclave (2024) as Tremblay
• Spellbound (2024) as Bolinar (voice)
• The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) as Dave Crealy
• Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic (2026) as Self

John Lithgow TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
• Great Performances (1971) as Capt. Thorne
• NOVA (1974) as Narrator
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Goldilocks' Father
• Amazing Stories (1985) as John Walters
• Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Dr. Oscar Charles
• The Simpsons (1989) as Gus (voice)
• The Simpsons (1989) as John Lithgow (voice)
• Frasier (1993) as Madman Martinez (voice)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Dick Solomon
• Cosby (1996) as John Lithgow
• How I Met Your Mother (2005) as Jerry Whittaker
• Dexter (2006) as Arthur Mitchell
• 30 Rock (2006) as John Lithgow
• Prohibition (2011) as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013) as The White Rabbit (voice)
• The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) as James Roosevelt (voice)
• The Crown (2016) as Winston Churchill
• Trial & Error (2017) as Larry Henderson
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018) as Self
• Perry Mason (2020) as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
• Dexter: New Blood (2021) as Arthur Mitchell
• The Old Man (2022) as Harold Harper
• Dexter: Resurrection (2025) as Arthur Mitchell

Filmography data via TMDB, refreshed automatically as new roles are announced.